| Religion: | Islam |
| Al-Baghawī | |
| Rukn ad-Din Muhyi as-Sunnah | |
| Birth Date: | 433 AH or 436 AH |
| Death Date: | 516 AH |
| Maddhab: | Shafi‘i |
| Denomination: | Sunni |
| Main Interests: | Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh[1] |
| Works: | Maʻālim at-Tanzīl |
Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥusayn ibn Masʻūd ibn Muḥammad al-Farrā' al-Baghawī (Persian/Arabic:ابو محمد حسین بن مسعود بغوی), born 1041 or 1044 (433 AH[2] or 436 AH)[3] died 1122 (516 AH) was a renowned Persian Muslim mufassir, hadith scholar, and Shafi‘i faqih, best known for his major work Maʻālim at-Tanzīl. Al-Farra is a reference to trading with fur, and al-Baghawī is a reference to his hometown Bagh or Baghshûr (then in Khorasan) between Herat (Afghanistan) and Marw al-Rudh. He died in Marw al-Rudh.
He is also famous for his other works on hadith such as Sharh as-Sunnah and Masabih as-Sunnah, the latter became famous as Mishkah al-Masabih with the additions of at-Tabrizi (d. 741H). He was a student of al-Qadi Husayn.