Al-Baghawi, al-Husayn ibn Muhammad
البغوي الحسين بن محمد
1044 CE · 436 AH – 1117 CE · 510 AH
A hadith scholar and jurist from the town of Baghh in Khurasan, between Marw and Herat. His works include Sharh al-Sunna.
At a glance
- Roles
- muhaddith · Jurist
- 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
- TransmitterTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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People and things also explored
Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi· Abdullah ibn Abbas· Abu Awana, Ya'qub ibn Ishaq· Abu Bakr al-Khallal· Abu al-Abbas Abd Allah al-Abyani· Al-Abbi, Muhammad ibn Khalfa· Al-Abhari, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah· Al-A'mash, Sulayman ibn Mihran
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-Baghawi, al-Husayn ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-baghawi-al-husayn-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.