At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist
- Counted among
- Sunni
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Life in time
Overview
The judge Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Surayj, a Shafi'i jurist. He died in Baghdad in 306 AH according to al-Shirazi. 3
The editor's note, drawing on the "Fihrist", says he died in 305 AH, so the date of his death differs between the two sources. 3
Al-Shirazi says he was one of the great Shafi'is, and he was called the "grey falcon". He held the judgeship in Shiraz. He was preferred over all the companions of al-Shafi'i, even over al-Muzani. 3
Al-Shirazi quotes his teacher Abu al-Hasan al-Shirajī that the index of his books contained four hundred works. 3
He took knowledge from Abu al-Qasim al-Anmati (Uthman ibn Said al-Anmati). 4
Connections
People and things also explored
Abu Bakr Ibn Lal al-Hamadhani· Qadi Abu Ali Ibn Abi Hurayra al-Baghdadi· Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Ahmad al-Marwazi· Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah al-Daraki· Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Fasawi· Abu al-Hasan ibn al-Marzuban al-Baghdadi· Abu Ali al-Tabari al-Hasan ibn al-Qasim· Abu Ali al-Zajjaji al-Tabari
Sources
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p. 57
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p. 58
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p.57
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p.58
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islam.museum contributors. “Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Surayj”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ahmad-ibn-umar-ibn-surayj/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.