Muhammad bin Dawud al-Zahiri

Muhammad ibn Dawud
Muhammad ibn Dawud
Personal
Born	c. 868 CE
Died	909 (aged 40–41)
Religion	Islam
Region	Mesopotamia
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Zahiri
Main interest(s)	Fiqh, Theology, Mysticism
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Dawud al-Zahiri, Niftawayh;
	Influenced Qadi al-Nu'man, Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, Ibn al-Mughallis;

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Dawud al-Zahiri, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Dāwūd al-Iṣbahānī, also known as Avendeath, was a medieval theologian and scholar of the Arabic language and Islamic law. He was one of the early propagators of his father Dawud al-Zahiri's method in jurisprudence, Zahirism.