Ibn Kullab
Ibn Kullab () (d. ca. 241/855) was an early Sunni theologian (mutakallim) in Basra and Baghdad in the first half of the 9th century during the time of the Mihna and belonged, according to Ibn al-Nadim, to the traditionalist group of the Nawabit. Often regarded to be the true founder of the Ash'ari madhab, he was known for his criticism of Jahmis, Mu'tazilis, and Anthropomorphists. He contradicted the Mu'tazili doctrine of Khalq al-Qur'an (Createdness of the Qur'an) by introducing a distinction between the words of God ("Kalam Allah") and its realisation. His movement, also called Kullabiyya, merged into Ash'arism, which, along with Maturidism forms the theological basis of Sunni Islam.

He was praised by several famous scholars, including Ibn Asakir, Taj al-Din al-Subki, Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani, Ibn Khaldun, Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani, Ibn Qadi Shuhba, Jamal al-Din al-Isnawi, Kamal al-Din al-Bayadi in Isharat al-Maram, Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi in his work Kitab Usul al-Din, al-Shahrastani in al-Milal wa al-Nihal, and al-Kawthari.
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Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani
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Ibn Qadi Shuhba
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Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi
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al-Shahrastani
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al-Kawthari
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