Al-Jubba'i
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Abu 'Ali Muhammad al-Jubba'i was an Arab
Mu'tazili
theologian and philosopher of the 10th century. Born in Khuzistan, he studied in Basra
where he trained Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari
, who went on to found his own theological tradition, and his son Abd al-Salam al-Jubba'i.
Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...
Mu'tazili
Mu'tazili
' is an Islamic school of speculative theology that flourished in the cities of Basra and Baghdad, both in present-day Iraq, during the 8th–10th centuries. The adherents of the Mu'tazili school are best known for their having asserted that, because of the perfect unity and eternal nature of God,...
theologian and philosopher of the 10th century. Born in Khuzistan, he studied in Basra
Basra
Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009...
where he trained Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari
Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari
Abū al-Hasan Alī ibn Ismā'īl al-Ash'arī was a Muslim Arab theologian and the founder of the Ash'ari school of early Islamic philosophy and Islamic theology.-Biography:...
, who went on to found his own theological tradition, and his son Abd al-Salam al-Jubba'i.