Al-Juwayni
| Imam al-Haramayn Dhia' ul-Din al-Juwayni امام الحرمین ضیاءُ الدین الجُوَینی | |
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| Title | Imam al-HaramaynSheikh ul-Islam Dia al-Din |
| Born | 17 February 1028 Boštanekān, Jowayin County, near Nishapur, Greater Khorasan, Persia, now Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran |
| Died | 20 August 1085 (aged 57) |
| Ethnicity | Persian |
| Era | Middle Ages Islamic Golden Age |
| Region | Persia, Hejaz, Iraq |
| Occupation | Muslim scholar |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
| Main interest(s) | Usul al-fiqh, Fiqh, Kalam |
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Imam al-Haramayn Dhia' ul-Din Abd al-Malik ibn Yusuf al-Juwayni al-Shafi'i (Persian: امام الحرمین ضیاءالدین عبدالملک ابن یوسف جوینی شافعی, 17 February 1028— 19 August 1085; 419—478 AH) was a Persian Sunni Shafi'i jurist and mutakallim theologian. His name is commonly abbreviated as Al-Juwayni; he is also commonly referred to as Imam al Haramayn, meaning "leading master of the two holy cities", that is, Mecca and Medina.
Al-Juwayni was born on 22 February 1028 in a village on the outskirts of Naysabur called Bushtaniqan in Iran, Al-Juwayni was a prominent Muslim scholar known for his gifted intellect in Islamic legal matters. Al-Juwayni was born into a family of legal study. His father, Abu Muhammad 'Abdallah b. Yusef al-Juwayni, was a well-known master of Law in the Shafi′i community as well as a Shafi'i teacher and his older brother, Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali al-Juwayni, was a Sufi teacher of Hadith.
Al-Juwayni grew up in Naysabur, an intellectually thriving area drawing scholars to it. Naturally, Juwayni did not have to search far for his education. At the time, the teachings of the Shafi'i school were closely linked to the Ash'arite theology which al-Juwayni decided to study for several years after the death of his father, though he would later regret the time he invested in studying and debating the school's principles while on his deathbed. He took over for his father at this point and began his teaching career at only 19 years of age.
The Seljuks, at the time, were moving quickly in their conquest of eastern Iran and Tughril Beg became the first sultan. Tughril Beg was a Mutazili-Hanafi adherent and at the time, the Ash'arite theological camp and the Hanafi school of legal thought shared a hostile relationship based in differences of opinion regarding doctrine and when Tughril Beg was named wazir in Nishapur, he forbid al-Juwayni to practice or teach the Ash'ari theological perspective.
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