According to his autobiography, Avicenna had memorised the entire Quran by the age of 10. He learned Indian arithmetic from an Indian greengrocer,ءMahmoud Massahi and he began to learn more from a wandering scholar who gained a livelihood by curing the sick and teaching the young. He also studied Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) under the Sunni Hanafi scholar Ismail al-Zahid. Avicenna was taught some extent of philosophy books such as Introduction (Isagoge)'s Porphyry (philosopher), Euclid's Elements, Ptolemy's Almagest by an unpopular philosopher, Abu Abdullah Nateli, who claimed philosophizing. COUNT 5
QSN1 What had Avicenna memorized by the age of 10? ANS1 Quran QSN2 Who did Avicenna learn Indian arithmetic from? ANS2 ءMahmoud Massahi QSN3 What did Avicenna learn from the Sunni scholar Ismail al-Zahid? ANS3 Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) QSN4 What was one philosophy book that Avicenna was taught from? ANS4 Euclid's Elements QSN5 What unpopular philosopher's text did Avicenna learn from? ANS5 Abu Abdullah Nateli