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Al-Fadl ibn Shadhan
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “highly regarded by the imami shi'a as one of the leading imāmī scholars of his time”. Today it says “briefly a disciple of the eighth shia imam ali al-rida”.
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9th-century Arab Muslim traditionist, jurist, and theologian Al-Fadl ibn Shadhan Mausoleum in Nishapur Abu Muḥammad al-Faḍl ibn Shadhan ibn Khalil al-Azdi al-Naysaburi ( Arabic : أبومحمد الفضل بن شاذان بن خليل الأزدي النيسابوري ), better known as al-Faḍl ibn Shadhan ( d. 260 AH/873 AD) was an Arab Muslim traditionist, jurist , and theologian . He was highly regarded by the Imami Shi'a as one of the leading Imāmī scholars of his time. Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “highly regarded by the imami shi'a as one of the leading imāmī scholars of his time”. Today it says “briefly a disciple of the eighth shia imam ali al-rida”. Read the current article and compare.
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highly regarded by the imami shi'a as one of the leading imāmī scholars of his time
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briefly a disciple of the eighth shia imam ali al-rida
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