Abu Tahir al-Silafi
Abū Ṭāhir al-Silafī (Arabic: أبو طاهر السلفي; born Isfahan in 472 AH/1079 CE, died Alexandria in 576/1180), was one of the leading scholars of hadith in the twelfth-century. He was an esteemed Shafi'i hadith scholar from Isfahan who taught for many years at the 'Adiliyya madrassa in Alexandria, where he was frequently visited by pupils from all over the Muslim world, including Al-Andalus. He lived to be a hundred years old possessing the worlds shortest chains and well-known for his great memory and precision.
Abu Tahir al-Silafi | |
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| Title | Shaykh al-Islām Al-Ḥāfiẓ |
| Personal | |
| Born | 478 AH/1085 AD |
| Died | Alexandria, Ayyubid dynasty 576 AH/1180 AD |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith, Fiqh, Biographical Evaluation |
| Alma mater | Nizamiya Madrasa |
| Occupation | Muhaddith, Scholar, Muslim Jurist, Biographer |
| Muslim leader | |
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