Abd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad

Abu al-Hasan ʿAbd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad ibn Khalil ibn ʿAbdallah al-Hamadani al-Asadabadi was a Persian Mu'tazili theologian, jurist and hadith scholar who is remembered as the Qadi al-Qudat of the Buyid dynasty, and a reported follower of the Shafi‘i school. Abd al-Jabbar means "Servant of al-Jabbar ." According to Ibn al-Subki, the Mu'tazila call him "Qadi al-Qudat" and do not give this title to anyone else.