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Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Natifi

أحمد بن محمد الناطفي

Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Umar, Abu al-Abbas al-Natifi al-Tabari, a Hanafi jurist from Rayy, named for making or selling natif (a sweet). Amir Katib called him one of the great scholars of Iraq and a pupil of Abu Abd Allah al-Jurjani. His works, all on Hanafi fiqh, include al-Waqi'at, al-Ajnas wa al-furuq, al-Hidaya and al-Ahkam; he died in 446 AH. 1

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Roles
Jurist
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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Scripture and its sciences

Overview

Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Natifi al-Tabari, a Hanafi jurist of Rayy (d. 446 AH). 1

Works

His works on Hanafi fiqh include al-Waqi'at, al-Ajnas wa al-furuq, al-Hidaya and al-Ahkam. 1

People and things also explored

The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.3495
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