Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Juzajani

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 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 that transmitted his narrations include Abu Dawood, al-Tirmidhi and al-Nasa'i.

Al-Juzajani
TitleAl-Hafiz
Personal
Bornaround 796 CE/180 AH
Jowzjan
Died872 CE/259 AH
Damascus
ReligionIslam
RegionMiddle Eastern Scholar
JurisprudenceHanbali
CreedSunni
Main interest(s)Hadith
Muslim leader

Biography

He was born and raised in Jowzjan but moved to Damascus where he lived until his death.[2]

Teachers

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

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

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
  1. 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.
  2. Al-Juzajani, Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub (1985), Sāmarrāʼī, Ṣubḥī al-Badrī (ed.), Aḥwāl al-rijāl, Muʼassasat al-Risālah, pp. 10–17
  3. al-Dihlawī, Walī Allāh (1996), Hermansen, Marcia K. (ed.), The Conclusive Argument from God, Brill Academic Publishers, p. 394, ISBN 9004102981
  4. 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.
  5. 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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