Al-Humaydi (died 834) was a Shafi'i . jurisprudence scholar and Shaykh of the al-Haram. He studied under Imam Shafi'i himself in his majlis.
Teachers and students He also studied and narrated hadith from Sufyan ibn Uyainah and Fudhail ibn Iyadh. His pupils included Al-Aimah such as Al-Bukhari, An-Nasa'i, At-Turmudhi, Abu Zur'a al-Razi and Abu Hatim al-Razi. He died in Mecca in 219 AH.
Works Some of his works are: Musnad al-Humaydi (المسند); his major work. Uṣūl al-Sunnah (أصول السنة), Ar-Radd ‘Ala an-Nu’man (Refutation of Abu Hanifa) At-Tafsir Ad-Dala’il
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Bibliography Adh-Dhahabi, Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa (10/616-621) Adh-Dhahabi, Tadhkirat ul-Huffaadh (2/413-414), Al-Mizzi, at-Tahdheeb (14/512).