Abu Umar al-Talamanki Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Ma'afiri

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Roles: Scholar
Era: The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region: al-Andalus & Europe
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Abu al-Fath Abd al-Baqi al-Haddad al-Hanbali al-Faradi · Abd al-Malik Ibn Attash · Abdallah ibn Yasin al-Jazuli · Abu al-Hasan al-Ibadi · Abu al-Mahasin al-Ruyani

Summary

Abu 'Umar Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 'Abdallah b. 'Isa al-Mu'afiri al-Andalusi al-Talamanki, muqri', muhaddith, hafiz, scholar of Cordoba and author, ninety years old; he made the hajj and studied in Egypt under Abu Bakr al-Adfuwi and Abu Bakr the engineer among many, expert in the sciences of the Qur'an — tafsir, readings, i'rab, rulings and meanings. Ibn Bashkuwal said: he was a drawn sword against the people of whims and innovations, their suppressor, jealous for the shari'a. ¹

Sources

Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 243-244

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