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Ibn al-Banna

ابن البناء

471 AH

A jurist, Qur'an reciter, hadith scholar and preacher of Baghdad; the book records that he wrote nearly five hundred works, among them al-Mujarrad on jurisprudence and a commentary on al-Kharaqi.

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Roles
Jurist · writer
Counted among
Sunni (Hanbali)
Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Development of law, theology and institutions

Summary

Al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn Abdullah ibn al-Banna' al-Baghdadi, a jurist, Quran-teacher, hadith-scholar and preacher who composed about five hundred works, among them al-Mujarrad in fiqh and Sharh al-Kharaqi 1. He died in 471 AH 1.

People and things also explored

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Sources

  1. al-Madkhal ila Madhhab al-Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal — Ibn Badran (al-Turki edition), p. 412
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