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al-Ma'afiri

أبو بكر المعافري الإشبيلي

c. 1075 CE · 468 AH – c. 1148 CE · 543 AH

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Ma'afiri al-Andalusi al-Ishbili, the well-known hafiz. His teacher Ibn Bashkuwal said of him in the Silah: 'He was the wide-ranging hafiz, the last of the scholars of al-Andalus and the last of its masters and hafizs.' He travelled to the East with his father in 485, studied fiqh under al-Turtushi, entered Baghdad and kept company with Abu Bakr al-Shashi and Abu Hamid al-Ghazali. He performed the pilgrimage and entered Egypt, where he wrote down from its scholars. He returned to al-Andalus in 493. He was appointed judge in his town and benefited its people, then was removed from judgeship and turned fully to spreading knowledge. His works include 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi fi sharh al-Tirmidhi' 1.

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Abu Bakr Muhammad b. 'Abdallah b. Muhammad al-Ma'afiri of al-Andalus, of Seville, the famous hafiz; his teacher Ibn Bashkuwal says of him in the Sila: "the deep-diving hafiz, seal of al-Andalus's scholars, last of its notables and memorisers." 1

His journey

He travelled to the Mashriq with his father in 485 — read fiqh under al-Tartushi, entered Baghdad and kept company with Abu Bakr al-Shashi and Abu Hamid al-Ghazali; he made the hajj, entered Egypt and wrote down its scholars' teachings, then returned to al-Andalus in 493; made qadi of his town he benefited its people, then removed he turned to spreading knowledge; among his works 'Aridat al-ahwadhi, a commentary on al-Tirmidhi. 1

Sources

  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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