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Ibn Akhi Rabi al-Sabbagh al-Kalabi

ابن أخي ربيع الصباغ الكلابي

930 CE · 318 AH

A scholar of Cordoba, client of the Umayyads, known as Ibn Akhi Rabi al-Sabbagh, who studied in al-Andalus.

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Umayyad Period
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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Life in time

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Scripture and its sciences

Place in the story

  • ScholarTradition

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

Overview

Abdallah ibn Hunayn ibn Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik al-Kalbi al-Qurtubi, Abu Muhammad, known as Ibn Akhi Rabi' al-Sabbagh. One of the scholars of Córdoba, a client (mawla) of the Umayyads, who took his learning in al-Andalus. 1

Death

The encyclopaedia gives his death as 318 AH (930 CE). The date comes from a single source and needs an additional source. 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.393
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The seven ahruf

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