Ibn Khumays, al-Husayn ibn Nasr
ابن خميس الحسين بن نصر
1073 CE · 466 AH – 1157 CE · 552 AH
A hadith scholar and jurist from Mosul, of the Juhayna tribe, born in 466 AH and died in 552 AH.
At a glance
- Roles
- muhaddith · Jurist
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Scripture and its sciencesDevelopment of law, theology and institutions
Place in the story
- TransmitterTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Abdallah al-Husayn ibn Nasr ibn Muhammad ibn Khumays al-Mawsili al-Juhani al-Ka'bi, a hadith scholar and jurist from Mosul, of the Banu Juhayna. He was born in 466 AH (1073 CE) and died in 552 AH (1157 CE). 1
What is reported of him
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Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi· Abdullah ibn Abbas· Abu Awana, Ya'qub ibn Ishaq· Abu Bakr al-Khallal· Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi· Abu al-Abbas Abd Allah al-Abyani· Al-Abbi, Muhammad ibn Khalfa· Al-Abhari, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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