Abu al-Faraj

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Abu al-Faraj may refer to:

  • Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, Arab scholar of the tribe of the Quraysh and a direct descendant of the last of the Umayyad caliphs, Marwan II
  • Abu Faraj al-Libbi, nom de guerre of a Libyan alleged to be a senior member of al-Qaeda
  • Abu-al-Faraj ibn Al-Jawzi, Islamic scholar of the Hanbali school of jurisprudential thought
  • Abu-al-Faraj Runi, 11th century Persian court poet who wrote Mathnavi
  • Bar-Hebraeus, also known as Abu al-Faraj, catholicos of the Syriac Orthodox Church in the 13th century
  • Jeshua ben Judah, also known as Abu al-Faraj, 11th century Karaite scholar, exegete and philosopher