Wikipedia's first sentence called it “muslim historian and traditionist”. Today it says “islamic scholar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Abu al-Fadl Muhammad bin Tahir bin Ali bin Ahmad al-Shaibani al-Maqdisi , commonly known as”. It now reads “Muslim historian and traditionist (c. 1057–1113) Abu al-Fadl Muhammad”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Muslim historian and traditionist (c. 1057–1113) Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn Tahir ibn Ali al-Qaysarani ( Arabic : أبو الفضل محمد ابن طاهر ابن علي القيساراني , romanized : Abū al-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn Ṭāhir ibn ʿAlī al-Qaysarānī ; 1057–September 1113), known simply as Ibn Tahir , was an Islamic scholar, historian and traditionist. He is largely credited with being the first to delineate and define the Six Books of Sunni Islam after the Qur'an , and the first person to include Sunan Ibn Maja as a canonical work. Lucas, Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam , pg. 106. Muhammad 'Abd al-Ra'uf, Hadith Literature - 1 . Ignác Goldziher , Muslim Studies , vol. 2, pg. 240.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Abu al-Fadl Muhammad bin Tahir bin Ali bin Ahmad al-Shaibani al-Maqdisi , commonly known as Ibn Tahir of Caesarea ("Ibn al-Qaisarani" in Arabic), was a Muslim historian and traditionist. He is largely credited with being the first to delineate and define the six canonical works of Sunni Islam after the Qur'an , and the first person to include Sunan ibn Majah as a canonical work. Ibn Khallikan 's Biographical Dictionary, translated by William McGuckin de Slane . Lucas, Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam , pg. 106. Muhammad 'Abd al-Ra'uf, Hadith Literature - 1 . Ignác Goldziher , Muslim Studies , vol. 2, pg. 240.
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Abu al-Fadl Muhammad bin Tahir bin Ali bin Ahmad al-Shaibani al-Maqdisi , commonly known as Ibn Tahir of Caesarea (" Ibn al-Qaisarani " in Arabic), was a Muslim historian and traditionist. He is largely credited with being the first to delineate and define the six canonical works of Sunni Islam after the Qur'an , and the first person to include Sunan ibn Majah as a canonical work. Lucas, Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam , pg. 106. Muhammad 'Abd al-Ra'uf, Hadith Literature - 1 . Ignác Goldziher , Muslim Studies , vol. 2, pg. 240.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Muslim historian and traditionist (c. 1057–1113) Abu al-Fadl Muhammad bin Tahir bin Ali bin Ahmad al-Shaibani al-Maqdisi (c. 1057–1113), commonly known as Ibn Tahir of Caesarea (" Ibn Tahir al-Qaisarani " in Arabic), was a Muslim historian and traditionist. He is largely credited with being the first to delineate and define the six canonical works of Sunni Islam after the Qur'an , and the first person to include Sunan ibn Majah as a canonical work. Lucas, Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam , pg. 106. Muhammad 'Abd al-Ra'uf, Hadith Literature - 1 . Ignác Goldziher , Muslim Studies , vol. 2, pg. 240.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “muslim historian and traditionist”. Today it says “islamic scholar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Abu al-Fadl Muhammad bin Tahir bin Ali bin Ahmad al-Shaibani al-Maqdisi , commonly known as”. It now reads “Muslim historian and traditionist (c. 1057–1113) Abu al-Fadl Muhammad”. Read the current article and compare.
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muslim historian and traditionist
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islamic scholar
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