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Abu Muhammad al-Hijri

أبو محمد الحجري

c. 1111 CE · 505 AH – c. January 1195 CE · Muharram 591 AH

Abu Muhammad Abdallah b. Muhammad al-Hijri al-Andalusi al-Mari, hafiz, ascetic exemplar, one of the luminaries; b. 505, read Sahih al-Bukhari on Shurayh, heard abundantly from Ibn Mughith, Ibn al-Arabi and the great, ranged through the sciences and excelled in hadith — long-lived and far-famed; he had settled at Ceuta when the sultan summoned him to Marrakesh to hear him, and he was the utmost in probity in this field. He died at the start of Safar 591 1.

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Scholar
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Maghreb · al-Andalus & Europe
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Overview

Abu Muhammad 'Abdallah b. Muhammad b. 'Ali al-Hijri, of al-Andalus and Murcia — hafiz, ascetic, exemplar, one of the great figures; born 505, he read Sahih al-Bukhari under Shurayh, heard much from Abu'l-Hasan Ibn Mughith, Ibn al-'Arabi and the elders, mastered many sciences, excelled in hadith, lived long and his fame spread. 1

Ceuta

He held Ceuta firm, and the sultan called him to Marrakesh to hear from him — the utmost in probity in this matter. He died in early Safar 591. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 787
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