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Jir ibn Ghalib, known by the kunya Abu Firas, one of the early jurists of the Shurat. He was a jurist, a poet, a preacher and an eloquent speaker. 2
His books
Ibn al-Nadim lists for him the Book of the Sunan and the Rulings, the Book of the Rulings of the Qur'an, the Book of the Abridgement in Jurisprudence, the Great Compendium in Jurisprudence, and his letter to Malik ibn Anas. 2
Sources
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p.330
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi
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islam.museum contributors. “Jir Ibn Ghalib”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/jir-ibn-ghalib/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.