Abu Abd Allah al-Khatan

أبو عبد الله الختن

c. 996 CE · 386 AH

Abu Abd Allah al-Khatan, son-in-law of Abu Bakr al-Isma'ili, was an excellent jurist who wrote a commentary on al-Talkhis by Ibn al-Qass 1.

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Jurist · Scholar
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Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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900925950975100010251050 c. c. c.
Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadhani · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi · Abd Allah ibn Zaydun · Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad

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Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ibrahim, known as al-Khatan, that is the son-in-law of Abu Bakr al-Isma'ili. He was a virtuous jurist and wrote a commentary on "al-Talkhis" by Ibn al-Qass. 1

The editor's note, quoting al-Subki and Ibn Khallikan, says that he died in 386 AH; this date needs a second source. 1

Sources

  1. Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p. 63
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