OverviewA scholar who recorded the people who passed on hadith.CategoryScholarPeriodc. 1256 – c. 1341 CE
Life and settingAl-Mizzi taught in Damascus and became an important authority on the transmitters associated with the major hadith collections.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
Work and legacyTahdhib al-Kamal presents detailed narrator biographies. His other reference works help locate reports across collections, supporting later scholarship by Ibn Hajar and other specialists.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
SourcesOriginal concise biography based on the cited references. Historical reports, later devotional traditions and uncertain dates are distinguished where relevant.TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
