The Relationship Betveen Essence and Attributes to Abu'l Hudhayl Al-Allaf

This thesis has been prepared on the views of Abu Hudhayl al-Allaf about the essence and attributes of Allah. This study consists of an introduction and two parts. In the introductory part, the nature of the self-attributive discussion is mentioned and necessary information is given about the purpose and method of the study. In the first chapter, the life, works, the scientific and political atmosphere of the period he lived, some theological opinions and the progress of the attributives in Muslims until his time are briefly mentioned. In the second part of the study, Abu Hudhayl al-Allaf's concept of self-adjective is discussed. It has been found that Abu Hudhayl al-Allaf's self-conception is far from any discourse that would evoke the resemblance of Allah to any creatures. The views put forward before Allaf on this issue were mentioned and Allaf's views on the subject were discussed in a comparative way. In this sense, the sayings of scholars such as Jad b. Dirhem, Jahm b. Safvan, Vasıl b. Ata, Abdullah b. Kullab and Ebu Hanifa about self with uniformness-apartness, qıdam-hudus, have played an important role in shaping the subject. Abu Hudhayl al-Allaf argued that the adjectives are the essence of Allah and tried to support this view by narration. We did not find a certain attributive classification in classical sources. However, we have discussed Allaf's attributive classification based on his general views in the form of three titles; self, actional and khaberi.