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al-Qurtubi the muqri'

القرطبي المقريء

1233 CE · 631 AH

Medina

al-Qurtubi Abu Abdallah Muhammad b. Umar (d. Safar 631) — the Maliki muqri' who read the seven readings under al-Shatibi himself; ascetic imam, long of reach in tafsir; died at Medina 1.

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
al-Andalus & Europe · Arabia
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi · Abu al-Abbas al-Qurti · Abu al-Hajjaj al-Biyasi · Abu al-Mahasin al-Shawwa · Abu Ali al-Shalubin

In space

Medina

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Overview

Muhammad b. 'Umar al-Qurtubi, the righteous man of the Malikis; he made the hajj, heard from 'Abd al-Mun'im b. al-Farawi and a company, and read the readings on Abu'l-Qasim al-Shatibi — an ascetic, exact, brilliant imam in several sciences: fiqh, the readings and Arabic, long-armed in tafsir. He died at Medina in Safar. 1

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Died in
Medina

People and things also explored

Mosque of the Two Qiblas· Prophet's Mosque· The Sanctuary of Medina· Judaism in Arabia before Islam· Medina's society at the Hijra· The utum (tower-fortresses) of Yathrib· Restoration of the Abbasid Khutba in the Two Harams in 479· Abu Bakr leads the prayers during the final illness

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 145
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Mosque of the Two Qiblas

The Banu Salama mosque of Medina, named 'of the two qiblas' because the qibla was turned in it: Ibn Zabala reports that a man of Banu Salama reached them at dawn prayer with word of the change and they turned mid-prayer to the Kaaba — while al-Zamakhshari and the sira tradition make the change fall at zuhr when the Prophet had prayed two rak'as with his Companions, then turned to face the Mizab, the men and women exchanging places; Ibn Hajar reconciles the reports, and al-Majd notes that on Ibn Zabala's version Quba mosque would better deserve the name. Ibn Zabala ascribes the mosque to Banu Sawad ibn Ghanm of Banu Salama by al-Midhad, against al-Matari's ascription to Banu Haram.