Ibn al-Najjār | |
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Title | Muḥibb al-Dīn Al-Ḥāfiẓ |
Personal | |
Born | 1183 CE/ 578 AH |
Died | 1246 (aged 62–63) |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Late Abbasid era |
Region | Iraq |
Jurisprudence | Shafi'i [1] |
Creed | Ash'ari |
Main interest(s) | Hadith, History |
Notable work(s) | History of Baghdad |
Occupation | Muhaddith, Scholar, Historian |
Muslim leader | |
Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd b. al-Ḥasan b. Hibatallāh b. Maḥāsin al-Baghdādī, Muḥibb al-Dīn Ibn al-Najjār ( Arabic: محب الدين ابن النجار), commonly known as Ibn al-Najjār, was a Baghdadi Sunni scholar of the late Abbasid era. [2] He is regarded as the leading muhaddith of his age and the leading authority on biographical history as well. [3] [4] He was a pupil of Ibn al-Dubaythi. [5]
Born into a modest family, he was son of the leader carpenter of the Dar al-Khilafah located in the Abbasid Palace of Baghdad. His father died when he was eight and his older brother Ali began raising him instead. Ali was a textile seller who had knowledge in calculation of inheritance, anecdotes, and history. Ibn al-Najjār studied the Hadith and the Qu'ran with scholars of Baghdad. [2]
When he was twenty-eight, he travelled to the Hejaz ( Mecca & Medina), the Levant, Egypt, Khurasan, Herat, and Nishapur, studying with sheikhs. Ibn al-Najjar had over 3000 teachers with 400 of his teachers being women. [6] [7] He was heard in every city he stayed in, and established himself as the worlds most famous memorizer. [8]
Then he returned to Baghdad and studied history. He left for Isfahan for about a year (620 AH/1223 CE), then made the Hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca, then moved to Egypt, then returned to Baghdad. [7]
When the Al-Mustansiriya School was opened in Baghdad in the year (630 AH/1233 AD), Ibn al-Najjar was appointed as a teacher of the science of hadith in it, and he was known for his humility, piety, and good delivery. [7]
He died on the fifth of Sha’ban in the year at the age of sixty-five years. He did not leave an heir, and his legacy was twenty dinars and the clothes of his body, and he bequeathed that they be given in alms, and he was buried in the tombs of the martyrs at Bab Harb in Baghdad. [7]
Ibn al-Najjār | |
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Title | Muḥibb al-Dīn Al-Ḥāfiẓ |
Personal | |
Born | 1183 CE/ 578 AH |
Died | 1246 (aged 62–63) |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Late Abbasid era |
Region | Iraq |
Jurisprudence | Shafi'i [1] |
Creed | Ash'ari |
Main interest(s) | Hadith, History |
Notable work(s) | History of Baghdad |
Occupation | Muhaddith, Scholar, Historian |
Muslim leader | |
Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd b. al-Ḥasan b. Hibatallāh b. Maḥāsin al-Baghdādī, Muḥibb al-Dīn Ibn al-Najjār ( Arabic: محب الدين ابن النجار), commonly known as Ibn al-Najjār, was a Baghdadi Sunni scholar of the late Abbasid era. [2] He is regarded as the leading muhaddith of his age and the leading authority on biographical history as well. [3] [4] He was a pupil of Ibn al-Dubaythi. [5]
Born into a modest family, he was son of the leader carpenter of the Dar al-Khilafah located in the Abbasid Palace of Baghdad. His father died when he was eight and his older brother Ali began raising him instead. Ali was a textile seller who had knowledge in calculation of inheritance, anecdotes, and history. Ibn al-Najjār studied the Hadith and the Qu'ran with scholars of Baghdad. [2]
When he was twenty-eight, he travelled to the Hejaz ( Mecca & Medina), the Levant, Egypt, Khurasan, Herat, and Nishapur, studying with sheikhs. Ibn al-Najjar had over 3000 teachers with 400 of his teachers being women. [6] [7] He was heard in every city he stayed in, and established himself as the worlds most famous memorizer. [8]
Then he returned to Baghdad and studied history. He left for Isfahan for about a year (620 AH/1223 CE), then made the Hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca, then moved to Egypt, then returned to Baghdad. [7]
When the Al-Mustansiriya School was opened in Baghdad in the year (630 AH/1233 AD), Ibn al-Najjar was appointed as a teacher of the science of hadith in it, and he was known for his humility, piety, and good delivery. [7]
He died on the fifth of Sha’ban in the year at the age of sixty-five years. He did not leave an heir, and his legacy was twenty dinars and the clothes of his body, and he bequeathed that they be given in alms, and he was buried in the tombs of the martyrs at Bab Harb in Baghdad. [7]