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Al-Fudayl ibn Iyad
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Al-Fuḍayl ibn ʻIyāḍ (died 803 / AH 187, الفضيل بن عياض , full name Al-Fuḍayl ibn ʻIyāḍ ibn Bishr ibn Masūd Abū ʻAlī at-Tamīmī al-Yarbūʻī al-Khurāsānī , was also known as Abu Ali and as al-Talaqani ) was a thief who renounced his crimes and became a Muslim ascetic and scholar. It is not uncommon to find his story confused with that of Fuḍayl Ibn Yahya, a contemporary who was the vizier to Harun al-Rashid . Hagiography in Tazkirat al-Awliyā, Attar of Nishapur
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