He was the author of Sharh us-Sunnah and was an Imaam of the Muslims, the 'Ulama testified to his knowledge, virtue, zuhd (asceticism) and wara' (abstemiousness). He is Aboo Ibraaheem Ismaa'eel bin Yahyaa al-Muzanee, the companion of ash-Shaafi'ee, he died in 264 AH/878 CE. |
