Dawud al-Zahiri
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| Born | c. 815 Kufa |
| Died | c. 883 or 884 (age approx. 68) Baghdad |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Region | Mesopotamia |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Ijtihad |
| Creed | Athari |
| Main interest(s) | Jurisprudence |
| Notable idea(s) | Zahirism |
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Dawud bin Ali bin Khalaf al-Zahiri (815–883/4 CE) was a Muslim scholar of Islamic law during the Islamic Golden Age, specializing in the fields of Hermeneutics, Biographical evaluation, and historiography. He is widely regarded as the founder of the Zahiri school of thought, the fifth school of thought followed by Sunnis Muslims to this day, though he never viewed himself as such, nor do the followers of the school.
He was a celebrated, if not controversial, figure during his time, being referred to in Muslim historical texts as "the scholar of the era."
al-Zahiri's exact place of birth is not entirely clear to historians. He has most commonly been attributed to the Iranian city of Isfahan, often being referred to as "Dawud al-Isfahani." Ibn Hazm, Al-Dhahabi, Christopher Melchert and others held that this attribution was due to the fact that al-Zahiri's mother was a native of Isfahan, and that he was actually of Iraqi origins, having been born in the city of Kufa.Ignác Goldziher agreed that al-Zahiri was born in Kufa, but attributed the confusion regarding his place of birth due to his father's role in the civil service of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Ma'mun in Kashan, a smaller city near Isfahan.
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