At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · Jurist
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Abu'l-Mahasin al-Ruyani, shaykh of the Shafi'is and the Shafi'i of his time; Ibn Qadi Shuhba said he held eminence, leadership and full acceptance with kings, and mastered the madhhab until he would say: "were al-Shafi'i's books to burn I would dictate them from memory"; he held the judgeship of Tabaristan and built a madrasa at Amol. 1
His martyrdom
Among his works: al-Bahr, al-Kafi, al-Hilya, al-Mubtadi and Haqiqat al-qawlayn wa'l-wajhayn; he was martyred in Amol's congregational mosque just after finishing a dictation, on Friday 11 Muharram 502 — a Batini killed him. 1
Connections
- Participated in
- Batiniyya assassinations of scholars in 502
People and things also explored
عبيد الله الخطيبي· Batiniyya assassinations of scholars in 502
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 484
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu al-Mahasin al-Ruyani”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-al-mahasin-al-ruyani/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.