al-Humaydi Muhammad ibn Futuh
الحميدي محمد بن فتوح
1029 CE · 420 AH – 1095 CE · 488 AH
Historian, man of letters, jurist and hadith scholar who followed the Zahiri school, devoted to learning and asceticism; born 420 AH (1029 CE), died 488 AH (1095 CE).
At a glance
- Roles
- Historian · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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Life in time
History-writing and social thoughtScripture and its sciences
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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موجز
محمد بن فتوح بن عبد الله الأزدي، المعروف بالحافظ الحميدي، مؤرخ وأديب وفقيه محدّث. 1
حياته
كان ظاهري المذهب، منقطعاً للعلم زاهداً. ولد سنة 420هـ (1029م) وتوفي سنة 488هـ (1095م) بحسب الموسوعة. 1
People and things also explored
al-Abri, Abu al-Hasan· The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· 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, p.288
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Humaydi Muhammad ibn Futuh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-humaydi-muhammad-ibn-futuh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.