Al-Ansari al-Harawi, Abd Allah ibn Muhammad
الأنصاري الهروي عبد الله بن محمد
1005 CE · 396 AH – 1088 CE · 481 AH
A memorizer, historian, hadith scholar, Sufi and Qur'an commentator from Herat, a Hanbali who traced his lineage to Abu Ayyub al-Ansari.
At a glance
- Roles
- muhaddith · Historian · mystic
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Life in time
Spirituality and SufismScripture and its sciences
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
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People and things also explored
Abd al-Wahid ibn Zayd· Ahmad ibn Hamallah al-Tishiti· Al-Abraqawhi, Ahmad ibn Ishaq· Ibrahim Haqqi al-Erzurumi· Ibn al-A'rabi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad· Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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