Dawud al-Zahiri

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Dawud al-Zahiri was a 9th-century Islamic jurist and theologian who founded the literalist Zahiri school of Sunni jurisprudence, known for its strict reliance on the Qur’an and Hadith while rejecting analogical reasoning.

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Label Occurrences
Dawud al-Zahiri canonical 6
Dāwūd ibn ʿAlī al-Isfahānī al-Zāhirī 1
Zahiri 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic jurist ⓘ
Muslim theologian ⓘ
Sunni Muslim ⓘ
Zahiri scholar ⓘ
founder of an Islamic school of law ⓘ
centuryActive 9th century ⓘ
dateOfBirth early 9th century ⓘ
dateOfDeath late 9th century ⓘ
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
field Hadith studies ⓘ
Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ
Islamic theology (kalam) ⓘ
founded Zahiri school of Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
fullName Dāwūd ibn ʿAlī al-Isfahānī al-Zāhirī ⓘ
linked to: Dawud al-Zahiri
influenced Ibn Hazm ⓘ
later Zahiri jurists ⓘ
influencedBy Ahmad ibn Hanbal ⓘ
Shafi‘i legal methodology ⓘ
knownAs Abu Sulayman al-Dawudi ⓘ
Dawud al-Zahiri ⓘ
knownFor emphasis on apparent (zahir) meaning of texts ⓘ
founding the Zahiri madhhab ⓘ
literalist interpretation of scriptural texts ⓘ
opposition to analogical reasoning in fiqh ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
legalMethodology literalism in jurisprudence ⓘ
strict reliance on Qur’an and Hadith ⓘ
legalSchoolFounded Zahiri madhhab ⓘ
nameInArabic داود الظاهري ⓘ
linked to: Dawud al-Zahiri
origin Iraq ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kufa ⓘ
placeOfDeath Baghdad ⓘ
profession faqih (jurist) ⓘ
muhaddith (hadith scholar) ⓘ
regionOfActivity Baghdad ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
rejected analogical reasoning (qiyas) in Islamic law ⓘ
istihsan (juristic preference) ⓘ
taqlid of earlier jurists as binding ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
schoolOfThought Zahiri ⓘ
studiedUnder Ahmad ibn Hanbal ⓘ
Ishaq ibn Rahwayh ⓘ
supported direct textual evidence from Hadith ⓘ
direct textual evidence from Qur’an ⓘ
ijma (consensus) of the Companions ⓘ
viewOnConsensus restricted binding consensus to the Companions ⓘ
viewOnQiyas considered qiyas an invalid source of law ⓘ
viewOnTaqlid rejected blind following of jurists ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zahiri school of law → associatedWith → Dawud al-Zahiri ⓘ
Zahiri school of law → founder → Dawud al-Zahiri ⓘ
Ibn Hazm → influencedBy → Dawud al-Zahiri ⓘ
Dawud al-Zahiri → nameInArabic → داود الظاهري ⓘ
linked to: Dawud al-Zahiri
Dawud al-Zahiri → fullName → Dāwūd ibn ʿAlī al-Isfahānī al-Zāhirī ⓘ
linked to: Dawud al-Zahiri
Dawud al-Zahiri → knownAs → Dawud al-Zahiri ⓘ
Abu Sulayman al-Dawudi → honorificNameOf → Dawud al-Zahiri ⓘ
Dawud al-Zahiri → legalSchoolFounded → Zahiri ⓘ
subject linked to: Abu Sulayman al-Dawudi
linked to: Dawud al-Zahiri
Zahiri school of Islamic law → namedAfter → Dawud al-Zahiri ⓘ
subject linked to: Abu Sulayman al-Dawudi
Zahawi → hasSpellingVariant → al-Zahawi ⓘ
linked to: Dawud al-Zahiri