Wikipedia's first sentence called it “eminent muslim scholar and muhaddith”. Today it says “sunni muslim scholar and traditionist best known for compiling the hadith collection sunan al-daraqutni”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Abu Hasan Ali ibn Umar ibn Ahmad ibn Mahdi”. It now reads “Muslim scholar and traditionist (918–995) Ali ibn Umar”.
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Abu l-Hasan ′Ali ibn ′Umar ibn Ahmad ibn Mahdi ibn Mas′ud ibn al-Nu′man ibn Dinar ibn ′Abdullah al-Baghdadi al-Daraqutni (918 CE/306 AH, Baghdad — 995 CE/385 AH) was an eminent Muslim scholar and muhaddith (collector of hadiths ). Ad-Daraqutni was born in the year 918 (306 according to the Muslim calendar ) in the Dar al-Qutn quarter of Baghdad ( ), where he got his nisba al-Daraqutni . Since childhood, he studied with Abul-Qasim al-Baghawi , Abu Bakr ibn Abu Dawud , Abu Bakr ibn Ziyad al-Naysaburi , Abu Ubaid al-Qasim (his brother) and many other scholars . His learning was so wide that many scholars felt there was no one like him. Khatib al-Baghdadi referred to him as "the imam of his time" and Abu'1-Tayyib al-Tabarl (d. 450/1058) called him Amir al-Mu*minln in Hadith for which he was specially famous. He taught Hadith to Hakim al-Nishaburi (d.405/1014) and Abu'l-Hasan Isfaraini (d. 406/1015). He died in 385/995 and was buried in the cemetery of Bab al-Dayr near the grave of Maruf Karkhi .1 The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon (Islamic History and Civilization) . Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition) . Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition) . Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition) . Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition) . Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition) .2
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Abū ‘l-Ḥasan ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar ibn Aḥmad ibn Mahdī ibn Mas’ūd ibn al-Nu‘mān ibn Dīnār ibn ‘Abdillāh al-Baghdādi ad-Dāraquṭnī ( Arabic : ابو الحسن على بن عمرالدارقطني) (918 CE/306 AH, Baghdad — 995 CE/385 AH) was an eminent Muslim scholar and muhaddith (collector of hadiths ). The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon (Islamic History and Civilization) . Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition) .
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Abu Hasan Ali ibn Umar ibn Ahmad ibn Mahdi al-Daraqutni ( , 918 CE — 995 CE) was a 10th-century muhaddith best known for compiling the hadith collection Sunan al-Daraqutni .He was celebrated later by Sunni hadith scholars such as the " imam of his time" and the " amir al-mu'minin in hadith".Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam The Legacy of the Generation of Ibn Saʻd, Ibn Maʻīn, and Ibn Ḥanbal . The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon (Islamic History and Civilization) . "دور أبي ذر الهروي في نشر الأشعرية بالمغرب" [The role of Abu Dharr al-Harawi in the spread of Ash'ari theology in Morocco] (in Arabic).Muhammadiya Association of Scholars (al-Rabita al-Muhammadiyya lil-'Ulamā' in Morocco). : CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ( link ) Holtzman, Livnat (7 March 2018).Anthropomorphism in Islam - The Challenge of Traditionalism (700-1350) ."Criticism of the Proto-Hadith Canon: Al-Dāraquṭnī's Adjustment of the "Ṣaḥīḥayn" " .Encyclopaedia of Islam, Three .
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Muslim scholar and traditionist (918–995) Ali ibn Umar al-Daraqutni ( Arabic : عَلِيّ بْن عُمَر ٱلدَّارَقُطْنِيّ , romanized : ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar al-Dāraquṭnī ; 918–995 CE / 306–385 AH), was a Sunni Muslim scholar and traditionist best known for compiling the hadith collection Sunan al-Daraqutni .He is commonly celebrated in Sunni tradition with titles such as "Imam" and "Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith ". Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam The Legacy of the Generation of Ibn Saʻd, Ibn Maʻīn, and Ibn Ḥanbal . The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon (Islamic History and Civilization) . "دور أبي ذر الهروي في نشر الأشعرية بالمغرب" [The role of Abu Dharr al-Harawi in the spread of Ash'ari theology in Morocco] (in Arabic). Muhammadiya Association of Scholars (al-Rabita al-Muhammadiyya lil-'Ulamā' in Morocco). : CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ( link ) Holtzman, Livnat (2018). Anthropomorphism in Islam – The Challenge of Traditionalism (700–1350) . Encyclopaedia of Islam, Three .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “eminent muslim scholar and muhaddith”. Today it says “sunni muslim scholar and traditionist best known for compiling the hadith collection sunan al-daraqutni”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Abu Hasan Ali ibn Umar ibn Ahmad ibn Mahdi”. It now reads “Muslim scholar and traditionist (918–995) Ali ibn Umar”. Read the current article and compare.
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eminent muslim scholar and muhaddith
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sunni muslim scholar and traditionist best known for compiling the hadith collection sunan al-daraqutni
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