Wikipedia's first sentence called it “eminent twelver shi'a theologian”. Today it says “prominent twelver shia muslim scholar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Muslim scholar Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man al-'Ukbari al-Baghdadi , known as”. It now reads “Iraqi Twelver Shia theologian (c. 948–1022) Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man ibn 'Abd al-Salam al-'Ukbari al-Baghdadi ( ّلَامِ ٱلْحَارِثِيُّ ٱلْعُكْبَرِيُّ ٱلْبَغْدَادِيُّ), known as”.
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Iraqi Twelver Shia theologian (c. 948–1022) Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man al-'Ukbari al-Baghdadi , known as al-Shaykh al-Mufid ( Arabic : الشیخ المفید ) and Ibn al-Mu'allim (c. 948–1022 CE), was a prominent Iraqi Twelver Shia theologian . His father was a teacher ( mu'allim ), hence the name Ibn al-Mu'allim. The title "al-Mufid" was given to him either by Muhammad al-Mahdi , the twelfth Shia Imam, or by al-Rummani, a Mu'tazilite scholar, after a conversation with him. The leader of the Shia community, he was a mutakallim , theologian, and Shia jurist. He was taught by Al-Shaykh al-Saduq , Ibn Qulawayh , Abu Abdallah al-Basri and al-Rummani, and Sharif al-Murtaza and Shaykh Tusi were among his students. Only 10 of his 200 works have survived, among which are Amali , Al-Irshad , Al-Muqni'ah , and Tashih al-Itiqadat . Qurānic Christians : an analysis of classical and modern exegesis (digital ed.).
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Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man al-'Ukbari al-Baghdadi known as al-Shaykh al-Mufid and Ibn al-Mu'allim for his expertise in philosophical theology (c. 948-1022 CE) was an eminent Twelver Shi'a theologian.
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Muslim scholar Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man al-'Ukbari al-Baghdadi , known as al-Shaykh al-Mufid ( Arabic : الشیخ المفید) and Ibn al-Mu'allim (c. 948–1022 CE), was a prominent Twelver Shia theologian .His father was a teacher ( mu'allim ), hence the name Ibn al-Mu'allim.The title "al-Mufid" was given to him either by Muhammad al-Mahdi , the twelfth Shia Imam, or by al-Rummani, a Sunni scholar, after a conversation with him.The leader of the Shia community, he was a mutakallim , theologian, and Shia jurist.He was taught by Al-Shaykh al-Saduq , Ibn Qulawayh , Abu Abdallah al-Basri and al-Rummani, and Sharif al-Murtaza and Shaykh Tusi were among his students.Only 10 of his 200 works have survived, among which are Amali , Al-Irshad , Al-Muqni'ah , and Tashih al-Itiqadat .Qurānic Christians : an analysis of classical and modern exegesis (digital ed.).
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Muslim scholar Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man al-'Ukbari al-Baghdadi , known as al-Shaykh al-Mufid ( ) and Ibn al-Mu'allim (c. 948–1022 CE), was a prominent Twelver Shia theologian . His father was a teacher ( mu'allim ), hence the name Ibn al-Mu'allim. The title "al-Mufid" was given to him either by Muhammad al-Mahdi , the twelfth Shia Imam, or by al-Rummani, a Sunni scholar, after a conversation with him. The leader of the Shia community, he was a mutakallim , theologian, and Shia jurist. He was taught by Al-Shaykh al-Saduq , Ibn Qulawayh , Abu Abdallah al-Basri and al-Rummani, and Sharif al-Murtaza and Shaykh Tusi were among his students. Only 10 of his 200 works have survived, among which are Amali , Al-Irshad , Al-Muqni'ah , and Tashih al-Itiqadat . Qurānic Christians : an analysis of classical and modern exegesis (digital ed.).
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “eminent twelver shi'a theologian”. Today it says “prominent twelver shia muslim scholar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Muslim scholar Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man al-'Ukbari al-Baghdadi , known as”. It now reads “Iraqi Twelver Shia theologian (c. 948–1022) Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man ibn 'Abd al-Salam al-'Ukbari al-Baghdadi ( ّلَامِ ٱلْحَارِثِيُّ ٱلْعُكْبَرِيُّ ٱلْبَغْدَادِيُّ), known as”. Read the current article and compare.
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