Al-Isnawi, Abd al-Rahim ibn al-Hasan

الإسنوي عبد الرحيم بن الحسن

1305 CE · 704 AH – 1371 CE · 772 AH

A Shafi'i jurist from Isna in Upper Egypt. He memorized the Qur'an and al-Tanbih by al-Shirazi in its mosque.

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Egypt & Nile
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Ibn Battuta, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah · Ibn Ruzgan, Muhammad ibn Muhammad · Faraj ibn Qasim ibn Lubb · Ibn al-Ahmar, Isma'il ibn Yusuf · Al-Adfawi, Ja'far ibn Tha'laba

Development of law, theology and institutions

Place in the story

  • JuristTradition

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People and things also explored

The phrase "la yanbaghi" in Imam Ahmad's words· The reports from Imam Ahmad· Obedience to those in authority and not rebelling (in the Tahawi creed)· The Hanbali school (madhhab)· Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi· Abdullah ibn Abbas· Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad· Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi

Sources

  • Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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The phrase "la yanbaghi" in Imam Ahmad's words

The expression "la yanbaghi" ("it is not proper") in Imam Ahmad's words: is it understood as prohibition or as dislike? His companions differed over it, an example of disagreement over the school's wording.