AHMAD AL-ISFIJABI – AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HANAFI MAZHAB IN THE TURKESTAN

Abstract

This scientific article describes the life and work of the great scientist Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn Mansur al-Isfijabi, the fakih (lawyer) of the Hanafi mazhab. In particular, the name and nicknames, year of birth, the place of his origin, the political and religious situation, the social situation of the population of this region are studied. The way of his education and his activity, his fundamental works, the year of his death, the contribution of the scientist to the Central Asian Hanafi fiqh school are also determined.

The names and number of works of Ahmed Ibn Mansour al-Isfijabi are specified while referring to historical and biographical works. Accurate information is given on how many of them have survived to this day as manuscripts and in which libraries of the world they are stored. The scientist’s works in biographical works, and information about his death are analyzed using the historical and comparative method.

Also considered are the problems of translation into the Kazakh language and the transformation into the basis of the Kazakh Islamic studies school, the introduction into the scientific routine of the works of Ahmad ibn Mansur al-Isfijabi, which have come down to us as a manuscript to this day, processing them in advance.