Abd al-Ghafir ibn Ismail ibn Abd al-Ghafir ibn Muhammad al-Farsi ( ar, عبد الغافر بن اسماعيل بن عبد الغافر بن محمد الفارسي) was a
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
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scholar of Arabic, history and hadith from
Nishapur. He was a student, contemporary, and first biographer of
Al-Ghazali
Al-Ghazali ( – 19 December 1111; ), full name (), and known in Persian-speaking countries as Imam Muhammad-i Ghazali (Persian: امام محمد غزالی) or in Medieval Europe by the Latinized as Algazelus or Algazel, was a Persian poly ...
. He was also the grandson of
Al-Qushayri
'Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawazin Abū al-Qāsim Banu Qushayr, al-Qushayrī al-Naysābūrī ( fa, , ar, عبد الكريم بن هوازن بن عبد الملك بن طلحة أبو القاسم القشيري; 986 – 30 December 1072) was an Ara ...
, the author of Qushayri message.
Works
Amongst the most famous works of Abd al-Ghafir al-Farsi are:
* Al-Bayan al-Tareekh Nishapur (The History of Nishapur)
* Al-Mufhim of Sahih-Muslim
[Ibn Kathir's Bidaya wal Nihaya, Under the description of Abd-Ghafir al-Farsi]
* Majma al-Gharaaib Fi Gharib al-Hadith (The book was printed and verified by Abdullah bin Nasser bin Muhammad Al-Qarni (Umm Al-Qura University - 1409 AH / 1989 AD))
Death
Abd al-Ghafir al-Farsi died in 529/1135 in
Nishapur.
See also
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List of Ash'aris and Maturidis
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Hadith scholars
Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
1059 births
1135 deaths
12th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
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