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Abd al-Razzaq al-San'ani
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “sunni islamic scholar of the science of hadith”. Today it says “prominent early muslim hadith scholar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Eighth-century Yemeni hadith scholar”. It now reads “Yemeni hadith scholar (744–827 CE)”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
The encyclopaedia of Islam (New ed.). According to the biographical sources, he was of Persian origin1
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “sunni islamic scholar of the science of hadith”. Today it says “prominent early muslim hadith scholar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Eighth-century Yemeni hadith scholar”. It now reads “Yemeni hadith scholar (744–827 CE)”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
sunni islamic scholar of the science of hadith
Now
prominent early muslim hadith scholar
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