Ali ibn Musa ibn Yazdad

علي بن موسى بن يزداد

Ali ibn Musa ibn Yazdad, from Qum, later of Nishapur, the leading Hanafi of his time, who wrote books refuting the followers of al-Shafi'i; his work includes 'Kitab al-dahaya' on sacrifices. He died in 305 AH. 1

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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Summary

Ali ibn Musa ibn Yazdad, from Qum and later Nishapur, the Hanafi imam of his time, who wrote refutations of the Shafi'is. 1

Works

His 'Kitab al-dahaya' is on sacrifices; he died in 305 AH. 1

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.2066
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