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Shia Islamic scholar (c. 923–991) For Information about al-Saduq's tomb, see Ibn Babawayh Cemetery . Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi ( Persian : محمد بن علی بن بابَوَیْهِ قمی Arabic : أَبُو جَعْفَر مُحَمَّد ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱبْن بَابَوَيْه ٱلْقُمِيّ ; c. 923 –991), commonly referred to as Ibn Babawayh (Persian: ابن بابویه Arabic: ٱبْن بَابَوَيْه ) or al-Shaykh al-Saduq (Persian: شیخ صدوق Arabic: ٱلشَّيْخ ٱلصَّدُوق , lit. ' the truthful scholar ' ), was a Persian Shia Islamic scholar whose work, entitled Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih ( مَنْ لَا یَحْضُرُهُ ٱلْفَقِیهُ ), forms part of The Four Books of the Shia Hadith collection . The Cambridge history of Iran (Repr. ed.). "Ibn Bābawayh, also spelled Ibn Babūyā, in full Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Ḥusayn ibn Mūsā al-Qummī, also called aṣ-Ṣadūq (born c. 923, Khorāsān province, Iran—died 991, Rayy), Islamic theologian, author of one of the "Four Books" that are the basic authorities for the doctrine of Twelver (Ithnā ʿAshāri) Shīʿah." Ludwig W.
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Al-Shaykh al-Saduq is the title given to Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawaih al-Qummi. He was the leading traditionist of his time (4th Century A.H. ) and one of the most outstanding traditionists of Shi'ite Islam . He earned the title of al-Shaykh al-Saduq on account of his great learning and his reputation for truthfulness. It is a title which he also shares with his father.
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Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawaih al-Qummi (Persian: ابو جعفر محمد بن علي بن بابويه القمي; c. 923-991 ), commonly referred to as Ibn Babawayh or Al-Shaykh al-Saduq was a Persian Shi'te Islamic Scholar who compiled the famous Shi'ite hadith collection , Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih .He earned the title of al-Shaykh al-Saduq (translation: "the truthful scholar") on account of his great learning and his reputation for truthfulness. It is a title which he also shares with his father. Britannica "Ibn Bābawayh, also spelled Ibn Babūyā, in full Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Ḥusayn ibn Mūsā al-Qummī, also called aṣ-Ṣadūq (born c. 923, Khorāsān province, Iran—died 991, Rayy), Islamic theologian, author of one of the “Four Books” that are the basic authorities for the doctrine of Twelver (Ithnā ʿAshāri) Shīʿah."
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Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi ( ; c. 923 –991), commonly referred to as Ibn Babawayh ( ) or al-Shaykh al-Saduq ( ) was a Persian Shia Islamic scholar whose work, entitled Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih , forms part of The Four Books of the Shia Hadith collection .The Cambridge history of Iran (Repr. ed.). "Ibn Bābawayh, also spelled Ibn Babūyā, in full Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Ḥusayn ibn Mūsā al-Qummī, also called aṣ-Ṣadūq (born c. 923, Khorāsān province, Iran—died 991, Rayy), Islamic theologian, author of one of the "Four Books" that are the basic authorities for the doctrine of Twelver (Ithnā ʿAshāri) Shīʿah." Ludwig W.
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Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi ( Persian : محمد بن علی بن بابَوَیْهِ قمی ; c. 923 –991), commonly referred to as Ibn Babawayh (Persian: ابن بابویه ) or al-Shaykh al-Saduq (Persian: شیخ صدوق ) was a Persian Shia Islamic scholar whose work, entitled Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih ( مَنْ لَا یَحْضُرُهُ ٱلْفَقِیهُ ), forms part of The Four Books of the Shia Hadith collection . The Cambridge history of Iran (Repr. ed.). "Ibn Bābawayh, also spelled Ibn Babūyā, in full Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Ḥusayn ibn Mūsā al-Qummī, also called aṣ-Ṣadūq (born c. 923, Khorāsān province, Iran—died 991, Rayy), Islamic theologian, author of one of the "Four Books" that are the basic authorities for the doctrine of Twelver (Ithnā ʿAshāri) Shīʿah." Ludwig W.
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