Al-Baqillani

Abu Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Bāqillānī, often known as al-Bāqillānī for short, or reverentially as Imam al-Bāqillānī by Sunni Muslims, was a famous Sunni Islamic theologian, jurist, and logician who spent much of his life defending and strengthening orthodox Sunni Islam. An accomplished rhetorical stylist and master orator, al-Baqillani was held in high regard by his contemporaries for his expertise in debating even the most complex of theological and jurisprudential issues. Al-Baqillani is often given the honorary epithets Shaykh al-Sunna, Lisān al-Umma, Imād al-Dīn, Nāsir al-Islām, and Sayf as-Sunna in Sunni tradition.