Abu al-Tayyib al-Tabari

Abū al-Ṭayyib al-Ṭabarī
أبو الطيب الطبري
TitleShaykh al-Islam
Qadi al-Qudah
Personal life
Born960
Died1058
NationalityIranian
EraIslamic Golden Age
(Later Abbasid era)
RegionIran
Iraq
Main interest(s)Fiqh, Hadith, Linguistics, Poetry
Notable work(s)Sharh Mukhtasar al-Muzani
OccupationJurist, Scholar, Judge, Tradionist, Linguist, Poet
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari
Muslim leader

Abu’l-Ṭayyib Ṭāher Bin ʿAbdallāh Bin Ṭāher al-Ṭabarī al-Āmolī al-S̲h̲āfiʿī commonly known as Abū al-Ṭayyib al-Ṭabarī (Arabic: أبو الطيب الطبري) was an Iranian jurisconsult, professor of legal sciences and was the chief judge in Baghdad. He is regarded by his peers as one of the greatest Shafi'i jurist in the 5th/11th century. In addition, he was a traditionist, linguist and poet.