Al-Baghawi

Al-Baghawī
Title	Rukn ad-Din Muhyi as-Sunnah
Personal
Born	433 AH or 436 AH
Died	516 AH
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Shafi‘i
Main interest(s)	Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh[1]
Notable work(s)	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.

Works

Manuscript of the Masabih al-Sunnah, Iraq or Iran, 1100AD. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art

• Maʿālim at-Tanzīl also known as Tafsīr al-Baghawī (معالم التنزيل المعروف بتفسير البغوي)
• At-Tahdhīb fī Fiqh al-Imām ash-Shāfiʻī (التهذيب في فقه الإمام الشافعي)
• Sharḥ as-Sunnah (شرح السنة)
• Maṣābīḥ as-Sunnah (مصابيح السنة)
• Al-Anwār fī Shamāʼil an-Nabī al-Mukhtār (الأنوار في شمائل النبي المختار )
• Al-Jamʻ bayn aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥayn (الجمع بين الصحيحين)
• Al-Arbaʻīn Ḥadīthā (الأربعين حديثاً)
• Majmūʻah min al-Fatāwā (مجموعة من الفتاوى)

References

1. W. Adamec, Ludwig (2009). Historical Dictionary of Islam: Second Edition. Plymouth, United Kingdom: Scarecrow Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-8108-6161-9.
2. Al-Ḥamawī, Yāqūt ibn ʻAbd Allāh. Muʻjam al-buldān.
3. Ziriklī, Khayr al-Dīn. Tartīb al-aʻlām ʻalá al-aʻwām : al-aʻlām.