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Al-Quduri

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “renowned hanafi jurist and traditionist”. Today it says “renowned iraqi muslim scholar of the hanafi school of thought”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Iraqi Hanafi jurist Ahmad ibn Muhammad Quduri , also known as Imam”. It now reads “Iraqi Hanafi jurist Ahmad ibn Muhammad”.
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Iraqi Hanafi jurist Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Quduri ( Arabic : أحمد بن محمد القدوري), full name Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ja'far al-Quduri , known commonly as Imam al-Quduri (973–1037/972–1036) was a renowned Iraqi Muslim scholar of the Hanafi school of thought. He is well known for his Mukhtasar al-Quduri , an expository book which is one of the foundations for the Hanafi school's doctrine and jurisprudence.

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “renowned hanafi jurist and traditionist”. Today it says “renowned iraqi muslim scholar of the hanafi school of thought”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Iraqi Hanafi jurist Ahmad ibn Muhammad Quduri , also known as Imam”. It now reads “Iraqi Hanafi jurist Ahmad ibn Muhammad”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

renowned hanafi jurist and traditionist

Now

renowned iraqi muslim scholar of the hanafi school of thought

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