Wikipedia's first sentence called it “sunni islamic scholar of the hanafi madh'hab”. Today it says “sunni islamic scholar of the hanafi madh'hab and the shadhili tariqa”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Sunni Hanafi Islamic scholar (1360–1453 CE) Abū Muḥammad Maḥmūd ibn Aḥmad ibn Mūsā”. It now reads “Sunni Hanafi Islamic scholar (1360–1451 CE) Abū Muḥammad Maḥmūd ibn Aḥmad ibn Mūsā”.
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Sunni Hanafi Islamic scholar (1360–1451 CE) Abū Muḥammad Maḥmūd ibn Aḥmad ibn Mūsā Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī , often quoted simply as al-'Ayni ( Arabic : بدر الدين العيني , romanized : Badr al-ʿAynī ; born 26 Ramadan 762 AH /30 July 1360 CE, died 855 AH/1453 CE) was a Sunni Islamic scholar of the Hanafi madh'hab and the Shadhili tariqa . Al-'Ayni is an abbreviation for al-'Ayntābi , referring to his native city. He was an eminent scholar regarded as one of the most influential Hanafi jurist and hadith scholar of his time. محمد ياسين بن محمد عيسى الفاداني المكي (2005). "الروض الفائح وبغية الغادي والرائح بإجازة فضيلة الأستاذ محمد رياض المالح" (in Arabic). Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (Foundations of Islam series) .
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Badr al-Din al-'Ayni ( ) born 762 AH (1360 CE), died 855 AH (1453 CE) was a Sunni Islamic scholar of the Hanafi madh'hab . Al-'Ayni is an abbreviation for al-'Ayntābi , referring to his native city.
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Badr al-Din al-'Ayni ( ) born 762 AH (1360 CE), died 855 AH (1453 CE) was a Sunni Islamic scholar of the Hanafi madh'hab . Al-'Ayni is an abbreviation for al-'Ayntābi , referring to his native city. Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition) .
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Badr al-Din al-'Ayni ( ) born 762 AH (1360 CE), died 855 AH (1453 CE) was a Sunni Islamic scholar of the Hanafi madh'hab . Al-'Ayni is an abbreviation for al-'Ayntābi , referring to his native city. Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (Foundations of Islam series) . Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition) .
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Sunni Hanafi Islamic scholar (1360–1453 CE) Abū Muḥammad Maḥmūd ibn Aḥmad ibn Mūsā Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī , often quoted simply as al-'Ayni ( ; born 762 AH /1360 CE, died 855 AH/1453 CE) was a Sunni Islamic scholar of the Hanafi madh'hab and the Shadhili tariqa . Al-'Ayni is an abbreviation for al-'Ayntābi , referring to his native city. He was an eminent scholar regarded as one of the most influential Hanafi jurist and hadith scholar of his time."الروض الفائح وبغية الغادي والرائح بإجازة فضيلة الأستاذ محمد رياض المالح" (in Arabic). Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (Foundations of Islam series) .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “sunni islamic scholar of the hanafi madh'hab”. Today it says “sunni islamic scholar of the hanafi madh'hab and the shadhili tariqa”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Sunni Hanafi Islamic scholar (1360–1453 CE) Abū Muḥammad Maḥmūd ibn Aḥmad ibn Mūsā”. It now reads “Sunni Hanafi Islamic scholar (1360–1451 CE) Abū Muḥammad Maḥmūd ibn Aḥmad ibn Mūsā”. Read the current article and compare.
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sunni islamic scholar of the hanafi madh'hab
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sunni islamic scholar of the hanafi madh'hab and the shadhili tariqa
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