Nu'man al-Alusi

Nu'man al-Alusi
A manuscript written and signed by Nu'man al-Alusi, which he dedicated to his teacher Mullah Qasim Effendi.
Personal life
Born
Abu al-Barakat Khayr al-Din Nu'man bin Mahmud al-Alusi

1836
Died1899
Resting placeMurjan Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq
OccupationIslamic scholar, jurist and calligrapher
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni Islam
JurisprudenceIndependent (with influence from the Hanafi and Shafi'i schools)
CreedAthari
MovementSalafism
Muslim leader
Influenced by

Nu'man al-Alusi (Arabic: نعمان الآلوسي, 1836–1899), full name Khayr al-Din Nu'man bin Mahmud al-Alusi, was a 19th-century Iraqi Muslim scholar, jurist and calligrapher. The son of the widely acclaimed Hanafi jurist, Mahmud al-Alusi, Nu'man was born in Baghdad. He later rose to prominence himself as an early supporter of the Salafi movement, which was slowly spreading at the time.

Muhammad Bahjat Athari described Nu'man al-Alusi as “Generous, loyal, ascetic, sweet as a fruit, and a forgiving person.” He was also praised by Jamal al-Din al-Qasimi, while he was also credited by Al-Albani in the introduction of his book Sharh al-Ayat al-Bayinat fi Iyadam Sama'i al-Amwat.