At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Identifiers
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Life in time
Overview
Abu Muhammad 'Abdallah b. Yusuf b. 'Abdallah b. Yusuf b. Muhammad b. Hayuwayh al-Juwayni, the Shafi'i jurist — father of the Imam al-Haramayn; an imam in tafsir, fiqh, usul, Arabic and adab. He read adab under his father Abu Ya'qub, then worked at fiqh at Nishapur under Abu'l-Tayyib Sahl b. Muhammad al-Sa'luki and at Marw under Abu Bakr al-Qaffal al-Marwazi until he mastered the madhhab and khilaf. 1
Teaching and works
He returned to Nishapur in 407, sat to teach and give fatwa, and a great company formed on him — among them his son the Imam al-Haramayn. His works: the great Tafsir, al-Tabsira, al-Tadhkira, Mukhtasar al-mukhtasar, and Mawqif al-imam wa'l-ma'mum. 1
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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islam.museum contributors. “Abdallah ibn Yusuf al-Juwayni”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abdallah-ibn-yusuf-al-juwayni/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.