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Life in time
Overview
Al-Tabari's teacher in Egypt
Ahmad Khalid Babakr identifies him as Yunus ibn Abd al-A'la ibn Musa ibn Maysara al-Sadafi of Egypt, jurist and reciter, companion of al-Shafi'i and student of Ibn Wahb and Ibn Uyayna (d. 264 AH), and says that al-Tabari took from him in Egypt Warsh's transmission of Nafi's reading and Maliki law. 4 It was through him that al-Tabari transmitted Nafi's reading in Warsh's version, the transmission Ibn Mujahid was keen to hear from him alone. 5
Connections
People and things also explored
al-Muzani· Al-Rabi ibn Sulayman al-Muradi· Baghdad· al-Tabari enters Egypt and studies with its scholars· al-Tabari summoned to the vizier's house to face the Hanbalis· al-Tabari studies in Baghdad and southern Iraq· al-Tabari leaves Amul for Rayy in search of knowledge· al-Tabari returns to Baghdad and settles there
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 577
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.577
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi)
- al-Qira'at 'inda Abi Ja'far al-Tabari fi Daw' al-Lugha wa'l-Nahw — Ahmad Khalid Babakr (doctoral thesis, Umm al-Qura University, 1982–1983) , p.31
- al-Qira'at 'inda Abi Ja'far al-Tabari fi Daw' al-Lugha wa'l-Nahw — Ahmad Khalid Babakr (doctoral thesis, Umm al-Qura University, 1982–1983) , p.33
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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islam.museum contributors. “Yunus ibn Abd al-A'la”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/yunus-ibn-abd-al-ala/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-04.
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