Ahmad ibn Abu Bakr al-Zuhri
9th-century Maliki Muslim scholar
About Ahmad ibn Abu Bakr al-Zuhri
Lived 767 – 857 (aged 89–90). Ahmad ibn Abu Bakr al-Zuhri was a qadi and muhaddith.
Abū Muṣʿab Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr al-Qāsim ibn al-Ḥārith al-Zuhri , 767–856 CE / 150–242 AH, was a Muslim scholar and judge who was a student of Malik ibn Anas.
He was born and lived in Medina, where he wrote a work called ('The Epitome on Fiqh'), as well as a recension of Malik ibn Anas' . which is considered the 'vulgate' or standard version in the Maliki school of law.
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9th-century Maliki Muslim scholar
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Ahmad ibn Abu Bakr al-Zuhri was born in 767.
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Ahmad ibn Abu Bakr al-Zuhri died in 857.
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Ahmad ibn Abu Bakr al-Zuhri was a qadi and muhaddith.
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