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al-Mas'udi the jurist

المسعودي الفقيه الشافعي

Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud ibn Ahmad al-Mas'udi, the Shafi'i jurist: a learned, outstanding and pious imam from Merv. He studied jurisprudence under Abu Uthman al-Marwazi and wrote a commentary on al-Muzani's Mukhtasar, doing it well; he transmitted a little hadith from his teacher al-Qaffal, and al-Ghazali cited him in the Book of Oaths of al-Wasit 1.

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Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad b. 'Abdallah b. Mas'ud b. Ahmad al-Mas'udi, the Shafi'i jurist; an excellent, outstanding, scrupulous imam of the people of Marw — he read fiqh under Abu 'Uthman al-Marwazi and commented al-Muzani's Mukhtasar well, transmitted a little hadith from his teacher al-Qaffal, and al-Ghazali cited him in the Wasit on oaths. 1

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