Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Tha'labi

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<region> scholar
Medieval era
Name
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Thalabi
Birth
Death 427 AH (10351036) [1][2]
School/tradition
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Influenced
For other people named Thalabi, see Thalabi (name)

Abu Ishaq Ahmad Ibn Muhammed Ibn Ibrahim Al-Thalabi (Arabic: أبو اسحاق أحمد بن محمد بن ابراهيم الثعلبي‎) [3] was an 11th century Islamic scholar.

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  • Tafsir al-Thalabi [2]
  • Lives of the Prophets (Arabic: "Arais Al-Majalis Fi Qisas Al-Anbiya")[4], translated by William M. Brinner[5] and Beate Wiesmuller [6]

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He was awarded a high rank by the Sunni scholars. In Tabaqat al-Kubra of Volume 3 page 23 the appraisal of Thalabi is as follows:

Allamah Thalabi was the greatest scholar of his time with regards to knowledge of the Quran and Imam of Ahl'ul Sunnah, Abu Qasim al Qurshree commented " I saw Allah (swt) in a dream, I was conversing with Him and vice verse, during our conversation, Allah (swt) said ' a pious man is coming, I looked and Ahmad bin Thalabi was coming towards us

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