jan 1, 1122 - Al-Baghawī Mishkat al-Masabih

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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 or 436 AH) 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.

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