Al-Baghawi
Abu Muhammad Husayn b. Mas'ud ibn Muhammad al-Farra' Baghawi (435-516H/1043-1122) was a Afghan muhaddith (expert in hadith), trained in hadith and fiqh, a student of al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Marwa al-Rudi. He is most known for his major work Tafsir al-Baghawi, and for his hadith classics Sharh al-Sunnah and Masabih al-Sunnah, the latter became famous as Mishkat al-Masabih with the additions of al-Tabrizi d. 741H
Al-Baghawî came from a small town between Herat and Marw ar-Rud called Bagh or Baghshûr (then in Persia).
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