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Also known as Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. ‘Alī al-Jaṣṣāṣ al-Rāzī

Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Rāzī (), widely known as al-Jaṣṣāṣ (; 370–305 AH/ 917–981 CE), was a leading Hanafi jurist and Qurʾān exegete in Baghdad of his time. Serving as the Mufti of Iraq, he is best known for authoring ''Aḥkām al-Qur'ān''.

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Gender
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Origin
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Key facts

Religious biography.religion
Islam
Religious biography.occupation
Scholar, Jurist, Mufassir
Religious biography.era
Islamic Golden Age
Religious biography.honorific_prefix
Imam
Religious biography.name
Al-Jaṣṣāṣ
Religious biography.native_name
الجصاص
Religious biography.native_name_lang
ar
Religious biography.birth_date
917
Religious biography.birth_place
Rayy
Religious biography.death_place
Baghdad
Religious biography.region
Iraq
Religious biography.denomination
Mu'tazila
Religious biography.jurisprudence
Hanafi
Religious biography.main_interests
Fiqh, Tafsir
Religious biography.works
''Aḥkām al-Qur'ān''
Religious biography.influences
Wasil ibn AtaAbu Hanifa

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Ahmad
Family name
Razi
Gender
male
Place of birth
Ray
Place of death
Baghdad
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
Arabic
Religion
Sunni Islam
Field of work
tafsir
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date of birth
0917-00-00
date of death
0981-06-12
madhhab
Hanafism
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13 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Birth
  • Education
  • Teachers
  • Scholarly life
  • Career
  • Students
  • Death
  • Reception
  • Doctrine
  • Books
  • References
  • Bibliography

Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Rāzī (), widely known as al-Jaṣṣāṣ (; 370–305 AH/ 917–981 CE), was a leading Hanafi jurist and Qurʾān exegete in Baghdad of his time. Serving as the Mufti of Iraq, he is best known for authoring ''Aḥkām al-Qur'ān.

==Early life== ===Birth=== He was born at the year 305 AH (917 CE) in Rayy, a city near present-day Tehran, capital city of Iran.

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