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Ibn Shahuya

ابن شاهويه الفارسي

c. 972 CE · 362 AH

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Shahuya al-Farisi, the Shafi'i jurist. Al-Hakim Abu Abd Allah mentioned him in his History of Nishapur. He stayed in Nishapur for a time, then went out to Bukhara, then returned to Nishapur, and travelled to the lands of Fars, where he was appointed judge; then he came back to Nishapur and transmitted hadith there. He held unusual views within the school, which he alone held 1.

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Abbasid Fragmentation
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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadhani · Abd Allah ibn Zaydun · Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad · Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi

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Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Ahmad b. 'Ali b. Shahuya al-Farisi, the Shafi'i jurist; the hafiz Abu 'Abdallah mentions him in Tarikh Naysabur: he resided at Nishapur a while, went out to Bukhara, returned to Nishapur, then journeyed to Fars and held its judgeship, then came back to Nishapur and transmitted there; in the madhhab he held far-reaching positions peculiar to him. 1

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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