Al-Janadari, Ahmad ibn Abd Allah

الجنداري أحمد بن عبد الله

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A Yemeni scholar, known as al-Janadari after the town of al-Janad.

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Era
The Colonial Era
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Arabia
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Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhsin al-Qahit, known as al-Janadari, a Yemeni scholar attributed to al-Jund. He was born in 1279 AH (1862 CE) and died in 1337 AH (1918 CE). 1

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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

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Janadari, Ahmad ibn Abd Allah”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-janadari-ahmad-ibn-abd-allah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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