Abd al-Ghafir al-Farsi | |
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Title | Al-Ḥāfiẓ |
Personal | |
Born | 451/1059 |
Died | 529H/1135 |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Region | Persia |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
Creed | Ash'ari |
Main interest(s) | Hadith, History, Grammar |
Occupation | Muhaddith, Scholar |
Muslim leader | |
Influenced by |
Abd al-Ghafir ibn Ismail ibn Abd al-Ghafir ibn Muhammad al-Farsi ( Arabic: عبد الغافر بن اسماعيل بن عبد الغافر بن محمد الفارسي) was a renowned Persian Sunni muhaddith, historian and grammarian of the highest rank. [1] [2] He was a student of Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni. [3] He was contemporary, and first biographer of Imam Al-Ghazali. [4] He was also the grandson of the great Imam Al-Qushayri. [5] [4]
He was born within the year 451/1058 and at the age of five, he was able to ponder the Qur'an and might rehash the statement of creed in his local dialect ( Persian). He considered the Shafi'i statute with incredible concentration for four years beneath Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni, the author of Nihayat al-Matlab, which is a treatise on the convention of the Shafi'i school and on the focuses of contention. He was a daughter son of the Imam Abu Kasim al-Khusairi and learned from him a extraordinary amount of hadiths, as too from his grandmother Fatima, the girl of Abu ali ad-Dakkak, his maternal uncles Ali saad and Abu said, the children of Abu Kasim al-Kushairi, his possess guardians Abdu Abd Alla Ismail and Amat ar-Rahim al-Kushairi girl to Abdal Karim al-Kushairi and a incredible number of other instructors. [3]
He at that point cleared out Nishapur and continued to Khwarazm, where he proceeded to meet and study under the foremost famous masters of that nation, and opened a private course of informational of students. He voyage from there to Ghazni, and after that to India, instructing the Hadiths and clarifying his grandfather's work, the Lataif al-Iskharat (substle Indications). On his return to Nishapur he directed as a minister, and, amid a number of a long time, he gave lessons each Monday evening within the Akil mosque; he at that point composed his various works, of which rule are the Muslim, in which he clarifies the obscure focuses of Sahih Muslim and does an abridgement of Al-Hakim's History of Nishapur, which work he wrapped up towards the end of 518 AH; in which he explains the uncommon expressions happening within the hadiths; he composed other than numerous other instructive works. Abd al-Ghafir al-Farsi died in 529/1135 in Nishapur. [3]
Amongst the most famous works of Abd al-Ghafir al-Farsi are:
Abd al-Ghafir al-Farsi | |
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Title | Al-Ḥāfiẓ |
Personal | |
Born | 451/1059 |
Died | 529H/1135 |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Region | Persia |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
Creed | Ash'ari |
Main interest(s) | Hadith, History, Grammar |
Occupation | Muhaddith, Scholar |
Muslim leader | |
Influenced by |
Abd al-Ghafir ibn Ismail ibn Abd al-Ghafir ibn Muhammad al-Farsi ( Arabic: عبد الغافر بن اسماعيل بن عبد الغافر بن محمد الفارسي) was a renowned Persian Sunni muhaddith, historian and grammarian of the highest rank. [1] [2] He was a student of Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni. [3] He was contemporary, and first biographer of Imam Al-Ghazali. [4] He was also the grandson of the great Imam Al-Qushayri. [5] [4]
He was born within the year 451/1058 and at the age of five, he was able to ponder the Qur'an and might rehash the statement of creed in his local dialect ( Persian). He considered the Shafi'i statute with incredible concentration for four years beneath Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni, the author of Nihayat al-Matlab, which is a treatise on the convention of the Shafi'i school and on the focuses of contention. He was a daughter son of the Imam Abu Kasim al-Khusairi and learned from him a extraordinary amount of hadiths, as too from his grandmother Fatima, the girl of Abu ali ad-Dakkak, his maternal uncles Ali saad and Abu said, the children of Abu Kasim al-Kushairi, his possess guardians Abdu Abd Alla Ismail and Amat ar-Rahim al-Kushairi girl to Abdal Karim al-Kushairi and a incredible number of other instructors. [3]
He at that point cleared out Nishapur and continued to Khwarazm, where he proceeded to meet and study under the foremost famous masters of that nation, and opened a private course of informational of students. He voyage from there to Ghazni, and after that to India, instructing the Hadiths and clarifying his grandfather's work, the Lataif al-Iskharat (substle Indications). On his return to Nishapur he directed as a minister, and, amid a number of a long time, he gave lessons each Monday evening within the Akil mosque; he at that point composed his various works, of which rule are the Muslim, in which he clarifies the obscure focuses of Sahih Muslim and does an abridgement of Al-Hakim's History of Nishapur, which work he wrapped up towards the end of 518 AH; in which he explains the uncommon expressions happening within the hadiths; he composed other than numerous other instructive works. Abd al-Ghafir al-Farsi died in 529/1135 in Nishapur. [3]
Amongst the most famous works of Abd al-Ghafir al-Farsi are: