Al-Baghawi
Appearance
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Title | Rukn al-Dīn Muhyi al-Sunnah |
Personal | |
Born | 433 AH or 436 AH |
Died | 516 AH |
Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
Main interest(s) | Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh |
Notable work(s) | Tafsir al-Baghawi |
Abu Muhammad al-Husayn ibn Mas'ud ibn Muhammad al-Farra' al-Baghawi (Persian/Arabic:ابومحمد حسین بن مسعود بغوی), born 1041 or 1044 (433 AH[1] or 436 AH[2]) died 1122 (516 AH) was a renowned Persian Muslim Mufassir, hadith scholar and a Shafi`i faqih best known for his major work Tafsir al-Baghawi. Al-Farra was in reference to trading with fur, and al-Baghawi was a reference to his hometown Bagh or Baghshûr (then in Persia) between Herat and Marw al-Rudh. He died in Marw al-Rudh.
He is also famous for his other works on hadith such as Sharḥ al-sunnah and Masabih al-Sunnah, the latter became famous as Mishkat al-Masabih with the additions of al-Tabrizi (d. 741H). He was a student of al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Marwa al-Rudi.
Works
- Tafsīr al-Baghawī : al-musammá : maʻālim al-tanzīl (تفسير البغوي : المسمى : معالم التنزيل)
- Al-Tahdhīb fī fiqh al-imām al-Shāfiʻī (التهذيب في فقه الإمام الشافعي)
- Sharḥ al-sunnah (شرح السنة)
- Masabih al-Sunnah (مصابيح السنة)
- Al-Anwār fī shamāʼil al-Nabī al-Mukhtār (الأنوار في شمائل النبي المختار )
- Al-Jamʻ bayna al-Ṣaḥīḥayn (الجمع بين الصحيحين)
- Al-Arbaʻīn ḥadīthan (الأربعين حديثاً)
- Majmūʻah min al-fatāwā (مجموعة من الفتاوى)
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