Al-Barbahari, al-Hasan ibn Ali

البربهاري الحسن بن علي

847 CE · 233 AH – 941 CE · 329 AH

A Hanbali, named after barbahar, a drug imported from India.

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Roles
Jurist · muhaddith
Counted among
Sunni
Era
Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
Levant & Iraq
Identifiers
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Life in time

7507758008258508759009259509751000 c. c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abu Umar al-Mutarriz · Muhammad ibn Umar al-Kashi · al-Farbari · Abu Bakr al-Naysaburi Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Ziyad · Al-Istakhri, Abu Sa'id al-Hasan ibn Ahmad

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Overview

Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Ali (may God be pleased with him) ibn Khalaf al-Barbahari, a Hanbali jurist and hadith scholar. He is attributed to al-Barbahar, medicines brought from India. He was born in 233 AH (847 CE) and died in 329 AH (941 CE), according to the "Encyclopaedia of Notable Scholars and Men of Letters". 1

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People and things also explored

Abdullah ibn Abbas· Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi· Habib Ali al-Jifri· Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali· Malik ibn Anas· Umar bin Hafiz· Uthman ibn Affan· Zayd ibn Thabit

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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