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Eighth-century Meccan Islamic scholar A historical picture of Mecca , where Ibn Jurayj was born. ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Jurayj al-Rūmī al-Umawī al-Qurashī al-Makkī ( Arabic : عبد الملك بن عبد العزيز بن جريج الرومي الأموي القرشي المكي , 80 AH/699 CE - 150 AH/767 CE) was an eighth-century faqīh , exegete and transmitter of hadith . A student of the tabi'i and early Meccan jurist Ata ibn Abi Rabah , Ibn Jurayj became a scholar in his own right and served as the mufti of Mecca under the Umayyads . He composed works on Quranic exegesis and the rites of pilgrimage , and his compilation of hadith, Kitab al-Sunan , was a founding work of the musannaf genre. Though lost, much of the latter was preserved in the musannaf of his student Abd al-Razzaq al-San'ani , who cites Ibn Jurayj as an informant in approximately one-third of the traditions transmitted.
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Ibn Jurayj ( ) (died 767 CE, 150 AH ) was an Islamic scholar .
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Ibn Jurayj ( ) (died AH 150, c.AD 767) was an Islamic scholar .He is counted among the Taba' at-Tabi'in and narrated many Isra'iliyat .
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Eighth-century Meccan Islamic scholar Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Jurayj ( , 80 AH/699 CE - 150 AH/767 CE) was an eighth-century faqīh , exegete and hadith transmitter from the Taba' at-Tabi'in .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “islamic scholar”. Today it says “born”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Eighth-century Meccan Islamic scholar Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Aziz”. It now reads “Eighth-century Meccan Islamic scholar A historical picture of Mecca , where”. Read the current article and compare.
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