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ابن رواحة الشافعي

ابن رواحة الشافعي

Ibn Rawaha — born in Sicily in 560 while his parents were captives — heard his father's recitations at Alexandria from al-Safi the Elder and others; died 8 Jumada II 646 at eighty-five 1.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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al-Andalus & Europe · Egypt & Nile
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Izz al-Din Abu al-Qasim Abdallah ibn al-Husayn ibn Abdallah al-Ansari al-Hawwi al-Shafi'i, known as Ibn Rawaha. 2

Biography

He was born in Sicily in 560 AH while his parents were captives. His father had him hear hadith in Alexandria from al-Safi al-Kabir and a group of others. 2

He died on the eighth of Jumada al-Akhira 646 AH, at the age of eighty-five. 2

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 234
  2. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p.234
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