Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
- JuristTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Shahfur ibn Tahir ibn Muhammad, Abu al-Muzaffar al-Isfarayini, titled Imad al-Din. A scholar from Isfara'in, of the Shafi'i school. He died in 471 AH (1078 CE). 1
The date rests on one source and needs an additional source.
People and things also explored
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· Bid'a (religious innovation)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.623
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Isfara'ini, Imad al-Din”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-isfarayini-shahfur-ibn-tahir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.