Abū Zahra
Muhammad Abū Zahra ( Arabic محمد أبو زهرة, DMG Muḥammed Abū Zahra ; * 1898 ; † 1974 ) was a conservative Egyptian Alim , scholar of Islamic law ( Sharia ), scholar of jurisprudence ( fiqh ) and author.
He studied at the Madrasa al-Qada al-Shari and then at Dar ul-Ulum . He taught at al-Azhar ( fiqh ) and later, as a professor of Sharia law in Cairo . Abu Zahra was also a member of Islamic research at al-Azhar. His more than forty books include the biographies of Abu Hanifa , Mālik ibn Anas , Shafii , Ibn Hanbal , Zayd ibn Ali, Jafar as-Sādiq , Ibn Hazm and Ibn Taimiyya , as well as works on the Waqf . He also wrote about the characteristics of crimes and punishments in Islamic law.
[Source: Esposito, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, Oxford University Press 2003]
literature
- Muhammad Abu Zahra: Abu Hanifa , Diyanet Publication 1999, ISBN 975-19-1869-3
Web links
- Muhammad Abu Zahra's statement of Wahhabism (English) ( Memento of 22 June 2010 at the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zahra, Abū |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zahra, Muhammad Abū (full name); محمد أبو زهرة (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Egyptian Alim and Islamic lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1898 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1974 |