8 results for “9th century”

One of the most prominent female hadith scholars of the 8th-9th century AH, who held ijazahs from major scholars and taught student...

The most prolific scholar in Islamic history (849-911 AH), authoring over 500 works across virtually every Islamic discipline. His tafsir al-Jalalayn (co-author

A Baghdad scholar and ascetic (d. 253 AH) who studied under Maruf al-Karkhi and was the maternal uncle and primary teacher of al-Junayd al-Baghdadi. One of the

The most prominent figure of the sober Baghdad school of Islamic spiritual discipline (d. 297 AH), student of Sari al-Saqati and al-Harith al-Muhasibi. His appr

A 19th-century Iraqi scholar and mufti of Baghdad (1217-1270 AH), author of the encyclopedic tafsir Ruh al-Ma'ani — one of the most comprehensive Quranic commen

19th century Moroccan scholar who settled in Arabia and founded an influ...

Founder of the Sanusiyya movement in Libya. Student of Ahmad ibn Idris who spread Islamic revival across North Africa.

An Indian Islamic historian (1856-1938 CE) known for his comprehensive Urdu history of Islam, translated into English as History of Islam.