Ghazālī and his Early Biographers

This article offers an outline of what we know of Abu Hamid al-Ghazalis life from the earliest sources, beginning with key autobiographical passages of Ghazalis al-Munqidh and surveying the earliest available biographical sources. Works drawn on include, most prominently, those by 'Abd al-Ghafir al-Farisi and Qadi Abu Bakr b. al-'Arabi.

Keywords: al-Ghazali, autobiography, biography, polemics.

Journal of Islam & Science, Vol. 9 (Winter 2011) No. 2

Muhammad Hozien

Muhammad Hozien is an independent scholar specializing in Imam alGhazālī with an emphasis on Islamic philosophy. He maintains www.ghazali.org, a website dedicated to the study and works of Imam al-Ghazālī.