# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/muhammad-ibn-yusuf-al-sanusi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T20:37:31.319Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/muhammad-ibn-yusuf-al-sanusi"
name: "Muhammad ibn Yusuf al‐Sanusi"
slug: "muhammad-ibn-yusuf-al-sanusi"
description: "Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi was a Maghribi Sunni polymath from what is now Algeria. He was an Ash'arī theologian, Mālikī jurist, Sufi saint and mufti centred in Tlemcen. He is best known for his foundational contributions to Islamic creed ('aqīdah) and theology (kalām), with his works being highly regarded in Sunni Islam, particularly within the Ash'ari tradition. Imam Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi is widely credited with systematizing and popularizing an accessible, rationally argued presentation of Sunni kalām, thereby safeguarding orthodox creed against heterodox influences and countering the claims of pseudo-Sufi figures who promoted innovations and spurious forms of asceticism."
tagline: "Islamic theologian and author in 8th century Hijri"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1428"
deathDate: "1490"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.849752000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Muhammad ibn Yusuf as-Sanusiy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "محمد بن يوسف السنوسي"
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    title: "Məhəmməd ibn Yusif əs-Sənusi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_ibn_Youssef_Sanoussi"
    title: "Mohamed ibn Youssef Sanoussi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Yusuf_al-Sanusi"
    title: "Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мухаммад ибн Юсуф ас-Сануси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%86_%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C"
    title: "محمد بن یوسف سنوسی"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump