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Abu Tahir al-Khujandi of Medina

أبو طاهر الخجندي نزيل المدينة

c. 1320 CE · c. 720 AH – c. 1399 CE · 802 AH

Medina

The imam and allama al-Khujandi al-Hanafi; he transmitted a part (juz') on the authority of Izz al-Din ibn Jama'a, kept the people of Medina occupied with learning for forty years, and people benefited from him for his religion and his knowledge; he died having passed eighty 1.

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar · teacher
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Arabia · Persia & Central Asia
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Life in time

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Sitt al-Qudat, Ibn Kathir's niece · Ibrahim al-Dajwi, the grammarian · Ibn al-Ahmar, Isma'il ibn Yusuf · Abu al-Khayr al-'Ala'i al-Muqaddisi · Majd al-Din al-Kinani, qadi of Egypt

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Medina

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Place in the story

    sunni-hanafi (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Overview

    The imam-scholar al-Khujandi the Hanafi; he transmitted a juz' from 'Izz al-Din Ibn Jama'a, kept the people of Medina busy with him forty years — they profited by him for his faith and learning — and died past eighty. 1

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    Mosque of the Two Qiblas· Prophet's Mosque· The Sanctuary of Medina· Judaism in Arabia before Islam· Medina's society at the Hijra· The utum (tower-fortresses) of Yathrib· Restoration of the Abbasid Khutba in the Two Harams in 479· Abu Bakr leads the prayers during the final illness

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 24
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    Mosque of the Two Qiblas

    The Banu Salama mosque of Medina, named 'of the two qiblas' because the qibla was turned in it: Ibn Zabala reports that a man of Banu Salama reached them at dawn prayer with word of the change and they turned mid-prayer to the Kaaba — while al-Zamakhshari and the sira tradition make the change fall at zuhr when the Prophet had prayed two rak'as with his Companions, then turned to face the Mizab, the men and women exchanging places; Ibn Hajar reconciles the reports, and al-Majd notes that on Ibn Zabala's version Quba mosque would better deserve the name. Ibn Zabala ascribes the mosque to Banu Sawad ibn Ghanm of Banu Salama by al-Midhad, against al-Matari's ascription to Banu Haram.