Lulu bin Ahmad
- Died
- 672 AH
- Born in
- Damascus
Lu'lu' ibn Ahmad (600–672 AH / 1204–1274 CE) was a blind Syrian grammarian and teacher of Quranic recitation based in Cairo .
Life and Career
His full name was Lu'lu' ibn Ahmad ibn 'Abd Allah, bearing the honorific title Najib al-Din and the kunya Abu al-Durr . He was born in Damascus in 600 AH (1204 CE) and was blind . Specializing in Arabic grammar, he later settled in Cairo, where he assumed the professorship of recitation (iqra') at the al-Hakim Mosque .
A specialized compilation of hadith narrations transmitted on his authority was compiled and extracted by Muhammad ibn 'Uthman al-Zarzari in a work known as Juz' Lu'lu' .
Lu'lu' died in Cairo in 672 AH (1274 CE) .
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List of Works
Juz Lu'lu is a specialized hadith collection containing narrations transmitted by the blind Damascene grammarian and scholar Lu'lu ibn Ahmad, compiled and extracted (takhrij) by Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Zarzari. It is also known by titles such as Juz min Hadith Lu'lu ibn Ahmad al-Dimashqi and Mashyakhat Lu'lu.