Husayn ibn Siddiq al-Ahdal

حسين بن صديق الأهدل

1446 CE · 850 AH – 1497 CE · 903 AH

The Yemeni scholar Husayn ibn Siddiq al-Ahdal, born at Bayat in 850 AH and died in 903 AH; he left manuscript works.

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Scholar
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Sunni
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Arabia
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: al-Busrawi Ala al-Din Ali ibn Yusuf · Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi · al-Samhudi · Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti · al-Tizini Muhammad ibn Muhammad

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Overview

Husayn ibn Siddiq ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Ahdal, a Yemeni scholar. He was born in Bayat in 850 AH (1446 CE) and died in 903 AH (1497 CE). He left manuscript works. 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.522
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islam.museum contributors. “Husayn ibn Siddiq al-Ahdal”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/husayn-ibn-siddiq-al-ahdal/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings

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