Al-Taftazani

Al-Taftazani
Titleal-ʿAllāmah al-Thānī (The Second Great Scholar)
Personal life
Born1322 (1322)
Died1390 (aged 67–68)
RegionSarakhs
Main interest(s)Linguistics, Theology, Islamic jurisprudence, Rhetoric, Logic
Notable work(s)Sharh al-'Aqa'id al-Nasafiyya
Sharh al-Maqasid
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAshari
Muslim leader

Sa'ad al-Din Massud b. Fahruddin Omar b. Burhanaddin Abdullah al-Haravi al-Khorasani at-Taftazani ash-Shafi'i Persian: سعدالدین مسعودبن عمربن عبداللّه هروی خراسانی تفتازانی)also known as Al-Taftazani and Teftazani(1322–1390) was a Muslim Persian polymath. A sh'ari theologian and Shafi'i jurist.