Māturīdism
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For everyone
Māturīdism, formed around the views of al-Māturīdī of Samarkand, is a Sunni kalām school that aims to balance transmitted texts and reason. It grants human will more room than Ashʿarism and holds that God's existence and basic good and evil can be known by reason. It is widespread in the Turkic world, Central Asia and among Ḥanafīs.
For specialists
Al-Māturīdī's Kitāb al-Tawḥīd counts the senses, reports (transmission) and reason as sources of knowledge, and accepts "takwīn" (bringing into being) as an eternal attribute. Its disagreements with the Ashʿarīs are usually counted at between twelve and forty issues, many of which have been judged verbal.
Claims
- God's existence and basic moral values can be known by reason even without revelation.[1]
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Sources
- EncyclopediaMâtürîdiyye. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisiislamansiklopedisi.org.trarchive
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Athena contributors. (2026). Māturīdism. Athena: The tree of human knowledge. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://latifkedi.github.io/athena/en/d/maturidilik/
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