Imām Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Razzāq al-Husayni al-Zabīdī, Abul Fayd and is widely known as Murtadā al-Zabīdi. [1145-1205 AH/ 1732-1790 CE] He was a Hanafī scholar, lexicographer, linguist, a grandmaster in Hadīth, genealogy, biographies and personal histories [Hadīth, ansāb, rijāl]. He was a prolific writer. Apart from Arabic, he was proficient in Turkish, Persian and a language of Karaj.







Imām Murtadā al-Zabīdī
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