WORKS WRITTEN IN AQEEDAH AT THE TIME OF IMAM MATURIDI

This article provides information on the works of aqeedah (kalam) written by disciples of Abu Mansur alMaturidi, the founder of the doctrine of Maturidiyya, the great scholar of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama’ah, during his lifetime and their rare manuscript sources preserved in the world’s manuscript Funds. The article analyzes works of some scholars such as Abu Bakr al-Iyadi, al-Hakim al-Samarkandi, Abul Hasan Ali al-Rustugfani, representatives of the Dar al-Iyadiya kalam school in Samarkand at the time of Imam Maturidi. In particular, the works of Abul Hasan ar-Rustugfani “al-As’ila wal ajwiba” and “al-Fawaid” were analyzed for the first time in our country based on manuscripts kept in the Suleymaniye Manuscripts Fund of Turkey. The article also states that “al-Fawaid” is not only work on “usul al-fiqh”, but also has aspects of kalam.