Al-Bayhaqi
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Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Husayn al-Bayhaqi
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| Title | Imam Al-Bayhaqi |
| Born | Ramadan 384 AH / October 994 Bayhaq, now Sabzevar, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran |
| Died | 10 Jumadi-ul-I, 458 AH/ 9 April, 1066 (aged 72) Nishapur, now Khorasan, Iran |
| Era | Islamic golden age |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith, Shafi'i fiqh |
| Notable work(s) | Sunan al-Kubra, Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat |
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Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Husayn Ibn 'Ali Ibn Moussa al-Khosrojerdi al-Bayhaqi (Arabic) , البيهقي also known as Imam Al-Bayhaqi was born 994 CE/384AH in the small town of Khusraugird near Sabzevar, then known as Bayhaq, in Khurasan. During his lifetime, he became a famous Sunni hadith expert, following the Shafi'i school in fiqh and the Ash'ari school of aqeedah.
Al-Bayhaqi's full name is أحمد بن الحسين بن علي بن موسى الخراساني البيهقي المشهور بالبيهقي.
Al-Bayhaqi was a scholar of fiqh, of the Shafi'i school of thought as well as of that of hadith. He studied fiqh under Abu al-Fath Nasir ibn al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Naysaburi as well as Abul Hasan Hankari. He also studied hadith under Hakim al-Nishaburi, Abu Mansur Al-Baghdadi and others, and was al-Nishaburi's foremost pupil. He died in 1066 CE.
Bayhaqi was a prominent author in his time, having authored more than one thousand volumes according to Al-Dhahabi. Among the most well-known books authored by him are:
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