Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi

Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi
Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi
أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الثَّعْلَبِيُّ
Personal
Born	10th century; Nishapur
Died	AH 427 (1035/1036); Nishapur
Resting place	Nishapur
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i
Creed	Ash'ari
Main interest(s)	Tafsir, Hadith, Kalam, Tarikh
Notable work(s)	Tafsir al-Tha'labi; Qisas al-Anbiya;
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Al-Shafi'i; Al-Tabari; Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari; Ibn Furak; Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini; ;
	Influenced Al-Baghawi;

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Al-Thaʿlabi (Abū Isḥāḳ Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nīsābūrī al-Thaʿlabī أبو اسحاق أحمد بن محمد بن ابراهيم الثعلبي; died November 1035) was an eleventh-century Islamic scholar of Persian origin.^[1]

He was accorded a high rank by Sunni scholars. In Tabaqat al-Kubra of Volume 3 page 23 the appraisal of Thalabi is as follows:

Allamah Thalabi was the greatest scholar of his time with regard to knowledge of the Quran and Imam of Ahl'ul Sunnah, Abu Qasim al Qurshree commented " I saw Allah in a dream, I was conversing with Him and vice versa, during our conversation, Allah said ' a pious man is coming, I looked and Ahmad bin Thalabi was coming towards us."^{[This quote needs a citation]}

^ Frye, R.N., ed. (1975). The Cambridge history of Iran (Repr. ed.). London: Cambridge U.P. p. 469. ISBN 978-0-521-20093-6.

[1] Frye, R.N., ed. (1975). The Cambridge history of Iran (Repr. ed.). London: Cambridge U.P. p. 469. ISBN 978-0-521-20093-6.

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