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Ahmad ibn Ali al-Najashi

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11th-century Twelver Shi'ite scholar For the ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum from 614 to 631, see Najashi.
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Ahmad ibn Ali al-Najashi
Personal life
BornAhmad
c. 982 AD / 372 A.H.
Baghdad
Died1058 AD / 450 A.H.
Samarra
EraIslamic golden age
Main interest(s)Biographical evaluation
Notable work(s)Rijal al-Najashi
Other namesIbn al-Kufi
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationTwelver Shia

Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Najāshī (c. 982–1058), often simply referred to as al-Najāshī, was a Twelver Shi'ite scholar mainly known for his work on the subject of biographical evaluation (ʿilm al-rijāl, Islamic science dealing with the reliability of hadith transmitters), called the Rijāl al-Najāshī.

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References

  1. ^ "احمد بن علی نجاشی". Wikifeqh (in Persian).
  2. Agha Bozorg Tehrani, Az-Zaree'a ila Tasaneef ush-Shia, vol. 10, pg 154, 155
  3. "أحمد بن علي بن أحمد بن العباس". Qadatona (in Arabic).

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