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Al-Mufaddal ibn Salama

المفضل بن سلمة

Al-Mufaddal ibn Salama ibn Asim, Abu Talib al-Dabbi, a philologist known for works on the arts of literature and the meanings of the Qur'an. He studied with Ibn al-A'rabi and other well-known scholars, and al-Suli and others studied with him. His works include al-Bari' fi ilm al-lugha and Diya' al-qulub on the meanings of the Qur'an 1. The book gives his death as 290 AH.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Levant & Iraq
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Al-Mufaddal ibn Salama ibn Asim, Abu Talib al-Dabbi, a philologist known for works on the arts of literature and the meanings of the Qur'an. He studied with Ibn al-A'rabi and other well-known scholars, and al-Suli and others studied with him. His works include al-Bari' fi ilm al-lugha and Diya' al-qulub on the meanings of the Qur'an 1. The book gives his death as 290 AH.

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  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.13763
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