Al-Baghawi
Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥusayn ibn Masʻūd ibn Muḥammad al-Farrā' al-Baghawī, born 1041 or 1044 died 1122 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 between Herat 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. He was a student of al-Qadi Husayn.Works
- Maʿālim at-Tanzīl also known as Tafsīr al-Baghawī
- At-Tahdhīb fī Fiqh al-Imām ash-Shāfiʻī
- Sharḥ as-Sunnah
- Maṣābīḥ as-Sunnah
- Al-Anwār fī Shamāʼil an-Nabī al-Mukhtār
- Al-Jamʻ bayn aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥayn
- Al-Arbaʻīn Ḥadīthā
- Majmūʻah min al-Fatāwā
