Wikipedia's first sentence called it “islamic jurist and theologian and one of leading member of shafi'i school”. Today it says “standard-bearer of my school"”.
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Islamic jurist and theologian Abū Ibrāīm Ismā'īl ibn Yahyā Ibn Ismā'īl Ibn 'Amr Ibn Muslim Al-Muzanī Al-Misrī (791–878 AD/ 174-264 Hijri) was an Islamic jurist and theologian and one of leading member of Shafi'i school . A native of Cairo, he was a close disciple and companion of Imam Shafi'i . He has been called Al- Imam , al-' Allamah , Faqih al- Millah , and 'Alam az- Zahad . He was skilled in the legal verdicts and became one of the inheritors of Imam Shafi’i. Imam Shafi’i said about him: "al-Muzani is the standard-bearer of my school". He lived an ascetic life and died at the age of 89 on the 24th of Ramadan 264/30 May 878 and was buried near Imam al-Shafi'i. Men would assert as a badge of orthodoxy that their creed was Aḥmad's (e.g.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Imam Al-Muzani (Abu Ibrahim Isma'il ibn Yahya Al-Muzani) is an Islamic jurist and theologian and one of leading member of Shafi'i school . A native of Cairo, he is one of close disciple and companion of Imam Shafi'i . He has been called as Al- Imam , al-' Allamah , Faqih al- Millah , and 'Alam az- Zahad . He was skilled in the legal verdicts and became one of the inheritors of Imam Shafi’i. Imam Shafi’i said about him: " al-Muzani is the standard-bearer of my school". He lived hard, long and ascetic life and died at the age of 89 on the 24th of Ramadan 264 and was buried near Imam Shafi'i.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Islamic jurist and theologian Abū Ibrāīm Ismā'īl ibn Yahyā Ibn Ismā'īl Ibn 'Amr Ibn Muslim Al-Muzanī Al-Misrī (791–878 AD/ 174-264 Hijri) was an Islamic jurist and theologian and one of leading member of Shafi'i school .A native of Cairo, he was a close disciple and companion of Imam Shafi'i .He has been called Al- Imam , al-' Allamah , Faqih al- Millah , and 'Alam az- Zahad . He was skilled in the legal verdicts and became one of the inheritors of Imam Shafi’i. Imam Shafi’i said about him: " al-Muzani is the standard-bearer of my school". He lived an ascetic life and died at the age of 89 on the 24th of Ramadan 264/30 May 878 and was buried near Imam al-Shafi'i.Men would assert as a badge of orthodoxy that their creed was Aḥmad's (e.g.
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islamic jurist and theologian and one of leading member of shafi'i school
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standard-bearer of my school"
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