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.

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Roles
muhaddith · Jurist
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Qawwam al-Sunna, Isma'il ibn Muhammad · Ilkiya al-Harrasi, Ali ibn Muhammad · Razaq Allah ibn Abd al-Wahhab al-Tamimi · Al-Bakri, Abu Ubayd Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Aziz · Al-Ansari al-Harawi, Abd Allah ibn Muhammad

Scripture and its sciencesDevelopment of law, theology and institutions

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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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