Ibn al-Mundhir explained

Religion:Islam
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Mundhir al-Naysaburi
Birth Date:855 CE (241 AH)
Birth Place:Nishapur
Death Date:930 CE (318 AH)
Death Place:Mecca
Denomination:Sunni
Jurisprudence:ijtihad
Creed:Athari[1]

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Mundhir al-Naysaburi (Arabic: أبو بكر محمد بن إبراهيم بن المنذر بن الجارود النيسابوري) was a student of Shafi'i scholar al-Rabi' ibn Sulayman who was in turn a direct student of al-Shafi'i. He would later reach the level of ijtihad[2] but with little exception ascribe to the legal opinions of al-Shafi'i.

Notes and References

  1. El Shamsy . Ahmed . 2007 . The First Shāfiʿī: The Traditionalist Legal Thought of Abū Yaʿqūb al-buwayṭī (d. 231/846) . Islamic Law and Society . 14 . 3 . 324-325 . Brill Publishers . JSTOR.
  2. Lucas . Scott . 2007 . ABU BAKR IBN AL-MUNDHIR, AMPUTATION, AND THE ART OF IJTIHAD . International Journal of Middle East Studies . 39 . 351–68 .