Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi

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Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi أبو المعين النسفي
Title	His Bahr al-Kalam has had considerable popularity, and on the title-page of the printed edition he is called: "Chief of the People of al-Sunna and al-Jama'a, Sword of the truth and of religion".[1]
Personal life
Born	418 A.H. = 1027 A.D. 438 A.H. = 1046 A.D. Nasaf
Died	508 A.H. = 1114-5 A.D. Nasaf
Era	Islamic Golden Age
Region	Uzbekistan
Main interest(s)	Aqidah, Kalam (Islamic theology), Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Semantics
Notable work(s)	Tabsirat al-Adillah, Bahr al-Kalam
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Maturidi
Muslim leader
Influenced by Abu Hanifa Abu Mansur al-Maturidi Al-Hakim al-Samarqandi
Influenced Najm al-Din 'Umar al-Nasafi 'Ala' al-Din al-Kasani Abu al-Thana' al-Lamishi Sa'd al-Din al-Taftazani Nur al-Din al-Sabuni

Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi (Uzbek: Абул-Муин ан-Насафи; Arabic: أبو المعين النسفي) (c.1027-c.1115 A.D.) was a Central Asian Hanafi scholar who is considered to be the most important theologian in the Maturidi school of Sunni Islam after Imam Abu Mansur al-Maturidi, provided a fairly detailed account of al-Maturidi Central Asian predecessors.^[2][3][4][5]