Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali

Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Tusiyy al-Ghazali (ابو حامد محمد بن محمد الطوسی الغزالی), known commonly as Al-Ghazali, 1058 – 19 December 1111, known in Medieval Europe by the Latinized Algazelus or Algazel, was a Persian Sunni Muslim polymath. He is known as one of the most prominent and influential jurisconsults, legal theoreticians, muftis, philosophers, theologians, logicians and mystics in Islamic history.