Ali ibn Ahmad al-Asbahi

الأصبحي، أبو الحسين علي بن أحمد بن أسعد

1247 CE · 644 AH – 1303 CE · 703 AH

A Yemeni jurist and hadith scholar from Ta'izz who excelled in Islamic jurisprudence, studied hadith, and was trained in fiqh by several teachers of his age.

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At a glance

Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Arabia
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Life in time

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Al-Astarabadhi, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad · al-Ju'bari Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Umar · Jamal al-Din al-Qurashi Muhammad ibn Umar · Ibn Jama'a, Badr al-Din Muhammad ibn Ibrahim · Al-Abraqawhi, Ahmad ibn Ishaq

Scripture and its sciences

Place in the story

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Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

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موجز

أبو الحسين علي بن أحمد بن أسعد بن أبي بكر الأصبحي التعزي فقيه ومحدّث يمني من أهل تعز. تذكر «موسوعة أعلام العلماء والأدباء» أنه نبغ في الفقه ودرس الحديث وتتلمذ في الفقه على عدد من شيوخ عصره. 1

التاريخ

تورد الموسوعة ولادته نحو سنة 644هـ ووفاته نحو سنة 703هـ. وهما تاريخان بحسب الموسوعة وحدها، ويحتاجان إلى مصدر إضافي. 1

People and things also explored

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)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.74
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The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings

al-Mas'udi's etymology of the abjad numeral letters — the 29 letters of the abjad order named after six kings of Shu'ayb's people: Abjad of Mecca and the Hijaz, Hawwaz and Hutti of Wajj (the Ta'if and Najd lands), and Kalamn, Sa'fas and Qursht of Madyan or Egypt.