Ibn Hibban

Ibn Hibban
ابن حبان
TitleSheikh of Khorasan
Personal
Born270 A.H. (884 CE)
Bust (current name Lashkargah), Saffarid dynasty[1](present-day Afghanistan)
Died354 A.H. (965 CE)
Bust (current name Lashkargah), Saffarid dynasty[1](present-day Afghanistan)
Resting placeLashkargah, Afghanistan[1]
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age,
Middle Abbasid era
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i[2]
CreedAsh'ari[3][4]
Main interest(s)Hadith studies
Notable work(s)Sahih Ibn Hibban
OccupationMuhaddith, Hadith compiler, Islamic scholar
Muslim leader
Arabic name
Personal (Ism)Muhammad
(محمد)
Patronymic (Nasab)Ibn Hibban ibn Ahmad ibn Hibban
(ابن حبان ابن أحمد ابن حبان)
Teknonymic (Kunya)Abu Hatim, Abu Bakr
(ابو حاتم, ابو بكر)
Toponymic (Nisba)al-Tamimi al-Darimi al-Busti
(التمیمی الدارمی البستی)
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Muḥammad ibn Hibbān al-Bustī (Arabic: محمد ابن حبان البستی) (c. 270–354/884–965) was a Muslim[5] polymath and a prominent Shafi'i traditionist, ḥadith critic, evaluator of rijal, compiler and interpreter of hadith.[6][7] He was a prolific writer and well-versed in numerous Islamic fields such as fiqh (reaching the level of Ijtihad) as well as in the sciences of astronomy, medicine, history and other disciplines.[8][9]

  1. ^ a b c Ariana Antiqua: A Descriptive Account of the Antiquities and Coins of Afghanistan By Horace Hayman Wilson, pg. 154
  2. ^ Fück, J.W. (2012). "Ibn Hibban". In Bearman; Bianquis; Bosworth; Donzel; Heinrichs (eds.). Enyclopaedia of Islam (2 ed.). Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_3199. ISBN 9789004161214. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Ahl al-Sunna: The Ash'aris - The Testimony and Proofs of the Scholars". almostaneer.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 28 January 2021.
  4. ^ Holtzman, Livnat (7 March 2018). Anthropomorphism in Islam - The Challenge of Traditionalism (700-1350). Edinburgh University Press. pp. 164–165. ISBN 9780748689576.
  5. ^ Filiu, Jean-Pierre (2012-03-06). Apocalypse in Islam. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-27264-4.
  6. ^ Pavel, Pavlovitch (2023). "Ibn Ḥibbān al-Bustī". Encyclopaedia Islamica. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_30815.
  7. ^ Paul Starkey, Julie Scott Meisami (1998). Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. Routledge. p. 334. ISBN 9780415185714.
  8. ^ Ibn Taymiyyah. Diseases Of The Hearts And Their Cures. Translated by IslamKotob. IslamKotob. p. 156.
  9. ^ Lucas, Scott C. (2004). Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam The Legacy of the Generation of Ibn Saʻd, Ibn Maʻīn, and Ibn Ḥanbal. Brill. p. 91. ISBN 9789004133198.

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