Majd ad-Dīn Ibn Athir

Majd ad-Dīn Ibn Athir
إمجد الدين ابن الأثير
TitleMajd ad-Dīn
Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal life
Born1149
Died1210 (aged 60–61)
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionIraq
Main interest(s)Hadith, Islamic jurisprudence, Philology, Arabic grammar, Lexicography, Biography, Arabic literature
Notable work(s)Jami' al-Usul fi Ahadith al-Rasul
Al-Nihaya fi al-Gharib al-Hadith
OccupationScholar, Emir of Mosul, Traditionist, Jurist, Philologist, Grammarian, Lexicographer, Biographer, litterateur
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari
Muslim leader
Influenced

Abū l-Saʿādāt al-Mubārak b. Muḥammad (al-Athīr) b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Karīm b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Shaybānī al-Jazarī al-Mawṣilī (Arabic: أبو السعادة المبارك بن محمد (الأثير) بن محمد بن عبد الكريم بن عبد الواحد الشيباني الجزري الموصلّي), commonly known as Majd ad-Dīn Ibn Athir (Arabic: مجد الدين ابن الأثير) was a prominent hadith specialist, philologist, grammarian, lexicographer, biographer, litterateur, and a jurist of the Shafi'i school. He is regarded as one of the leading hadith scholars of the seventh century A.H.