16 results for “khorasan”

A polymath scholar praised as 'the scholar of the East,' combining mastery of hadith, fiqh, jihad, and commerce. Ibn al-Mubarak authored some of the earliest ha

Author of 'ar-Risalah al-Qushayriyyah,' one of the most important classical texts on Sufism and spiritual ethics.

Pioneer in the science of 'Asbab an-Nuzul' (occasions of revelation) and author of three major Quran commentaries.

Shafi'i scholar of Nishapur, author of 'Aqidat as-Salaf wa Ashab al-Hadith' on the creed of the early scholars.

Persian astronomer and mathematician who wrote on the rotation of the Earth and produced influential works on mathematical astronomy.

Hanbali scholar of Herat and author of 'Manazil as-Sa'irin' (Stations of the Wayfarers), a classic Sufi manual on the spiritual path.

A prince of Balkh (Khorasan) who renounced his throne and wealth to pursue asceticism a...

Author of al-Mustadrak 'ala al-Sahihayn, a collection of hadiths he claimed met the criteria of al-Bukhari and Muslim. A major authority on hadith sciences.

Imam of Khorasan in Shafi'i fiqh and usul al-fiqh. Pioneer of systematic leg...

Renowned ascetic and scholar of Makkah. Former highway robber who repented and became one of the most pious Muslims of his era.

Scholar of Khurasan combining hadith, fiqh, asceticism, and jihad. Called the prince of the believers in hadith.

Khorasan Sufi scholar who compiled the earliest known Sufi tafsir of...

Khorasan Shafi'i scholar known for his tafsir Ma'alim al-Tanzil and ...

Genealogist and hadith scholar from Merv, author of al-Ansab (Genealogies).

...a leading scholar of Arabic grammar and Quran recitation in Khorasan, student of Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali.

Khorasanian Quran commentator and hadith narrator of the Tabi'un gen...