Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani
| Ein sex anaa gender | male  |
|---|---|
| Ein country of citizenship | Abbasid Caliphate |
| Name in native language | أبو نعيم الإصفهاني |
| Ein date of birth | 948, 944 |
| Place dem born am | Isfahan |
| Date wey edie | 1038 |
| Place wey edie | Isfahan |
| Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign | Arabic |
| Ein occupation | muhaddith, historian, theologian |
| Ein field of work | science of hadith |
| Student of | Al-Tabarani, Hakim al-Nishaburi, Abu Bakr al-Ajurri, Ibn al-Muqrī, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, Abu Ahmad al-Askari |
| Student | Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi |
| Religion anaa worldview | Islam, Sunni Islam |
| Madhhab | Shafi'i |
Abu Nuʿaym al-Isfahani (أبـو نـعـيـم الأصـفـهـانـي; full name: Ahmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ahmad ibn Ishāq ibn Mūsā ibn Mahrān al-Mihrānī al-Asbahānī (anaa al-Asfahānī) al-Ahwal al-Ash`arī al-Shāfi`ī, died 1038 CE / AH 430) be a medieval Persian[1][2] Shafi'i scholar den one of de leading hadith scholars of ein time.[3][4] Ein family be an offshoot of de aristocratic House of Mihran.[5]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Birth den Education
[edit | edit source]Dem born am insyd Buwayhid era Isfahan, ein first teacher be ein grandpoppie wey be a Sufi master, Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Ma;dan al-Banna' (d. 365/976), wey be de spiritual leader of a school of Sufism insyd Isfahan, wich continue to flourish during de lifetime of Abu Nu'aym.[6] Under ein poppie ein lead den guide, he begin ein scholarly career at an early age. As he get older, he go widely travel den visit Hejaz, Iraq, Syria, Khurazan den oda places. He possess ijaza insyd hadith from all major scholars of ein time.[3][7]
Teachers
[edit | edit source]Abu Nu'aym get chaw teachers, ein most famous ones dey include:[7]
- Al-Tabarani (main teacher)
- Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri
- Al-Daraqutni
- Al-Khattabi
- Abu Bakr al-Ajurri
- Abu Zayd Marwazi
Transmitting Hadith den Teaching
[edit | edit source]When he sit down to transmit hadith den teach, de memorizers of hadith gather in droves wey dem crowd around am, wey dem heavily benefit from am secof ein elevated chains of transmission den combined plus ein ample knowledge den precision he possess. He surpass all ein contemporaries.[8]
Students
[edit | edit source]Abu Nu'aym get chaw students, ein most famous ones dey include:[7]
- Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (foremost pupil)
- Abu Muhammad al-Juwayni
- Al-Malini
- Al-Dakhwani
- Abu al-Fadl Hamd bin Ahmed al-Haddad
- Abu Ali al-Hassan (ein younger bro)
Death
[edit | edit source]He die insyd Ṣafar 430/November 1038.[9]
Works
[edit | edit source]Abû Nu`aym author over a hundred works, among dem:
- De Hilyat al-Awliya'
- Al-Arba`în `alâ Madhhab al-Mutahaqqiqîn min al-Sûfiyya, in print
- Dalâ'il al-Nubuwwa ("The Signs and Proofs of Prophethood")
- Dhikr Akhbâr Asbahân ("Memorial of the Chronicles of Ispahan"), in print
- Al-Du`afâ', in print
- Fadâ'il al-Khulafâ' al-Arba`a wa Ghayrihim, in print
- Fadîlat al-`Adilîn min al-Wulât
- Juz` fî Turuq Hadîth Inna Lillâhi Tis`atun wa Tis`îna Isman, in print
- Al-Mahdî.
- Ma`rifat al-Sahâba wa Fadâ'ilihim ("Knowing the Companions and Their Merits"), in print.
- Musnad al-Imâm Abî Hanîfa, in print
- Al-Mustakhraj `alâ al-Bukhârî ("Additional Narrations Meeting al-Bukhârî's Criterion"), in print
- Al-Mustakhraj `alâ Muslim ("Additional Narrations Meeting Muslim's Criterion"), in print
- Riyâdat al-Abdân, in print
- Al-Shu`arâ' ("The Poets").
- Al-Sifât. Al-Suyûtî mention am insyd ein commentary on Sûrat al-Nâs insyd ein book al-Iklîl fî Istinbât al-Tanzîl.
- Sifat al-Janna ("Description of Paradise"), in print
- Tabaqât al-Muhaddithîn wal-Ruwât ("Biography-Layers of the Hadîth Scholars and Narrators").
- Tasmiyatu mâ Intahâ ilaynâ min al-Ruwât `an al-Fadl ibn Dukayn `Aliyan, in print
- Tasmiyatu mâ Intahâ ilaynâ min al-Ruwât `an Sa`îd ibn Mansûr `Aliyan, in print
- Tathbît al-Imâma wa Tartîb al-Khilâfa, in print, a refutation of Shîasm.
- Al-Tibb al-Nabawî ("Prophetic Medicine").
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Frye, R.N., ed. (1975). The Cambridge history of Iran (Repr. ed.). London: Cambridge U.P. p. 461. ISBN 978-0-521-20093-6.
The authors of most of these works, which have been the mainstay of Sufi literature to this day within the khanaqahs, were Persians, such men as Kalabadhi, Sarraj, Makki, Sulami and Abu Nu'aim.
- ↑ Meri, Josef W. (January 2006). Medieval Islamic Civilization, Volume 1 An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-415-96691-7.
Al-Isfahani Abu Nu'aym Ahmad b. 'Abdallah, was born in Isfahan in around AH 336/948 CE. Although he wrote exclusively in Arabic, he was of Persian origin.
- 1 2 Lucas, Scott C. (2004). Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam The Legacy of the Generation of Ibn Saʻd, Ibn Maʻīn, and Ibn Ḥanbal. Brill. p. 97. ISBN 9789004133198.
- ↑ The Encyclopædia of Islam: A Dictionary of the Geography, Ethnography and Biography of the Muhammadan Peoples. Holland: EJ Brill. 1913. p. 102.
- ↑ Pourshariati 2007, p. 114.
- ↑ Meri, Josef W (2006). Medieval Islamic Civilization: A-K, index. Routledge. p. 401.
- 1 2 3 Zulfiqar Ayub, 2015, p. 145
- ↑ Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi (2007). The Garden of the Hadith Scholars Bustan al-Muhaddithin: Clarification of the books of Hadith and their splendid authors. Translated by Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley, Mohammad Akram Nadwi. Turath Publishing. ISBN 9781915265043.
- ↑ "Abū Nu'aym's Sources for Ḥilyat al‑awliyā', Sufi and Traditionist". books.openedition.org.
Sources
[edit | edit source]- Norman Calder, Jawid Ahmad Mojaddedi, Andrew Rippin, Classical Islam: a sourcebook of religious literature, Routledge, 2003, ISBN 978-0-415-24032-1, p. 237.
- ABU NU`AYM AL-ASBAHANI, Dr. G.F. Haddad
- Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2007). "Hamza al-Isfahani and Sasanid Historical Geography of Sini Muluk al-ard w'al-anbiya". In Gyselen, Rika (ed.). Des Indo-Grecs aux Sassanides: données pour l'histoire et la géographie historique. Peeters Publishers. pp. 111–140.
- Zulfiqar Ayub (2 May 2015). THE BIOGRAPHIES OF THE ELITE LIVES OF THE SCHOLARS, IMAMS & HADITH MASTERS Biographies of The Imams & Scholars. pp. 145–147.
