Shahr ibn Hawshab al-Ash'ari
شهر بن حوشب الأشعري
c. 730 CE · 112 AH
A Syrian jurist listed by Shirazi among the third generation; Shirazi gives his death as 112 AH and notes Ibn Sa'd's variant.
At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
One of the jurists of Syria in the third generation in al-Shirazi's classification. He is mentioned together with Mujahid, Abd Allah ibn Abi Mulayka and others 1.
His death
al-Shirazi says that he died in the year 112 AH. The editor quotes Ibn Sa'd with a differing opinion, the year 98 AH. The corresponding Common Era date is derived 2.
The date of death needs an additional source.
People and things also explored
The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)
Sources
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi)
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi), p.40
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