محمد بن نصر المروزي
محمد بن نصر المروزي
c. 818 CE · 202 AH – c. 907 CE · 294 AH
At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Nasr al-Marwazi, a jurist. He was born in Baghdad, raised in Nishapur, and settled in Samarqand. 1
Dates
Al-Shirazi says that he was born in 202 AH and died in 294 AH. These have been converted approximately to the Gregorian calendar (around 818 CE and 907 CE). 1
Learning
He was among the most knowledgeable people about the disagreements of the Companions and those after them in the rulings. He wrote a book on the points where Abu Hanifa disagreed with Ali and with Abdallah. Abu Bakr al-Sayrafi said: "Had he written nothing but the book al-Qasama (On the Oath of Fifty), he would have been among the most learned of people in jurisprudence." 1
Sources
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi), p.56
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