Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥusayn ibn Masʻūd ibn Muḥammad al-Farrā' al-Baghawī (Persian/Arabic:ابو محمد حسین بن مسعود بغوی), born 1041 or 1044 (433 AH[2] or 436 AH)[3] died 1122 (516 AH) was a renowned Persian Muslim mufassir, hadith scholar, and Shafi‘i faqih, best known for his major work Maʻālim at-Tanzīl. Al-Farra' is a reference to trading with fur, and al-Baghawī is a reference to his hometown Bagh or Baghshûr (then in Khorasan) between Herat (Afghanistan) and Marw al-Rudh. He died in Marw al-Rudh.
Al-Baghawī | |
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Title | Rukn ad-Din Muhyi as-Sunnah |
Personal | |
Born | 433 AH or 436 AH |
Died | 516 AH |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Shafi‘i |
Main interest(s) | Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh[1] |
Notable work(s) | Maʻālim at-Tanzīl |
He is also famous for his other works on hadith such as Sharh as-Sunnah and Masabih as-Sunnah, the latter became famous as Mishkah al-Masabih with the additions of at-Tabrizi (d. 741H). He was a student of al-Qadi Husayn.
Works
edit- Maʿālim at-Tanzīl also known as Tafsīr al-Baghawī (معالم التنزيل المعروف بتفسير البغوي)
- At-Tahdhīb fī Fiqh al-Imām ash-Shāfiʻī (التهذيب في فقه الإمام الشافعي)
- Sharḥ as-Sunnah (شرح السنة)
- Maṣābīḥ as-Sunnah (مصابيح السنة)
- Al-Anwār fī Shamāʼil an-Nabī al-Mukhtār (الأنوار في شمائل النبي المختار )
- Al-Jamʻ bayn aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥayn (الجمع بين الصحيحين)
- Al-Arbaʻīn Ḥadīthā (الأربعين حديثاً)
- Majmūʻah min al-Fatāwā (مجموعة من الفتاوى)
References
edit- ^ W. Adamec, Ludwig (2009). Historical Dictionary of Islam: Second Edition. Plymouth, United Kingdom: Scarecrow Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-8108-6161-9.
- ^ Al-Ḥamawī, Yāqūt ibn ʻAbd Allāh. Muʻjam al-buldān.
- ^ Ziriklī, Khayr al-Dīn. Tartīb al-aʻlām ʻalá al-aʻwām : al-aʻlām.