Imām al-Bayqūnī [lived circa 1080AH/1669CE]

ʿUmar b. Muḥammad  b. Futūḥ al-Bayqūnī was a Shāfiʿī scholar of Damascus who wrote a influential treatise on ḥadīth terminology entitled Mandhūmat al-Bayqūnīyyah which is widely used in learning the discipline to this today. The treatise consists of 34 couplets of poetry covering 34 types of ḥadīth, compiled in a meter that is easy to memorize. Unfortunately, very little is known about the author apart from his name, the approximate date he lived (1080AH/1669CE), the fact that he settled in Damascus and was affiliated with the Shāfiʿī legal school. Some sources do mention that the ascription of his name is from Bayqūn, a

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• Written by Dr Abu Zayd at November 18, 2011
• 11th Century, 17th Century CE, Hadith Scholars, Khalaf (Later Generations), Shāfi‘ī Scholars, Syria

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