Murtada al-Zabidi
Murtada al-Zabidi مرتضى الزبيدي | |
|---|---|
| Title | Al-Ḥāfiẓ |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1732 |
| Died | 1790 (aged 57–58) Cairo, Egypt |
| Era | Early modern period |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith, Lexicography, Linguist, Philology, Genealogy, History, Theology, Tasawwuf, Geography, Medicine |
| Notable work(s) | Tāj al-ʻĀrūs min Jawāhir al-Qāmūs Itḥāf al-Sadāh al-Muttaqīn Asānīd al-Kutub as-Sittah |
| Occupation | Muslim scholar, Muhaddith, philologist, linguist, lexicographer, genealogist, biographer, historian, mystic, theologian |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Muslim leader | |
Al-Murtaḍá al-Husaynī al-Zabīdī (Arabic: المرتضى الحسيني الزبيدي), or Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Murtaḍá al-Zabīdī (1732–1790 / 1145–1205 AH), also known as Murtada al-Zabidi, was an Indian Sunni polymath based in Cairo. He was a Hanafi scholar, hadith specialist, philologist, linguist, lexicographer, genealogist, biographer, historian, mystic and theologian. He was considered one of the leading intellectuals of the 18th century. He was also regarded as the greatest Hadith scholar of his time and one of the foremost philologists of the Arab post-classical era.