Majd ad-Dīn Ibn Athir
Majd ad-Dīn Ibn Athir | |
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إمجد الدين ابن الأثير | |
| Title | Majd ad-Dīn Al-Ḥāfiẓ |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1149 |
| Died | 1210 (aged 60–61) |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Region | Iraq |
| 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 |
| Occupation | Scholar, Emir of Mosul, Traditionist, Jurist, Philologist, Grammarian, Lexicographer, Biographer, litterateur |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
| Muslim leader | |
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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.