RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Wasil ibn Ata

700 - 748

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Wāṣil ibn ʿAtāʾ (699–748) (Arabic: واصل بن عطاء) was a Muslim theologian and jurist. He is considered to be the founder of the Muʿtazilite school of Kalam. Born around the year 699 in the Arabian Peninsula, he initially studied under Abd-Allah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, the grandson of Ali. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wasil ibn Ata has received more than 125,500 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Wasil ibn Ata is the 936th most popular religious figure (down from 892nd in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 112th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

Wasil ibn ata is most famous for his work in Arabic grammar. He was a student of the famous Muslim scholar, Abu al-asan al-Jawhari.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Wasil ibn Ata ranks 936 out of 3,187Before him are Lars Levi Laestadius, Antipope Clement VIII, Ibn Babawayh, William Miller, Lucifer of Cagliari, and Antipope Innocent III. After him are Odilo of Cluny, Paolo Giovio, Catherine of Vadstena, John Harvard, Nicholas Kabasilas, and Ahmad al-Badawi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700, Wasil ibn Ata ranks 15Before him are Tiberius III, Wahshi ibn Harb, Abdullah ibn Saba', Piruz Nahavandi, Paolo Lucio Anafesto, and Plectrude. After him are Ibrahim ibn al-Walid, Batbayan, Sebeos, Artabasdos, Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa, and Antipope Paschal. Among people deceased in 748, Wasil ibn Ata ranks 2Before him is Empress Genshō. After him is Odilo, Duke of Bavaria.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Wasil ibn Ata ranks 136 out of 354Before him are Isma'il ibn Ja'far (721), Abd-Allah ibn Jahsh (580), Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf (600), Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (600), Al-Mughira (600), and Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam (null). After him are Al-Khansa (575), Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba (581), Idris I of Morocco (743), Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr (631), Fatimah bint Musa (790), and Hashim ibn Abd Manaf (464).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Wasil ibn Ata ranks 58Before him are 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As (616), Waraqah ibn Nawfal (null), Abd Manaf ibn Qusai (430), Isma'il ibn Ja'far (721), Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (600), and Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam (null). After him are Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba (581), Fatimah bint Musa (790), Hashim ibn Abd Manaf (464), Ibn Shihab az-Zuhri (678), Abu Sa'īd al-Khūdrī (612), and Muslim ibn Aqil (650).