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Al-Atabi

العتابي

Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Umar, Abu Nasr or Abu al-Qasim, Zayn al-Din al-Atabi al-Bukhari, a Hanafi scholar of fiqh and exegesis, named for the Atabiyya quarter of Bukhara. His works include commentaries on al-Ziyadat and al-Jami' al-kabir and al-Jami' al-saghir, a collection of fiqh, and a tafsir. 1

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At a glance

Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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Scripture and its sciences

Overview

Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Atabi al-Bukhari, a Hanafi jurist and exegete, from the Atabiyya quarter of Bukhara. 1

Works

His works include commentaries on al-Ziyadat, al-Jami' al-kabir and al-Jami' al-saghir, Jawami' al-fiqh and a tafsir. 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.3491
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The seven ahruf

The Prophet's saying 'the Qur'an was revealed in seven ahruf, so read of it what is easy' — narrated through Umar's dispute with Hisham ibn Hakim over Surat al-Furqan; its exact meaning is one of the widest debates in Qur'anic sciences.