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Abu Ja'far al-Batruji

أبو جعفر البطروجي

c. May 1147 CE · Muharram 542 AH

Abu Ja'far al-Batruji Ahmad ibn Abd al-Rahman of al-Andalus, one of the imams; he transmitted from Abu Abdallah al-Tala'i, Abu Ali al-Ghassani and their peers — a wise imam perceptive in Malik's madhhab and its subtleties and in hadith with its narrators and defects, author of well-known works; none in al-Andalus matched him in his time though spare in Arabicity, shabby of dress and obscure; d. Muharram 542 1.

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Wahhab al-Shirazi

Overview

Abu Ja'far al-Batruji Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Rahman of al-Andalus, one of the imams; he transmitted from Abu 'Abdallah al-Tala'i, Abu 'Ali al-Ghassani and their tier — an imam of sound mind versed in Malik's madhhab and its subtleties, an imam in hadith and the knowledge of its men and 'ilal, with famous works; in his time al-Andalus had none like him — though he was of little Arabic, shabby in appearance, obscure. He died in Muharram 542. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 610-611
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