The Unquenchable Thirst for Knowledge- Imam Al-Ashari

By sheila | Apr 8, 2007

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Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Ismail al-Ashari was born in the city of Basra, Iraq, in 873. He was descended from the Asharia clan of Yemen who had governed Iraq during the time of the Prophet’s Successors. The foremost amongst the clan had been Abu Musa Al-Ashari, on whom the Prophet Muhammad had once singled out:

“If the Asharis [...]