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Dawud al-Zahiri

815 - 883

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Dāwūd ibn ʿAlī ibn Khalaf al-Ẓāhirī (Arabic: دَاوُدُ بنُ عَلِيِّ بنِ خَلَفٍ الظَّاهِرِيُّ; 815–883 CE / 199–269 AH) was a Persian Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, and theologian during the Islamic Golden Age, specialized in the study of Islamic law (sharīʿa) and the fields of hermeneutics, biographical evaluation, and historiography of early Islam. He was the eponymous founder of the Ẓāhirī school of thought (madhhab), the fifth school of thought in Sunnī Islam, characterized by its strict adherence to literalism and reliance on the outward (ẓāhir) meaning of expressions in the Quran and ḥadīth literature; the consensus (ijmāʿ) of the first generation of Muhammad's closest companions (ṣaḥāba), for sources of Islamic law (sharīʿa); and rejection of analogical deduction (qiyās) and societal custom or knowledge (urf), used by other schools of Islamic jurisprudence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dawud al-Zahiri is the 1,519th most popular religious figure (down from 1,167th in 2019), the 198th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 174th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Iraqi Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Dawud al-Zahiri ranks 1,519 out of 3,187. Before him are José Sánchez del Río, Daniele Comboni, Said ibn al-Musayyib, Urbain Grandier, Eudokia of Heliopolis, and John Xiphilinus. After him are Prince Oscar Bernadotte, Alexander of Jerusalem, Petronius of Bologna, Agnes of Montepulciano, Peter the Venerable, and Charles Lwanga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 815, Dawud al-Zahiri ranks 5. Before him are Theodora, Abu Hanifa Dinawari, Anastasius Bibliothecarius, and Pepin, Count of Vermandois.  Among people deceased in 883, Dawud al-Zahiri ranks 1. After him is Ali ibn Umar.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Dawud al-Zahiri ranks 198 out of 384. Before him are Ur-Nanshe (-2500), Kubaba (-2500), Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī (746), Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (1080), Dudu of Akkad (-2300), and Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid (948). After him are Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid (882), Alulim (null), Aphrahat (280), Nadira (1932), Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935), and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi (1959).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iraq

Among religious figures born in Iraq, Dawud al-Zahiri ranks 23. Before him are Ibn Sa'd (784), Abo of Tiflis (756), Dinkha IV (1935), Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (1931), Suhayb ar-Rumi (587), and Ahmad al-Rifaʽi (1118). After him are Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935), An Shigao (101), Emmanuel III Delly (1927), Lipit-Ishtar (-1890), Nahor, son of Terah (null), and Al-Baqillani (950).

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