Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Juzajani
Al-Juzajani | |
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| Title | Al-Hafiz |
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| Born | around 796 CE/180 AH Jowzjan |
| Died | 872 CE/259 AH Damascus |
| Region | Middle Eastern Scholar |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Hanbali |
| Creed | Sunni |
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Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Sa'di al-Juzajani (Arabic: أبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن يعقوب بن إسحاق السعدي الجوزجاني, born around 796 CE/180 AH[1] – died 872 CE/259 AH[2]) was a Muslim hadith scholar,[3] one of the imams of al-jarh wa al-ta'deel and a student of Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Some of the hadith scholars who transmitted his narrations include Abu Dawood, al-Tirmidhi and al-Nasa'i.
Biography
[edit]He was born and raised in Jowzjan (now a province in Afghanistan) but moved to Damascus where he lived until his death.[2]
Teachers
[edit]Some of his notable teachers were: Ibn Ma'in, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ali ibn al-Madini, Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh, Abu Thawr al-Kalbi, Hafs ibn ‘Umar al-Hawdi, Husayn ibn ‘Ali al-Ju'fi, Sa'id ibn Abi Maryam, Sa'id ibn Mansoor, Musadad ibn Masrahad and Yazid ibn Haroon.[1]
Students
[edit]The well-known students who took knowledge from him were: Abu Dawood, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, Abu Hatim al-Razi, Abu Zur'ah al-Razi, Abu Zur'ah al-Dimashqi and al-Dulabi.[1]
Works
[edit]The following is a list of works by al-Juzajani:[4]
- Aḥwāl al-rijāl (أحوال الرجال) also known as Al-Shajarah fī Aḥwāl al-rijāl (الشجرة في أحوال الرجال): Modern editors of Al-Juzajani's works believe that this book was also called Al-jarḥ wa-al-taʻdīl (الجرح والتعديل), Al-ḍuʻafāʼ (الضعفاء), Maʻrifat al-rijāl (معرفة الرجال ) or Al-mutarjam (المترجم) by early Islamic scholars.[5]
- Imārāt al-Nubūwah (أمارت النبوة)
- Masāʼil al-Imām Aḥmad (مسائل الإمام أحمد)
- Al-Tārīkh (التاريخ)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Al-Bastawī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlīm ʻAbd al-ʻAẓīm (1990). Al-Imām al-Jūzajānī wa-manhajuhu fi al-jarḥ wa-al-taʻdīl. Maktabat Dār al-Ṭaḥāwī. pp. 9–10.
- ^ a b Al-Juzajani, Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub (1985), Sāmarrāʼī, Ṣubḥī al-Badrī (ed.), Aḥwāl al-rijāl, Muʼassasat al-Risālah, pp. 10–17
- ^ al-Dihlawī, Walī Allāh (1996), Hermansen, Marcia K. (ed.), The Conclusive Argument from God, Brill Academic Publishers, p. 394, ISBN 9004102981
- ^ Al-Bastawī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlīm ʻAbd al-ʻAẓīm (1990). Al-Imām al-Jūzajānī wa-manhajuhu fi al-jarḥ wa-al-taʻdīl. Maktabat Dār al-Ṭaḥāwī. pp. 35–37.
- ^ Al-Bastawī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlīm ʻAbd al-ʻAẓīm (1990). Al-Imām al-Jūzajānī wa-manhajuhu fi al-jarḥ wa-al-taʻdīl. Maktabat Dār al-Ṭaḥāwī. pp. 135–138.
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