Ibn Khumayr, Ali ibn Ahmad

ابن خمير علي بن أحمد

1217 CE · 614 AH

An Umayyad scholar from Ceuta, known as Ibn Khumayr.

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Scholar
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Sunni
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Haqq ibn Mahyu · Muwaffaq al-Din Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi · Abdallah al-Yunini · Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi · Abu al-Abbas al-Qurti

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Overview

Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Khumayr al-Umawi al-Sabti, a scholar of Ceuta, known as Ibn Khumayr. He died in 614 AH (1217 CE). 1

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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
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The seven ahruf

The Prophet's saying 'the Qur'an was revealed in seven ahruf, so read of it what is easy' — narrated through Umar's dispute with Hisham ibn Hakim over Surat al-Furqan; its exact meaning is one of the widest debates in Qur'anic sciences.