Abu Zayd al-Dabusi

أبو زيد الدبوسي

1039 CE · 430 AH

Abu Zayd Abdallah b. Umar al-Dabusi (d. 430 Bukhara) — Hanafi jurist, counted among Abu Hanifa's greatest companions; credited as the first to compose the discipline of legal disagreement (ilm al-khilaf) 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Abu Zayd 'Abdallah b. 'Umar b. 'Isa al-Dabusi, the Hanafi jurist; one of Imam Abu Hanifa's great companions cited in proverb — the first to lay down the science of khilaf and bring it into being. His works: Kitab al-asrar, a Taqwim of the proofs, and other works and commentaries. 1

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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