Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Bāqillānī (Arabic: أَبُو بَكْر مُحَمَّد بْن ٱلطَّيِّب ٱلْبَاقِلَّانِيّ; 950 – 5 June 1013),[5] was a Sunni Muslim scholar and polymath who specialized in speculative theology, jurisprudence, logic, and hadith.
[1] An accomplished rhetorical stylist and orator, al-Baqillani was held in high regard by his contemporaries for his expertise in debating theological and jurisprudential issues.
"[7] Born in Basra in 330 AH / 950 CE,[2] he spent most of his life in Baghdad, and studied theology under two disciples of Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari,[2] Ibn Mujahid al-Ta'i and Abul-Hasan al-Bahili.
Imam Al-Tamini was chosen as an announcer and he shouted:[13]"This is the Helper of the Sunnah (of the prophet PBUH) and the Religion (of Almighty God)!
[13] Qadi Iyad said of al-Baqillani, "He is known as the sword of the sunna and spokesman of the community, who spoke the language of traditionists, strictly keeping the firm to the beliefs, and was the head of the Maliki scholars of his time.