Ḥumaydī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr

Al-Humaydi (died 834) was a Shafi'i . jurisprudence scholar and Shaykh of the al-Haram. He studied under Imam Shafi'i himself in his majlis.

Teachers and students He also studied and narrated hadith from Sufyan ibn Uyainah and Fudhail ibn Iyadh. His pupils included Al-Aimah such as Al-Bukhari, An-Nasa'i, At-Turmudhi, Abu Zur'a al-Razi and Abu Hatim al-Razi. He died in Mecca in 219 AH.

Works Some of his works are: Musnad al-Humaydi (المسند); his major work. Uṣūl al-Sunnah (أصول السنة), Ar-Radd ‘Ala an-Nu’man (Refutation of Abu Hanifa) At-Tafsir Ad-Dala’il