At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Abu'l-Faraj al-Zaz 'Abd al-Rahman b. Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Zaz b. Humayd, the teacher al-Sarakhsi then al-Marwazi — jurist of Marw and pupil of the qadi Husayn; Ibn al-Sam'ani says he was one of Islam's imams, proverbial through the lands for memorising the Shafi'i madhhab — the imams journeyed to him from every side; pious, scrupulous, cautious in food and dress — he would not eat rice because it needs much water and its grower rarely does not wrong another; born in 431 or 432. 2
His works
Among them the Kitab al-amali — al-Asnawi said most of al-Rafi'i's transmission is from six works besides al-Ghazali's words, among them the Amali of Abu'l-Faraj al-Sarakhsi; he died in 494. 2
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 400-401
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu al-Faraj al-Zaz al-Sarkhasi, jurist of Marw”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-sarkhasi-abu-al-faraj/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.