Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi
عبد الغني بن سعيد الأزدي
c. 941 CE · c. 329 AH† – 1018 CE · 409 AH †
† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.
Hadith memoriser of Egypt, from a family known for hadith transmission.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- TransmitterTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Muhammad Abd al-Ghani ibn Said ibn Ali al-Azdi was a hadith memorizer from Egypt, from a family known for hadith and transmission. His birth is estimated at around 941 CE and his death was in 409 AH (1018 CE). 1
People and things also explored
The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, j.1 p.508
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