Abu Bakr al-Jassas al-Razi

أبو بكر الجصاص الرازي

c. 980 CE · 370 AH

Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Ali al-Razi, known as al-Jassas — the Hanafi jurist, author of Ahkam al-Quran, d. AH 370 1.

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Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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900925950975100010251050 c. c. c.
Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadhani · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi · Abd Allah ibn Zaydun · Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad

Overview

Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Ali, known as al-Jassas al-Razi al-Hanafi, whom Haji Khalifa describes as "the shaykh and imam". He died in 370 AH, and is the author of "Ahkam al-Qur'an". 2

His works

His name is linked with the book Ahkam al-Qur'an. 3

Notes for researchers

  • The Gregorian death date (about 980 CE) is converted from the Hijri year and is derived.
  • The data do not give his teachers or the place where he grew up. It needs an additional source.

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Ahkam al-Quran by al-Jassas

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Ahkam al-Quran by al-Jassas

Sources

  1. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p. 212
  2. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p.212
  3. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.)
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Ahkam al-Quran by al-Jassas

Al-Jassas al-Razi's Ahkam al-Quran — the Hanafi jurist's Quranic rulings, among the works Kashf al-Zunun lists under the genre.