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Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Abī ʿImrān

أبو جعفر أحمد بن أبي عمران

Leading Egyptian scholar, teacher of al-Ṭaḥāwī, and author of al-Ḥujaj; reportedly blind.

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ومن هذه الطبقة أبو جعفر أحمد بن ابي عمران أستاذ أبي جعفر الطحاوي وكان شيخ أصحابنا بمصر في وقته وأخذ العلم عن محمد بن سماعة وبشر بن الوليد وأضرابهما وله كتاب مجموع يعرف بالحجج هو من حسان الكتب وقيل إنه كان ضريرا

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Of this generation was Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Abī ʿImrān, the teacher of Abū Jaʿfar al-Ṭaḥāwī. He was the senior scholar of our companions in Egypt in his time. He learned from Muḥammad ibn Samāʿa, Bishr ibn al-Walīd, and their peers. He had a compiled book known as al-Ḥujaj, one of the fine books. It is said that he was blind.

Sources: Al-Afghānī · p. 165 / Baktāsh · p. 273

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