Ibn Khumayr al-Subti
- Died
- 614 AH
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Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn Ahmad Ibn Khumayr al-Subti (d. 614 AH / 1217–1218 CE) was a legal theorist and theologian from Ceuta who defended the creed of the Sunni tradition .
Scholarly Career and Theological Stance
Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn Ahmad al-Umawi, known as Ibn Khumayr, was active in Ceuta, where he established himself as one of its prominent speculative theologians (mutakallimun), dialecticians, and masters of legal theory (usul al-fiqh) . He was recognized as an articulate defender of the doctrine of Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jama'ah who possessed a command of various religious sciences .
In his theological writings, Ibn Khumayr drew extensively on the scholarship of Abu Bakr Ibn al-Arabi . In his creedal text Muqaddamat al-marashid ila 'ilm al-'aqa'id ("Introductions of Guidance to the Science of Creeds"), he extolled Ibn al-Arabi's stature and extracted principles from his works, adopting his critical approach against chroniclers and uncritical Quranic exegetes who circulated fabricated reports casting suspicion upon the prophets or diminishing their station . He pursued this vindication of prophetic impeccability in his treatise Tanzih al-anbiya' 'amma nusiba ilayhim huthalat al-aghbiya' ("Exonerating the Prophets from What Was Ascribed to Them by the Dregs of the Ignorant") .
Death
Ibn Khumayr died in 614 AH (1217–1218 CE) .
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List of Works
Tanzih al-Anbiya Amma Nusiba Ilayhim Huthalat al-Aghbiya is a theological treatise on Islamic creed dedicated to vindicating the prophets from blemishes and defending their infallibility (ʿiṣmah) against misinterpretations and fabricated narratives.