Al-Baghawi
Male, Deceased Person
1041 – 1122
Who was Al-Baghawi?
Abu Muhammad al-Husayn ibn Mas'ud ibn Muhammad al-Farra' al-Baghawi, born 433 AH or 436 AH - 1122 CE/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 between Herat and Marw ar-Rud. He died in Marw ar-Rud.
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. He was a student of al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Marwa al-Rudi.
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