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Life in time
Overview
Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Tirmidhi, a jurist who settled in Baghdad, mentioned by al-Shirazi in "Tabaqat al-Fuqaha". 1
His standing
Al-Shirazi says that in his time there was no one in Iraq more eminent, more pious, or more diligent in following the Shafi'i school than him, and that he never asked anyone for anything. 1
His school
Al-Shirazi relates that he first studied the school of Abu Hanifa, then saw the Prophet in a dream, who told him to take whatever agreed with his sunna. This is al-Shirazi's report and has not been checked here. 1
His birth and death
He was born in Dhu al-Hijja 200 AH and died in Muharram 295 AH, as al-Shirazi states. The Gregorian conversion is derived. 1
Sources
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p. 55
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu Jafar al-Tirmidhi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-jafar-al-tirmidhi-muhammad-ibn-ahmad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.