Al-Baghawi

Al-Baghawī
TitleRukn ad-Din
Muhyi as-Sunnah
Personal
Born433 AH or 436 AH
Died516 AH
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi‘i
Main interest(s)Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh[1]
Notable work(s)Maʻālim at-Tanzīl

Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥusayn ibn Masʻūd ibn Muḥammad al-Farrā' al-Baghawī (Persian/Arabic:ابو محمد حسین بن مسعود بغوی), born 1041 or 1044 (433 AH[2] or 436 AH)[3] died 1122 (516 AH) was a renowned Persian Muslim mufassir, hadith scholar, and Shafi‘i faqih, best known for his major work Maʻālim at-Tanzīl. Al-Farra' is a reference to trading with fur, and al-Baghawī is a reference to his hometown Bagh or Baghshûr (then in Khorasan) between Herat (Afghanistan) and Marw al-Rudh. He died in Marw al-Rudh.

He is also famous for his other works on hadith such as Sharh as-Sunnah and Masabih as-Sunnah, the latter became famous as Mishkah al-Masabih with the additions of at-Tabrizi (d. 741H). He was a student of al-Qadi Husayn.

  1. ^ W. Adamec, Ludwig (2009). Historical Dictionary of Islam: Second Edition. Plymouth, United Kingdom: Scarecrow Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-8108-6161-9.
  2. ^ Al-Ḥamawī, Yāqūt ibn ʻAbd Allāh. Muʻjam al-buldān.
  3. ^ Ziriklī, Khayr al-Dīn. Tartīb al-aʻlām ʻalá al-aʻwām : al-aʻlām.