Ibn Abi al-Ahwas, al-Husayn ibn Abd al-Aziz

ابن أبي الأحوص الحسين بن عبد العزيز

1206 CE · 603 AH – 1299 CE · 699 AH

A reciter, Qur'an commentator, hadith scholar and Arabic grammarian. Born in Jaen and settled in Granada; known as Ibn al-Nazir.

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Roles
Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Al-Abraqawhi, Ahmad ibn Ishaq · Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar · Ibn al-Abbar, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah · Ibn al-Athir Imad al-Din · Al-Astarabadhi, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad

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People and things also explored

Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, Zalim ibn Amr· Al-Ansari al-Saraqusti, Isma'il ibn Khalaf· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)· Seeking knowledge· Connectedness of the isnad and proven hearing· The Qur'an as the speech of God (in the Tahawi creed)

Sources

  • Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, Zalim ibn Amr

A philologist and transmitter credited with the vowel-pointing of the Qur'an and the founding of Arabic grammar. His lineage goes back to al-Du'al ibn Bakr ibn Kinana.