IBN SHAHR AASHUB

Abu Jafar Muhammad bin Ali bin Shahr Aashub bin Ali Nasr bin Abul Jaush

Mazandirani, nicknamed Rashid al-Din and Azzedine (1096-1192 A.D. / 489-588

A.H.) was a well-Known Shi'ite exegetist, traditionist, scholar and jurist, It is said

that he and his father were the inhabitants of Sari and is confirned that he belonged

to Mazandiran but it is not sure whether he was born in Sari. He persued education

since his childhood and at the age of 8 years he memorized the whole Quran.

Ibn Shahr Aashub attended the classes of very famous scholars like Ahmad

Ghazzali, Jarallah Zamikhshari, Abu Ali Tabarsi, Abul Hasan Baihaqi, Fareed

khurasani, Khatib Khwarizmi, Qutbuddin Rawandi, The famous students and

transmitters of Ibn Shahr Aashub were Ibn Idris Hilli, Ibn Batriq Hilli, Ibn Ab0i

Ta'i Halabi and Ibn Zuhrah Halabi. His works manifest his expertise in the fields of

Quranic sciences, traditions and Rijal. Ibn Shahr Aashub was also a poet of great

repute. He passed away in Aleppo and was buried in Jabal al-Jowshan near the

place famous as Mashhad al-Husain (A.S.). But Affandi wrongly states that he

passed away in "Mashhad Ganj Afroz" near the Barfuroosh village (Babul) and

his grave is the pilgrimage center of the people.