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Ibn Khuzayma
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “prominent muslim hadith and shafi'i fiqh scholar best known for his hadith collection”. Today it says “prominent persian muslim muhaddith scholar and shafi'i jurist”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “9th and 10th-century Sunni scholar Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ishaq”. It now reads “9th and 10th-century Sunni scholar”.
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9th and 10th-century Sunni scholar Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Khuzaymah ( , 837 CE/223 AH – 923 CE/311 AH ) was a prominent Muslim Muhaddith and Shafi'i jurist, best known for his hadith collection, Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah .1 Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (Foundations of Islam series) .2
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “prominent muslim hadith and shafi'i fiqh scholar best known for his hadith collection”. Today it says “prominent persian muslim muhaddith scholar and shafi'i jurist”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “9th and 10th-century Sunni scholar Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ishaq”. It now reads “9th and 10th-century Sunni scholar”. Read the current article and compare.
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prominent muslim hadith and shafi'i fiqh scholar best known for his hadith collection
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prominent persian muslim muhaddith scholar and shafi'i jurist
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