Al-Akwa', Muhammad ibn Ali

الأكوع محمد بن علي

1903 CE · 1321 AH – 1998 CE · 1419 AH

A scholar of jurisprudence and inheritance law, philologist and prolific writer, with wide knowledge of the history of Yemen in the Islamic period.

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Scholar · writer
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Sunni
Era
The Contemporary Era
Region
Arabia
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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Ibn Baz, Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah · Al-Albani, Muhammad Nasir al-Din · Abd al-Rahman Badawi · Munir al-Baalbaki · Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Buti

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People and things also explored

Abd al-Qadir al-Baghdadi· Abd al-Rahman Badawi· Abd al-Razzaq al-Bitar· Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad· Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, Zalim ibn Amr· Abu al-Khayr al-Armuni· Ahmad ibn Mustafa ibn al-Khawja· Tha'lab, Ahmad ibn Yahya

Sources

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

Born in Baghdad, he was drawn to literature and the study of Arabic from childhood. He wrote Khizanat al-Adab.