Al-Ansari al-Saraqusti, Isma'il ibn Khalaf
الأنصاري السرقسطي إسماعيل بن خلف
1062 CE · 455 AH
A reciter, grammarian and man of letters from Zaragoza in al-Andalus, who moved to Egypt and settled there.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · Poet
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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Life in time
Scripture and its sciencesLinguistics
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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People and things also explored
Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, Zalim ibn Amr· Ibn Abi al-Ahwas, al-Husayn ibn Abd al-Aziz· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)· Seeking knowledge· Connectedness of the isnad and proven hearing· The Qur'an as the speech of God (in the Tahawi creed)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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