Al-Khattabi

**Al-Khaṭṭābī**
الخطابي
Al-Khaṭṭābī; الخطابي
Title	Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal
Born	931 CE; Bust
Died	998 (aged 66–67); Bust
Religion	Islam
Era	Islamic golden age
Region	Sijistan
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i
Creed	Ash'ari
Main interest(s)	Hadith, Fiqh, Aqidah, Philology, Lexicography, Poetry
Occupation	Muhaddith, Scholar, Jurist, Philologist, Lexicographer, Poet
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Al-Shafi'i; Abu Ubaid al-Qasim bin Salam; Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari; Ibn Hibban;
	Influenced Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri; Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani; Abu Dharr al-Harawi; Al-Bayhaqi; Al-Baghawi;

Abū Sulaymān, Ḥamd b. Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. al-Khaṭṭāb Abū Sulaymān al-Khaṭṭābī, al-Bustī, commonly known as Al-Khaṭṭābī (Arabic: الخطابي), was a Sunni Islamic scholar from Sijistan.^[5] He is unanimously regarded as the leading figure in the sciences of Hadith and Shafi'i jurisprudence. He was widely considered to be one of the most intelligent and authoritative scholars of his time, renowned for his trustworthiness and reliability in transmitting narrations, and the author of a many famous works. Moreover, he was famously known as the man of letters, philologist, and lexicographer, as well as a master in poetry.^[6]

^ Al-Bayhaqi 1999, p. 22
^ Sebastian Günther 2008, p. 15
^ Ja‘fari, Muhammad Rida (28 October 2014). An Introduction to the Emendation of a Shi'ite Creed. Lulu Press. p. 25. ISBN 9781312634220. Abū Sulaymān al-Khaṭṭābī, al-Bustī, al-Ash'arī, ash-Shāfi'ī (319/931-388/993)
^ ياسين غانم جاسم العريضي الشافعي الأشعري (2024). طبقات الأشاعرة أعيان أهل السنة والجماعة. Dar al-Kotob al-'Ilmiyya. p. 51. ISBN 9786144962350. Abu Sulayman al-Khattabi al-Shafi'i al-Ash'ari
^ "Al-K̲h̲aṭṭābī — Brill". referenceworks.brillonline.com. Brill Online Reference Works. 24 April 2012. Archived from the original on 10 January 2023.
^ Sebastian Günther 2008, p. 4

[GFH22-1] Al-Bayhaqi 1999, p. 22

[2] Sebastian Günther 2008, p. 15

[3] Ja‘fari, Muhammad Rida (28 October 2014). An Introduction to the Emendation of a Shi'ite Creed. Lulu Press. p. 25. ISBN 9781312634220. Abū Sulaymān al-Khaṭṭābī, al-Bustī, al-Ash'arī, ash-Shāfi'ī (319/931-388/993)

[4] ياسين غانم جاسم العريضي الشافعي الأشعري (2024). طبقات الأشاعرة أعيان أهل السنة والجماعة. Dar al-Kotob al-'Ilmiyya. p. 51. ISBN 9786144962350. Abu Sulayman al-Khattabi al-Shafi'i al-Ash'ari

[5] "Al-K̲h̲aṭṭābī — Brill". referenceworks.brillonline.com. Brill Online Reference Works. 24 April 2012. Archived from the original on 10 January 2023.

[Biography4-6] Sebastian Günther 2008, p. 4

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