Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, born around 677 or 678 in Medina and dying in 741 or 742, was a tabi'i Arab jurist and traditionist credited with pioneering the development of the sira-maghazi genre and hadith literature. He served the Umayyad Caliphate as a judge, a tax collector and a tutor to Umayyad princes while continuing his scholarly work, and his traditions appear in roughly 3,500 narrations across the six canonical Sunni hadith collections. His work on the prophetic biography, or maghazi, forms the foundation for surviving biographies of Muhammad, transmitted through his students Ibn Ishaq and Ma'mar ibn Rashid. Later scholars including Malik ibn Anas, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani regarded him as an unquestioned authority, though his close relationship with the Umayyad court has generated ongoing scholarly debate about possible political influence on his teachings.
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RoleTabi'i Arab jurist and traditionist credited with pioneering the development of sīra-maghazi and hadith literature 1 Place of Death Classification
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Raised in Medina, he studied hadith and maghazi under Medinese traditionists before rising to prominence at the Umayyad court, where he served in a number of religious and administrative positions.
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Ibn Shihab or az-Zuhri, was a tabi'i Arab jurist and traditionist credited with pioneering the development of sīra-maghazi and hadith literature.
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S̲h̲ihāb az-Zuhrī; died 124 AH/741-2 CE), also referred to as Ibn Shihab or az-Zuhri, was a tabi'i Arab jurist and traditionist credited with pioneering the development of sīra-maghazi and hadith literature. Raised in Medina, he studied hadith and maghazi under Medinese traditionists before rising to prominence at the Umayyad court, where he served in a number of religious and administrative positions. He transmitted several thousand hadith included in the six canonical Sunni hadith collections and his work on maghazi forms the basis of the extant biographies of Muhammad.
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Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (Arabic: أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ مُسْلِمَ بنِ عُبَیْدِ ٱلل
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Wikidata Q3791575, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 742
Wikidata Q3791575, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Medina
Wikidata Q3791575, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Medina
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