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Husayn ibn Siddiq al-Ahdal

حسين بن صديق الأهدل

1446 CE · 850 AH – 1497 CE · 903 AH

The Yemeni scholar Husayn ibn Siddiq al-Ahdal, born at Bayat in 850 AH and died in 903 AH; he left manuscript works.

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Scholar
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Sunni
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Arabia
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Baqi Yazdi · 'Abd al-Haqq al-Sunbati · Shihab al-Din Ibn 'Ubba al-Maqdisi · al-Busrawi Ala al-Din Ali ibn Yusuf · Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi

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Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Husayn ibn Siddiq ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Ahdal, a Yemeni scholar. He was born in Bayat in 850 AH (1446 CE) and died in 903 AH (1497 CE). He left manuscript works. 1

People and things also explored

The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.522
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