At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Ahmad al-Marwazi, a Shafi'i jurist and one of the companions of Ibn Surayj. 1
His standing
Al-Shirazi says that leadership of learning in Baghdad came to him, that he wrote a commentary on "al-Mukhtasar", and that he wrote on the principles of jurisprudence. Imams took from him, and the jurisprudence of his students spread through the lands. 1
His death
He went to Egypt and died there in 340 AH. The Gregorian conversion is derived. 1
Notes for researchers
- His date of birth needs an additional source.
Connections
- Taught
- Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah al-Daraki· Qadi Abu Ali Ibn Abi Hurayra al-Baghdadi· Abu Bakr al-Sibi Ahmad ibn Muhammad· Abu Bakr Ibn Lal al-Hamadhani· Qadi Abu Hamid al-Marwarudhi, Ahmad ibn Amir ibn Bishr· Abu Sahl al-Su'luki al-Hanafi Muhammad ibn Sulayman· Abu Zayd al-Marwazi Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abd Allah· Abu al-Hasan al-Masarjisi Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Sahl
- Studied under
- Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Surayj
People and things also explored
Qadi Abu Ali Ibn Abi Hurayra al-Baghdadi· Abu Bakr Ibn Lal al-Hamadhani· Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Surayj· Abu al-Abbas ibn al-Qass al-Tabari· Abu al-Fayyad ibn al-Muntasir· Abu al-Husayn Ibn al-Qattan al-Baghdadi· Abu al-Tayyib al-Su'luki al-Hanafi· Abu Ali ibn Hamkan al-Hamadhani
Sources
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p. 59
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