Al-Baji, Abu al-Walid Sulayman ibn Khalaf

الباجي أبو الوليد سليمان بن خلف

1012 CE · 403 AH – 1081 CE · 474 AH

A hadith scholar, jurist, man of letters, poet, theologian and legal theorist from Beja in al-Andalus, a Maliki.

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At a glance

Roles
muhaddith · Jurist · Poet
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Al-Ansari al-Harawi, Abd Allah ibn Muhammad · Razaq Allah ibn Abd al-Wahhab al-Tamimi · Al-A'lam al-Shantamari, Yusuf ibn Sulayman · Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Ahmad ibn Ali · Al-Bakri, Abu Ubayd Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Aziz

Scripture and its sciencesDevelopment of law, theology and institutions

Place in the story

  • TransmitterTradition

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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-Baji, Abu al-Walid Sulayman ibn Khalaf”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-baji-abu-al-walid-sulayman/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.

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