At a glance
- Roles
- Historian · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
History-writing and social thoughtScripture and its sciences
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Muhammad ibn Futuh ibn Abd Allah al-Azdi, known as the memoriser al-Humaydi, a historian, man of letters, jurist and hadith scholar. 1
His life
He followed the Zahiri school, and he was devoted to learning and ascetic. He was born in 420 AH (1029 CE) and died in 488 AH (1095 CE), according to the encyclopaedia. 1
People and things also explored
Ibn al-Athir Izz al-Din· 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
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.288
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Humaydi Muhammad ibn Futuh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-humaydi-muhammad-ibn-futuh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.