Abū Muḥammad Faḍl b. Shādhān b. Khalīl al-Azdī al-Nīshābūrī (d. 260/873-4) was an Imami theologian and faqih. In his al-Rijal, al-Shaykh al-Tusi mentioned Ibn Shadhan as a companion of Imam al-Hadi (a). He learned from masters such as Muhammad b. Abi 'Umayr (d. 217/832-3) in Baghdad and met Hasan b. 'Ali b. Faddal there. He then went to Kufa and learned from masters such as Hasan b. Mahbub, Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Abi Nasr al-Bazanti, Safwan b. Yahya, and Nasr b. Muzahim al-Minqari. His most perspicuous scholarly achievement was his theology, as al-Shaykh al-Tusi has referred to him as a high-ranking theologian
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