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.
At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · muhaddith
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Life in time
Scripture and its sciencesDevelopment of law, theology and institutions
Place in the story
- JuristTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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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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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Abhari, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-abhari-abu-bakr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.