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al-Maziri

المازري

1141 CE · 536 AH

al-Maziri (d. 536) — the great Maliki jurist of Ifriqiya, commentator on Sahih Muslim and author of Idah al-Mahsul fi burhan al-usul; buried at Monastir 1.

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Wahhab al-Shirazi

Overview

Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad b. 'Ali b. 'Umar b. Muhammad al-Tamimi al-Maziri, Maliki jurist and muhaddith, among the notables pointed to; he commented Sahih Muslim and wrote Idah al-mahsul fi burhan al-usul and several works in adab — excellent and exact; his nisba is to Mazar, a town in the island of Sicily. 1

Sources

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