Niftawayh
Sign in to save'''Abu Abd Allah Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn 'Urfa ibn Sulayman ibn al-Mughira ibn Habib ibn al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra al-Azdi () better known as Niftawayh''', was a Medieval Muslim scholar. He was considered to be the best writer of his time, in addition to an expert in Muslim prophetic tradition and comparative readings of the Qur'an.
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- Born
- 858
- Died
- 935
- Works
- 2
Top works
- al-Maqṣūr wa-al-mamdūd
- al-Mudhakkar wa-al-muʼannath
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Key facts
- Religious biography.religion
- Islam
- Religious biography.name
- Niftawayh
- Religious biography.title
- The Grammarian
- Religious biography.birth_date
- 858 or 864
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Wasit
- Religious biography.death_place
- Baghdad
- Religious biography.resting_place
- Kufa
- Religious biography.region
- Mesopotamia
- Religious biography.occupation
- Linguist, Poet, Historian
- Religious biography.denomination
- Sunni
- Religious biography.jurisprudence
- Zahiri
- Religious biography.main_interests
- Arabic grammar, Arabic literature
- Religious biography.influences
- Dawud al-Zahiri, Sibawayh
- Religious biography.influenced
- Muhammad bin Dawud al-Zahiri, Al-Masudi
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'''Abu Abd Allah Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn 'Urfa ibn Sulayman ibn al-Mughira ibn Habib ibn al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra al-Azdi () better known as Niftawayh''', was a Medieval Muslim scholar. He was considered to be the best writer of his time, in addition to an expert in Muslim prophetic tradition and comparative readings of the Qur'an.
==Life== Niftawayh was born in Wasit in what is now Iraq. His date of birth is most commonly held to be 858, though the year 864 has been suggested as well. He spent most of his life in Baghdad, where he died on a Wednesday in the month of Safar just an hour after sunrise in the year 935. He was buried at the gate of Kufa the next day. His date of death carries some dispute as well, with some historians suggesting that he died in the year 936 on the same day as Abu Bakr Ibn Mujāhid.
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