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9th and 10th-century Sunni scholar Muḥammad ibn Hibbān al-Bustī ( Arabic : محمد ابن حبان البستی ) (c. 270–354/884–965) was a Muslim Arab scholar, polymath and a prominent Shafi'i traditionist , ḥadith critic , evaluator of rijal , compiler and interpreter of hadith. He was a prolific writer and well-versed in numerous Islamic fields such as fiqh (reaching the level of Ijtihad ) as well as in the sciences of astronomy , medicine , history and other disciplines. A Descriptive Account of the Antiquities and Coins of Afghanistan By Horace Hayman Wilson, pg. 154 Fück, J.W. In Bearman; Bianquis; Bosworth; Donzel; Heinrichs (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (2 ed.). Anthropomorphism in Islam - The Challenge of Traditionalism (700-1350) . Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature . Diseases Of The Hearts And Their Cures . Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam The Legacy of the Generation of Ibn Saʻd, Ibn Maʻīn, and Ibn Ḥanbal .
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Abu Hatim Muhammad ibn Hibban al-Tamimi al-Darimi al-Busti (died 965) was a Muslim scholar, Muhaddith , historian, author of well-known works, “Sheikh of Khorasan ”. Ibn Hibban studied Islamic sciences with many prominent scientists of the time, as al-Nasa'i , al-Hasan ibn Sufyan, Abu al-Ya'la al-Mosuli, al-Husayn ibn Idris al-Harawi, Abu al-Khalifa al-Jamhi, Imran ibn Musa ibn Madzhashi', Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Sufi, Ja'far ibn Ahmad al-Dimashqi, Abu Bakr ibn Khuzaymah etc. His students included Muhammad ibn Manda , Abu Abdullah al-Hakim and others. Ibn Hibban Acting Qadi in Samarqand , well versed in fiqh , hadith and the sciences of astronomy , medicine and many other disciplines. Ibn Hibban died in Bust on a Friday night, eight days before the end of the month of Shawwal in 354 AH .
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9th and 10th-century Sunni scholar Abu Hatim Muhammad ibn faisal al-Tamimi al-Darimi al-Busti ( ) (c. 270–354/884–965) was a Muslim Arab scholar, Muhaddith , historian, author of well-known works, “Sheikh of Khorasan ”.
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9th and 10th-century Sunni scholar Muḥammad ibn Hibbān al-Bustī ( ) (c. 270–354/884–965) was an Arab Muslim polymath and a prominent Shafi'i traditionist , ḥadith critic , evaluator of rijal , compiler and interpreter of hadith.He was a prolific writer and well-versed in numerous Islamic fields such as fiqh (reaching the level of Ijtihad ) as well as in the sciences of astronomy , medicine , history and other disciplines.In Bearman; Bianquis; Bosworth; Donzel; Heinrichs (eds.).Enyclopaedia of Islam (2 ed.).Anthropomorphism in Islam - The Challenge of Traditionalism (700-1350) .Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature .Diseases Of The Hearts And Their Cures .Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam The Legacy of the Generation of Ibn Saʻd, Ibn Maʻīn, and Ibn Ḥanbal .
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muslim arab scholar
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