Al-Bayhaqi
Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Mūsā al-Khusrawjirdī al-Bayhaqī (, 994–1066), also known as
Imām al-Bayhaqī, was a
Sunni scholar widely known for being the foremost leading
hadith master in his age, leading authority in the
Shafi'i school, leading authority on the foundation of doctrine, meticulous, a devoted
ascetic and one of the notable defenders of the
Ash'ari school.
Al-Dhahabi said: "Unequalled in his age, unrivalled amongst his peers, and the
Ḥāfiẓ of his time."
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