Al-Abhari, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah

الأبهري أبو بكر محمد بن عبد الله

901 CE · 289 AH – 985 CE · 375 AH

A Maliki jurist who combined the Qur'anic readings, high-grade chains of transmission and sound jurisprudence; from Abhar, between Qazvin and Zanjan.

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Roles
Jurist · muhaddith
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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Life in time

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Al-Akhfash al-Asghar, Ali ibn Sulayman · Ibn Sina (Avicenna) · Abu al-Abbas Abd Allah al-Abyani · Al-Amidi, Abu al-Qasim al-Hasan ibn Bishr

Scripture and its sciencesDevelopment of law, theology and institutions

Place in the story

  • JuristTradition

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People and things also explored

Abdullah ibn AbbasAbu Bakr al-KhallalAbu al-Abbas Abd Allah al-AbyaniAl-Abbi, Muhammad ibn KhalfaImam al-NawawiIbn al-Ajdabi, Ibrahim ibn Isma'ilIbn Rajab al-HanbaliMalik ibn Anas

Sources

  • Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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