Maturidism
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Maturidism (Arabic: الماتريدية, romanized: al-Māturīdiyya) is school of Islamic theology within Sunni Islam named after theologian Abu Mansur al-Maturidi in the 9th–10th century. Maturidi theology is considered one of the orthodox creeds of Sunnī Islam alongside Atharism and Ash'arism,[4] and prevails in the Ḥanafī school of Islamic jurisprudence.[7][1]
Al-Maturidi codified and systematized the theological Islamic beliefs already present among the Ḥanafite Muslim theologians of Balkh and Transoxiana[5][10] under one school of systematic theology (kalām);[11][12] he emphasized the use of rationality and theological rationalism regarding the interpretation of the sacred scriptures of Islam.[16] [1]
Maturidism was originally circumscribed to the region of Transoxiana in Central Asia[17] but it became the predominant theological orientation amongst the Sunnī Muslims of Persia before the Safavid conversion to Shīʿīsm in the 16th century, and the Ahl al-Ray (people of reason). It enjoyed a preeminent status in the Ottoman Empire and Mughal India.[18] Outside the old Ottoman and Mughal empires, most Turkic tribes, Hui people, Central Asian, and South Asian Muslims also follow the Māturīdī theology.[12] There have also been Arab Māturīdī scholars.[19]