Ibn Babawayh
Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi مُحَمَّد ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱبْن بَابَوَيْه ٱلْقُمِيّ | |
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| Title | Al-Shaykh Al-Saduq ٱلشَّيْخ ٱلصَّدُوق |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Muhammad c. 923 AD / 310 A.H. |
| Died | 991 AD / 380 A.H. (aged c. 68) |
| Resting place | Ray, Tehran, Iran |
| Era | Islamic golden age |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh and Hadith |
| Notable work(s) | Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Shia |
| Jurisprudence | Ja´fari |
| Muslim leader | |
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Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi (Persian: محمد بن علی بن بابَوَیْهِ قمی Arabic: أَبُو جَعْفَر مُحَمَّد ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱبْن بَابَوَيْه ٱلْقُمِيّ; c. 923–991), commonly referred to as Ibn Babawayh (Persian: ابن بابویه Arabic: ٱبْن بَابَوَيْه) or al-Shaykh al-Saduq (Persian: شیخ صدوق Arabic: ٱلشَّيْخ ٱلصَّدُوق, lit. 'the truthful scholar'), was a Persian Shia Islamic scholar whose work, entitled Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih (مَنْ لَا یَحْضُرُهُ ٱلْفَقِیهُ), forms part of The Four Books of the Shia Hadith collection.