Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari
Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'arī (  ; cikakken suna: Abu al-Hasan ’Ali ibn Isma’il ibn Ishaq al-Ash’ari ; c. 874-936 CE /260-324 AH ), sau da yawa ana kiransa Imam al-Ash'arī ta musulmin Sunni, Balarabe musulmi masanin fikihu Shafi, tafsirin nassi, mai kawo sauyi ( mujaddid ), kuma  kasancewarsa sanannen wanda ya assasa mazhabar Ash'ariti ta tiyolojin Musulunci .     

Al-Ash'arī ya shahara wajen daukar matsayar tsaka-tsaki tsakanin mazhabobin tauhidin Musulunci guda biyu masu adawa da juna a lokacin: Aṯhari da Mu'tazila .    Da farko ya yi adawa da malaman tauhidi na Mu’utazila, wadanda suka ba da shawarar yin amfani da hankali wajen muhawarar tauhidi kuma suka yi imani da cewa an halicci Alkur’ani ( makhluq ), sabanin kasancewarsa ba a halicce shi ba. A daya bangaren kuma, Hanbaliyyah da Muḥaddithīn sun dogara ne kawai ga tsananin riko da zahirin gaskiya da ma’anar zahiri ( ẓāhir ) na magana a cikin Alqur’ani da wallafe-wallafen hadisi, sun yi adawa da amfani da falsafa ko kalam (tauhidin yare), kuma sun yi Allah wadai da duk wani abu. muhawara ta tiyoloji gaba daya.

Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haifi Abū al-Hasan al-Ash'arī a Basra,  Iraq, kuma zuriyar Abū Musa al-Ash'arī ne, wanda ya kasance cikin ƙarni na farko na sahabban Muhammad na kusa da shi ( Sahaba ).  Tun yana matashi ya yi karatu a gaban al-Jubba'i, mashahurin malamin tauhidin Mu'utazila da falsafa .  

Bisa ga al’adar al’ada, al-Ash’arī ya kasance malamin tauhidi na Mu’utazila har zuwa shekara ta 40, lokacin da ake zargin ya ga Annabin Musulunci Muhammad a cikin mafarkinsa sau uku a cikin watan Ramalana . A karo na farko, Muhammadu ya gaya masa cewa ya goyi bayan abin da aka ruwaito daga kansa, wato, hadisai na annabci ( Hadisi ).    Al-Ash’ari ya shiga damuwa, saboda yana da hujjoji masu yawa da suka saba wa hadisai na annabta. Bayan kwana 10, sai ya sake ganin Muhammadu: Muhammad ya nanata cewa ya kamata ya goyi bayan hadisin .   Daga baya, al-Ash’ari ya bar kalam (tauhidin yare) ya fara bin hadisin shi kadai. A daren 27 ga watan Ramalana ne ya ga Muhammadu na karshe. Muhammadu ya gaya masa cewa bai umarce shi da ya bar kalami ba, sai dai don ya goyi bayan hadisai da aka ruwaito daga kansa. Daga nan sai al-Ash’ari ya fara ba da shawara ga hukunce-hukuncen hadisan hadisi, yana neman hujjojin da ya ce bai karanta a cikin wani littafi ba.

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