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Ibn Shihab az-Zuhri

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Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (Arabic: أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بۡنُ مُسْلِمَ بۡنِ عُبَیْدِ ٱللهِ بۡنِ عَبۡدِ ٱللهِ بۡنِ شِهَابٍ ٱلزُّهْرِيّ, romanized: Abu Bakr Muḥammad ibn Muslim ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh b. S̲h̲ihāb az-Zuhrī; died 124 AH/741-2 CE), also referred to as Ibn Shihab or az-Zuhri, was a tabi'i Arab jurist and traditionist credited with pioneering the development of sīra-maghazi and hadith literature. Raised in Medina, he studied hadith and maghazi under Medinese traditionists before rising to prominence at the Umayyad court, where he served in a number of religious and administrative positions. He transmitted several thousand hadith included in the six canonical Sunni hadith collections and his work on maghazi forms the basis of the extant biographies of Muhammad. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn Shihab az-Zuhri is the 1,401st most popular religious figure (down from 980th in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 143rd in 2019) and the 65th most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ibn Shihab az-Zuhri ranks 1,401 out of 3,187. Before him are Umayya ibn Khalaf, Joachim Meisner, Jozef Tomko, Dom Justo Takayama, Reinhard Marx, and Ad-Darazi. After him are Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Peter Nolasco, John X of Antioch, Hegesippus, John de Britto, and Luigi Carlo Borromeo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 678, Ibn Shihab az-Zuhri ranks 2. Before him is Childebert III.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Ibn Shihab az-Zuhri ranks 156 out of 354. Before him are Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (600), Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh (1943), Abbad ibn Bishr (606), Al-Khayzuran (701), Suhayl ibn Amr (556), and Umayya ibn Khalaf (null). After him are Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan (null), Muslim ibn Aqil (650), Umayya ibn Abd Shams (null), 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah (null), Nimr al-Nimr (1959), and Sultan bin Salman Al Saud (1956).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Ibn Shihab az-Zuhri ranks 65. Before him are Wasil ibn Ata (700), Abu Sa'īd al-Khūdrī (612), Nusaybah bint Ka'ab (null), Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba (581), Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (600), and Umayya ibn Khalaf (null). After him are Muslim ibn Aqil (650), 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah (null), Fatimah bint Musa (790), Said ibn al-Musayyib (642), Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen (1925), and Aqil ibn Abi Talib (590).

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