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Ibn Babawayh

918 - 992

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Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi (Persian: محمد بن علی بن بابَوَیْهِ قمی Arabic: أَبُو جَعْفَر مُحَمَّد ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱبْن بَابَوَيْه ٱلْقُمِيّ; c. 923–991), commonly referred to as Ibn Babawayh (Persian: ابن‌ بابویه Arabic: ٱبْن بَابَوَيْه) or al-Shaykh al-Saduq (Persian: شیخ صدوق Arabic: ٱلشَّيْخ ٱلصَّدُوق, lit. 'the truthful scholar'), was a Persian Shia Islamic scholar whose work, entitled Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih (مَنْ لَا یَحْضُرُهُ ٱلْفَقِیهُ), forms part of The Four Books of the Shia Hadith collection. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn Babawayh is the 1,471st most popular religious figure (down from 932nd in 2019), the 209th most popular biography from Iran (down from 157th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ibn Babawayh ranks 1,471 out of 3,187. Before him are Maximus V of Constantinople, Antipope Theodore, Menas of Constantinople, Gianfranco Ravasi, Kadi Burhan al-Din, and Isidore of Pelusium. After him are Claudio Gugerotti, Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria, Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko, William of St-Thierry, Maria Celeste, and Palladius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 918, Ibn Babawayh ranks 2. Before him is Haakon the Good.  Among people deceased in 992, Ibn Babawayh ranks 4. Before him are Mieszko I of Poland, Leo the Deacon, and Jawhar. After him are Conan I of Rennes, Abu al-Hassan al-Amiri, Matilda of France, and Oswald of Worcester.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ibn Babawayh ranks 209 out of 631. Before him are Aga Khan II (1830), Mandane of Media (-584), Reza Abbasi (1565), Kiya Buzurg-Ummid (1062), Vardanes I (10), and Azarmidokht (null). After him are Azar Nafisi (1955), Mansour Bahrami (1956), Aga Khan I (1800), Ashraf Pahlavi (1919), Gotarzes I (-200), and Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari (838).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Ibn Babawayh ranks 22. Before him are Al-Juwayni (1028), Al-Bayhaqi (994), Piruz Nahavandi (700), Shaykh Tusi (995), Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864), and Aga Khan II (1830). After him are Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (933), Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854), Ibn Khuzayma (838), Morteza Motahhari (1919), Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (1627), and Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875).

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