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Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al Juzajani

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Title
  
Al-Hafiz

Religion
  
Islam

Creed
  
Sunni

Main interest
  
Hadith

Region
  
Middle Eastern Scholar

Jurisprudence
  
Hanbali

Died
  
872 AD, Damascus, Syria

Similar
  
Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Al‑Hasan ibn 'Ali al‑Barbahari, Ibn Rajab, Ibn al‑Jawzi, Ibn Qudamah

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 – died 872 CE/259 AH) was a Muslim hadith scholar, 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.

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Biography

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

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.

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.

Works

The following is a list of works by al-Juzajani:

  • 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.
  • Imārāt al-Nubūwah (أمارت النبوة)
  • Masāʼil al-Imām Aḥmad (مسائل الإمام أحمد)
  • Al-Tārīkh (التاريخ)
  • References

    Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Juzajani Wikipedia