Abu al-Qasim al-Baghawi
jurist of Abbasid era (b. 829– d. 929)
Abū al-Qāsim, Abd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn 'Abd Allāh al-'Azīz al-Baghawī (829CE - 929CE) (kunya: Ibn Bint Munī') was a jurist in Baghdad. Al-Marzubānī was his pupil.
Works
Among his books were:
Kitāb al-Mu’jam (كتاب المعجم) ‘Large Alphabetical Book’;
Kitāb al-Mu’jam aṣ-Saghīīr (كتاب المعجم الصغير) ‘Small Alphabetical Book’;
Kitāb al-Musnad (كتاب المسند);
Kitāb as-Sann ‘alā madhahib al-fiqha (كتاب السنن على مذاهب الفقهآء) The Ordinances According to the Legal Systems of the Jurists.
Bibliography
Ḥajar (Ibn), Abū al-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn 'Alī al-Asqalānī. Lisān al-Mīzān. Vol. 5 parts. Hyderabad: Dā'irat al-Ma'ārif al-Niẓāmīyah.
Khallikān (Ibn), Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad (1843). Wafayāt al-A'yān wa-Anbā' Abnā' al-Zamān (The Obituaries of Eminent Men).
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