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Ibn Rajab
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “nickname he inherited from his grandfather who was born the month of rajab”. Today it says “sunni scholar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “14th-century Islamic scholar Imam Abd Al-Rahman ibn Ahmad”. It now reads “14th-century Islamic scholar Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad”.
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14th-century Islamic scholar Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn Rajab (736-795 AH / 1335–1393 CE), commonly known as Ibn Rajab , (which was a nickname he inherited from his grandfather who was born in the month of Rajab), was a muhaddith, scholar , and jurist . Notable for his commentary on the forty hadith of Imam Al-Nawawi , he was also the initial author of Fath al-Bari . " "Ibn Taymiyya." Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition" .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “nickname he inherited from his grandfather who was born the month of rajab”. Today it says “sunni scholar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “14th-century Islamic scholar Imam Abd Al-Rahman ibn Ahmad”. It now reads “14th-century Islamic scholar Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad”. Read the current article and compare.
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nickname he inherited from his grandfather who was born the month of rajab
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sunni scholar
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