al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Za'farani

الحسن بن محمد الزعفراني

c. 874 CE · 260 AH

Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah al-Za'farani, one of al-Shafi'i's Baghdadi companions 1; he died in 260. The lane in Baghdad known as Darb al-Za'farani, which has a mosque in it, is named after him 1. The author says it is the mosque where he used to teach 1.

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Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah al-Za'farani al-Baghdadi, one of the Baghdadi companions of al-Shafi'i. 2

His life

He was one of the pupils of al-Shafi'i. He died in 260 AH (about 874 CE; the conversion is derived). The Za'farani Lane in Baghdad, where there is a mosque, is named after him. The author says it is the mosque where he used to teach. 2

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Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i

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The authority of the Sunna (hujjiyyat al-sunna)· The Shafi'i school (madhhab)· Muwatta 77· Muwatta 88· Muwatta 540· Muwatta 584· Muwatta 587· Muwatta 615

Sources

  1. Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p. 53
  2. Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p.53
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