At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
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Overview
Salim ibn Ayyub ibn Salim, the imam and shaykh al-Islam Abu al-Fath al-Razi al-Shafi'i, a memoriser of the fifth century, born around 366 AH. 1
Travels and standing
He narrated from Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Malik al-Ju'fi, Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Tamimi, the hafiz Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Busayr al-Razi, the two companions of Ibn Abi Hatim, Abu al-Husayn Ahmad ibn Faris the lexicographer and Abu Ahmad al-Faradi, and took fiqh from the master Abu Hamid al-Isfarayini; he settled in Syria as a frontier devotee spreading knowledge in hope of reward. 1
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, al-Kattani, Nasr al-Maqdisi and others narrated from him; al-Nasib described him as trustworthy, a jurist, a teacher of recitation and a traditionist. He died in 447 AH. 1
Sources
- Siyar a'lam al-nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Ideas House International edition, 2004) , p.1889
- al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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islam.museum contributors. “Salim ibn Ayyub al-Razi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/salim-ibn-ayyub-al-razi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.