Biographies of Some Ashab al-Wujuh

this should be in the Mughni section not muwatta

as-Salamu `alaykum alll, at the instruction of our Shaykh I've been asked to put up my biographical account of Imam al-Haramayn and Imam al-Ghazzali (Allah be pleased with them both)

Bismilliahi ar-Rahman ar-Raheem

Imam al-Juwayni

He was `Abd al-Malik ibn `Abd Allah ibn Yusuf, Abu al-Ma’ali ibn Rukn al-Islam Abi Muhammad al-Juwayni al-Naysaburi al-Shafi’i. Born in 419 he was titled Imam al-Haramayn (Imam of the 2 sanctuaries) after spending time in Mecca where he wrote and taught for 4 years, after having spent time in Baghdad, before returning to his native Naysabur as Grand Mufti and built the Nizamiya School where he taught for the next 30 years.

He learnt from his father Abu Muhammad ‘Abd Allah and his older brother Abu’l Hassan `Ali al-Juwayni, and was also a student at Imam al-Bayhaqi’s school where he mastered the sciences of Kalam, fiqh, tassawuf, usul and hadtih. He fled Naysabur after his father’s death, and travelled to Baghdad. He is considered a major figure in Shafi’i fiqh, as well as usul and `aqidah. He and his student Imam al-Ghazzali were likened to al-Shafi’i and al-Muzini by Imam al-Bazhirizi.

He authored many works, but the most famous in Shafi’i fiqh - Nihaya al-Matlab fi Diraya al-Madhab [The end of the quest of Knowledge in the School], and Mukhtasar al-Nihaya which was an abridgement of Imam al-Muzini’s al-Mukhtasar. He also authored al-Waraqat in usul, a brilliant work on the methodology of the Shafi’is which is still avidly taught today.

He departed to the mercy of his Lord in 478 leaving behind some of the greatest works and students this deen has ever produced. May Allah bless and have mercy on his soul.

Imam al-Ghazzali

                He was Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad, Abu Hamid at-Tusi al-Ghazzali. Born in 450, he was known as Hujjat al-Islam [The Proof of Islam]. He was an absolute scholar in the sciences of Fiqh, Kalam, usul and tassawuf. His seeking of knowledge took him from Tus, to Jurjan, to Naysabur, to Baghdad after which he spent many years in Khalwa [seclusion] and travelled to Damascus, al-Quds, Cairo, Alexandaria and many other places.

                He learnt from Ahmad ibn Muhammad in Tus, Abu Nasr al-Ismaili in Jurjan and Imam al-Haramayn in Naysabur where he taught after his death for 4 years. He authored an amazing amount of works during his lifetime, in fiqh al-Basit, al-Wasit, and al-Wajiz. He also authored `unqud al-Mukhtasar which was an abridgement of his teacher’s work – as mentioned above. In usul, he wrote al-Mankhul during the lifetime of his teacher – Imam al-Haramayn.

                He was considered to be the Mujadid [Reviver of Faith] of the 5^th Islamic Century and his teacher – Imam al-Haramayn is reported to have said “al-Ghazzali  is a quenching sea.” Al-Ghazzali’s student Imam Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Mansur al-Naysaburi al-Shahid: "He is the second al-Shafi‘i.” After spending many years in spiritual seclusion he came back pure and purifying and preserved this deen, and authored his Magnificent Ihya `ulum ad-Din. He departed to the mercy of his lord in 505, after having honoured and proven this deen. 

These assignments are great for familiarising us with the Ashab al-Wujuh. In assignment 5 I did al-Anmati and his student Ibn Surayj. This time I have gone for the two Marwazis: Abu Ishaq and his student Abu Zayd. 

Abu Ishaq al-Marwazi (d. 340)

He is the Imam, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim b. Ahmad b. Ishaq al-Marwazi. Abu Ishaq al-Marwazi is frequently mentioned in our books, including al-Majmu’, al-Wasit, and Rawdat al-Talibin, and other famous books of the school.

He studied under Ibn Surayj and later became a teacher to numerous renowned scholars. Al-Nawawi said of him, ‘He is the leader of the majority of our colleagues and a Shaykh of the madhab. From him emerged the two schools: the Iraqis and the Khurasanis.’

The school spread from him throughout Iraq, Khurasan, Egypt, and other regions and he became the head of the Madhab after Ibn Surayj passed away. He wrote a number of important and famous works, chief among them perhaps his Sharh Mukhtasar al-Muzani, which was the first sharh on the Mukhtasar. This trend was later followed by many of the Ashab.

Abu Zayd al-Marwazi (301-371)

His full name is Abu Zayd Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Abdullah al-Fashani. He came to be known as Abu Zayd al-Marwazi. The famous Khurasani school, which blossomed such fruits as Imam al-Haramayn and Imam al-Ghazali, starts with him. He stood above all others in his time with regards to asceticism, scrupulousness, and knowledge. He was a great preserver of the madhab and had impeccable discernment.

He studied under Abu Ishaq al-Marwazi and then resided for several years in Makka. He held a number of unique views regarding tawaf and repeating prayers due to nakedness if travelling or resident. Details of these issues can be gleamed from our reference works. 

Zakariyyah ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Zakariyyah al Ansari

Zakariyyah Al Ansari was born in Sunaika a province of Egypt in 823. He moved  to Cairo to study at al Azhar University. He was known as Shaykh al Islam due to his knowledge and the magnitude of his works. He studied Shafi’I fiqh and during his time he studied hadith, was excellent in Tafsir and was also a qadi. He was known to live in poverty and have to search for food during the night. After become a qadi his poor life vanished and made an estimated three thousand dirhams a day. Many of the great scholars in today’s standards were millionaires. He was the teacher of the famous Ibn Hajar al Haytami who specializes in shafi’I fiqh. He died at the age of 100 years old. He wrote works on Tasawwuf, tafseer and hadith.

Student of Zakariyyah al Ansari Ibn Hajar al Haytami

He was born in 909 hijri  in Abu Haytam in western Egypt. He was a shafi’I Imam. His father passed away while young and went under the care of his grandfather. He was admitted into al Azhar in 924 hijri making him very young while going there. He studied under many students of Ibn Hajar al Asqalani the most famous being Zakariyyah al Ansari. He was authorized to give Fatwa in 929 hijri making him only 20 years old at the time. He was a master in the field of Tafseer hadith kalam, usool and many other topics. His monumental work was Tuhfat al Muhtaj which he wrote after 940 hijri which was a commentary on Imam An Nawawis Minhaj al Talibin. He died in the year 974 hijri and buried in Makkah near the grave of Abdullah ibn Zubair

Bismillah,

Assalaamu alaikum,

Abu at-Tayyib at-Tabari

His name was Taahir bin ‘Abd Allah bin Taahir bin ‘Umar  at-Tabari. He is known as Abu at-Tayyib at-Tabari and was the Faqih of Baghdad in his time. He was born in 348 AH. He studied in many places such as Jurjaan, Neesapoor as well as Baghdad. He resided in Baghdad where he taught, gave fatwa and then took the position of Qadhi’ after after as-Saymiri in Baghdad.

He was known for his wara’, strong intellect and  great knowledge in usool and furoo’ such that it was said that the fiqh of the years that passed by where contained in this Shaykh. One of his famous students wasAbu Ishaaq ash-Shiraazi.

The Shaykh passed away at the age of 102 in the year 450AH in the month of Rabee’ al-Awwal and at the old age his intellect was still strong and so was his understanding. May Allah shower His Mercy and Blessings upon him.

Abu Ishaaq ash-Shiraazi

His name was Ibrahim bin ‘Ali bin Yusuf bin ‘Abd Ullah  ash-Shiraazi al-Fayroozaabaadi. He is known as Abu Ishaaq and is amongst the great Shafi’ scholars that have lived. He was born in Fayroozaabaad, Iran, in the year 393 AH where he grew up. He then travelled to Shiraz where he began learning fiqh . He later travelled to Basrah and entered into Baghdad in the year 410 AH where he studied under the great scholar and legal jurist Abu Tayyib at-Tabari, who was the Shaykh of the jurists at that time. Ash-Shiraazi studied under him for approxiamtely 15 years as well as other scholars. He was amongt at-Tabari’s great students. Ash-Shiraazi later became the head of the Shafi’ jurists in his time.

He was poor but also patient. He was well known for his eloquency in Arabic and poetry. Whenever the name ‘ash-Shaykh’ is mentioned in a number of books in the Shafi’ school it relates back to ash-Shiraazi. This is because it is narrated that he saw the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , in a dream and he addressed ash-Shiraazi by saying, “Ya Shaykh”. This title made Shaykh ash-Shiraazi very happy as he mentioned, “The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, called me by Shaykh.”

He past away in the year 476 AH and left behind many notable and famous books in the Shafi’ school and in principles of  jurisprudence such as al-Muhadhab, al-Lame’, at-Tanbeeh  etc. May Allah shower His Mercy and Blessings upon him.

Bibliography

1.      Ash-Shiraazi, al-Muhadhab, Introduction by Shaykh az-Zuhayli, Daar al-Qalam 1996, First Edition, Vol. 1, pg. 10 – 11.

2.      Adh-Dhahabi, Siyar ‘Alaam an-Nubalaa’, Muassah ar-Risalaah, 2001, pg. 669 – 670.

For the assignment, please write a brief biography of two of the Shafi'i Ashab al-Wujuh found who are famous to have transmitted the Madhhab. The two must have had a student and teacher relationship. Like Imam Shafi'i and Imam Muzani (do not use this example, al-Shafi'i would not count, only Ashab).

Imam Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (student) and Shaykh al-Islam Zakariyya al-Ansari (teacher)

Imam Ibn Hajar al-Haytami ( student)

Ibn Hajar al-Haytami was born in the end of 909 H in Abu Haytam, western Egypt. He followed the Shafi'i School and was the Imam during his time period.

His name in its entirety is Shibab al-Din Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Hajar al-Haytami al-Makki al-Ansari. When he was a small child Ibn Hajar al-Haytami’s father died and his upbringing was left to the charge of his grandfather. His grandfather died, however, shortly after his father and his father’s teachers Shams Dīn b. Abi’l-Hama’il and Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Shanawi became his caretakers.

He memorized the Qur'an at an early age, as well as Imam al-Nawawi's Minhaj. His initial studies were under the scholars of Tanta, and thereafter at al-Azhar in Cairo where he studied under the likes of Shaykh al-Islam Zakariyya al-Ansari, Shihab al-Din al-Ramli (the father of Shams al-Din) and others.

Imam Ibn Hajar al-Haytami mentioned, “Whenever I met Qadi Zakariyya, he would supplicate for me, “May Allah give you deep understanding of din (religion).” He was given authority to issue fatawa (legal verdict) at the end of 929 H.

In the year, 932 AH, Shaykh Al-Shannawi advised him to get married. Al-Haytamī replied that he was poor and could not afford a marriage. Al-Shannāwī said that the proposal was for his own neice and offered to pay the dower himself. Thus Al-Haytamī married Al-Shannāwi’s neice.

He gained a reputation for expertise in various branches of knowledge, but more especially fiqh. From Egypt he traveled for Hajj on several occasions.

In the year 940 H, he stayed in Makkah for a period, involved himself in writing, issuing fatwa and teaching.

He decided to relocate to Makkah, where he taught and wrote his major works,

He authored the work; Tuhfat al-muhtaj bi sharh al-minhaj, a commentary on al-Imam al-Nawawi’s Minhaj al-Talibin.  He died at Makkah in 974AH.

Shaykh al-Islam Zakariyya al-Ansari (teacher)
Zakariyya al-Ansari was born in or around 1420 CE, in Egypt. During his adolescence, al- Ansārī moved to Cairo to study at. He lived in such poverty there, that he would venture out into the night in search of water faucets and the rinds of watermelon. However, according to al-Ansārī’s own account, after a few years at al-Azhar, a mill worker came to his aid and provided him with money for his food, clothing and books.
Zakariyya al-Ansari held the office of Shafi Qadi for a twenty-year period. Over the course of his lifetime, al-Ansari spent eighty years engaged as a teacher and mufti.
He held several teaching positions over the course of his life, which included professorships at the madrasa of the mausoleum of al-Shafi and the madrasa Jamaliyya.
Some of al-Ansārī’s most famous works include: Manhaj al-tullab (“The Way of the Students”), Fath al-Wahhab (“The help of the Bountiful”), Tuhfat al-tullāb (“The Gift offered to the Students”), Lubb al-usul (“The Kernel of the Science of the roots”), and his commentary on al-Qushairi’s Risāla fī ‘l-tasawwuf.
Al-Ansari died in 1520, in Cairo, at the age of 100. He was given the honorary title “Shaikh al-Islam.”

 

Sources

http://forums.understanding-islam.com/showthread.php?9713-Bio-of-Imam-al-Faqih-Ahmad-ibn-Muhammad-ibn-Hajar-al-Haytami

http://www.islam.tc/cgi-bin/askimam/ask.pl?q=13545&act=view

http://www.masabih.org/archive/index.php/t-4617.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakariyya_al-Ansari

-Fathima K(h)aleel

Abu al-Qaasim ad-Daariki

He was Abu al-Qaasim ‘Abd ul-‘Azeez ibn ‘Abd Ullah ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ad-Daariki. He was born after 300 AH. He studied under Abu Ishaaq Ibrahim ibn Ahmad al-Marwazi. Abu Haamid al-Isfraayeeni studied fiqh under him.

Abu Haamid al-Isfraayeeni used to say, ‘I have not seen anybody more knowledgable in fiqh than him.’

Ibn Khalkaan said, “It was said to ad-Daariki that he used to ‘choose’ his fatwa’s then he said, ‘Woe to you all! So and so has narrated on the authority of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ ,.... Taking from hadith is more of a priority than taking from the sayings of ash-Shafi’ and Abu Hanifa.’” Adh-Dhahabi says that, ‘this is good but only with the condition that this hadith is mentioned by an Imam who is similar to these to Imams such as Maalik, Sufyaan, Awzaai’, and that it is established and free from any weakness, and that the evidence of ash-Shafi’ and Abu Hanifa be contradicting of one another. However it is not suitable for one who takes a sound hadith and put aside what the Imams of Ijtihaad have brought.”

Imam ad-Daariki passed away in Baghdaad in the month of Shawwal 375 AH in his 80’s. He was a sound and truthful person

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May Allah have Mercy upon him.

Abu Haamid al-Isfraayeeni

He was Abu Haamid Ahmad ibn Abu Taahir Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Isfraayeeni. He was the Shaykh of the Shafi’s in Baghdaad in his time. He was born in the year 344 AH.

He studied under Abu al-Hasan ibn al-Marzabaan and Abu al-Qaasim ad-Daariki in Baghdad. He also studied ‘Sunan’ under ad-Daraqutni. Among his most famous students was Abu al-Hasan al-Maawardi.

Al-Khatib said, “It has been narrated to us regarding Abu Haamid that ibn Mubarak used to attend his lessons in the masjid. Also it has been said that 700 legal jurists used to attend his gatherings and people said, ‘If ash-Shafi’ saw him, he would have been pleased.’”

Ibn Salaah said, “Some of the scholars have interpreted the hadith regarding Allah sending someone every century who will bring back the religion to what it is. Ash-Shafi’ was for the 2^nd century, ibn Surayj for the 3^rd century and Abu Haami for the 4^th century.”

He passed away in the month of Shawwal in the year 406 AH and it was a day that was recognised by any people.

May Allah have Mercy upon him.

Bibliography

1.      Adh-Dhahabi, Siyar ‘Alaam an-Nubalaa’, Muassah ar-Risalaah, 2001.

The Biographies of the Teacher, Abu al-Abbas ibn Surayj, and His Student, Abu Ishaq al-Marwazi:

Abu al-Abbas ibn Surayj:

He is Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Surayj, the qadhi, Abu al-Abbas al-Baghdadi, the carrier of the banner of the Shafi’is in his time, and the propagator of the Shafi’i madhhab. He studied fiqh with Abu al-Qasim al-Anmati and others, and a great number of imams took their fiqh from him. Abu Ali ibn Khayran said, “I heard Abu al-Abbas ibn Surayj say, ‘I had a vision in which red sulphur rained down upon us, so I filled up my sleeves and my lap, and it was interpreted to me that I would be granted rare knowledge, the rarity of the like of red sulphur’.” The faqih, Abu al-Walid, said, “I heard Abu al-Abbas Surayj say, ‘Seldom do I find a student of fiqh becoming occupied with kalam and succeeds; fiqh bypasses him and he does not attain the knowledge of kalam’.” Al-Abbadi said regarding the biography of ibn Surayj, “[He is] the Shaykh of the Ashab, the traveler on the path of impartiality, the possessor of the virtuous principles and branches, the critic of the foundations of al-Shafi’is detractors, and the addressor of the opposition’s replies.” The shaykh, Abu Ishaq, said, “He was one of the foremost of the Shafi’is and the scholars of the Muslims, and ‘al-baaz al-ashhab’, and he assumed the authority of the judge in Shiraz, and he used to be preferred over al-Shafi’is ashab, even over Muzani.” He passed away in Jamad al-Awwal in the year 306 AH, at the age of 57 in Baghdad.

Abu Ishaq al-Marwazi:

He is Ibrahim ibn Ahmad Abu al-Ishaq al-Marwazi, one of the Imams of the madhhab. He took fiqh from Abdan al-Marwazi, then from Ibn Surayj and al-Istakhri. The ultimate authority of the madhhab went to him in his time. He commentated on the Mukhtasar and authored numerous works. He resided in Baghdad a lengthy period, giving fatwa, teaching, and benefiting its people whereby they became Imams. It is he who sat in al-Shafi’is assembly in Egypt the year of the Qaramitis. The people flocked around him, and spurred on their camels to him. From his assembly, seventy imams were produced from the Ashab of al-Shafi’i. He passed away in in the year 340 AH in Egypt, and was buried near al-Shafi’i.

Reference

Tabaqat al-Shafi’iyya, Abu Bakr ibn Ahmad ibn Qadhi Shahba al-Dimashqi, 1978.

The Biographies of the Teacher, Imam Shihab al-Din al-Ramli, and His Student, Imam al-Khatib al-Shirbini:

Imam al-Ramli:

He is Imam Ahmad ibn Shihab al-Din al-Ramli, Shaykh al-Islam, the erudiate scholar of the scholars of his time. He was raised in the worship and obedience of Allah Most High, and persisted in the pursuit of knowledge in his childhood the striving of which none among his peers could match. This was coupled with piety, scrupulousness, asceticism, and humility. He studied hadith, fiqh, grammar, rhetoric, literature, thus acquiring an esteemed rank. He gained the confidence of his shaykhs which no one else could achieve. This was to such an extent that Shaykh al-Islam Zakariyya al-Ansari permitted him, to the exclusion of everyone else, to edit his own works during his life and death. He was given permission to teach issue legal edicts by a number of scholars, attracting a large number of students from various places.

He studied with the great scholars of his time, such as Imams al-Suyuti, Zakariyya al-Ansari, al-Waqqad, ibn Awjan, and ibn Abi al-Sharif. His students cannot be enumerated. From among them are Imams Abdul Wahhab al-Sha’rani, Ibn Hajar al-Haytami, al-Khatib al-Shirbini, Shihab al-Din al-Ghazzi, and his son Shams al-Din al-Ramli.

His works are numerous. He would reach much Qur’an, stand by the truth without the slightest fear, command the right and prohibit the wrong, be extremely generous, serve the people, and highly respect his teachers.

He lived a long life, passing away on 1 Jumada al-Akhira in 957 A.H. The congregation for his funeral prayer was so great that people overflowed from al-Azhar Mosque.

Imam al-Khatib al-Shirbini:

He is Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Shirbini, the Shafi’i, from Cairo. He took knowledge from a number of scholars. He was known for his knowledge, works, asceticism, and scrupulousness. He taught and issued legal edicts during the time of his shaykhs. He commented on al-Minhaj and al-Tanbih. Countless people benefitted from him and the people of Egypt were unanimous on his uprightness.

He had a high level of devoted worship. He would retreat in seclusion at the beginning of Ramadan and would not exit until praying the Eid prayer. When he would go on Hajj, he would not ride a mount until after extreme fatigue. He would not cease in teaching people the rituals, the rules of travelling, how to shorten and lengthen, spur them on to pray, and would recite much Qur’an when on the path. He would not be occupied with worldly activities. He was essentially a sign of the signs of Allah Most High, and a proof of His proofs upon his creation.

He passed away on Thursday, 2 Sha’ban after Asr, in 977 A.H.

References

Mughni al-Muhtaj Sharh al-Minhaj, al-Khatib al-Shirbini, Vol. 1, Dar al-Marifah, 1997

Fath al-Rahman Sharh Zubad ibn Raslan, Shihab al-Din al-Ramli, Dar al-Minhaj, 2009.

Biographies of two ashab al-wujuh of the Shafi’i madhhab

Here I’ll will give the brief biographies of imam an-Nawawi and his student Ibn al-‘Attar

Imam an-Nawawi

His full name was Yahya ibn Sharaf ibn Murri ibn Hasan, Abu Zakariya Muhyi ad-Din an-Nawawi . He was born in the village of Nawa in Syria in 631 AH / 1233 CE.

He was the Imam of the later Shafi’i school.

He studied in Damascus, Syria, and took 12 lessons a day in different subjects of the Islamic sciences. He authored many works in Shafi’i fiqh, hadith and its sciences, history and fatawa. Among the best known are:

- Minhaj at-Talibin,

- Riyadh as-Salihin,

- Kitab al-Adkhar and

- Sharh Sahih Muslim.  

After 27 years of study in Damascus he returned to Nawa and died there at the age of 44 in 676 AH / 1277 CE.

Ibn al-‘Attar

Imam an-Nawawi’s main student was Ibn al-‘Attar. He was known as the little an-Nawawi, an-Nawawi number 2, the Junior an-Nawawi, Mukhtasar an-Nawawi or an-Nawawi Lite. He was one of he most beloved people to imam an-Nawawi and vice versa.

His full name was ‘Ala ad-Din ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim bin Dawud ibn al-‘Attar ad-Dimashqi.  He was from Damascus and died in 724 AH. Through him most of the books of imam an-Nawawi are transmitted. He collected the fatawa of imam an-Nawawi.

He authored several works:

- Tuhfat at-Talibin fi Tarjamati al-Imam Muhyi ad-Din: the biography of imam an-Nawawi

- al-‘Itiqad al-Khalis min ash-Shakk wa’l-Intiqad: on ‘aqidah

He was entrusted with the completion of Sharh al-Muhadhdhab in case imam an-Nawawi would die.   

The biographies of imam Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani and his student as-Sakhawi

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani (rahimahullah)

He was Shihab ud-Din Abu'l-Fadl Ahmad ibn ‘Ali ibn Muhammad (773 AH / 852 AH and 1372 CE / 1449 CE). He was originally from Tunisia but born in Egypt. His parents died during his infancy, and he became ward of the brother of his father’s first wife, Zaki ad-Din al-Kharrubi. When he was 12 he moved to Mekkah. Two years later his protector died, and back in Egypt he was entrusted to the hadith- scholar Shams ad-Din ibn al-Qattan, who had him study with scholars like al-Bulqini (d. 806 AH) and Ibn al-Mulaqqin (d. 804 AH) for Shafi‘i fiqh, and Zayn ad-Din al-‘Iraqi (d. 806 AH) for hadith, after which he travelled to Damascus and Jerusalem, where he studied under Shams ad-Din al-Qalqashandi (d. 809 AH), Badr ad-Din al-Balisi (d. 803) AH, and Fatima bint al-Manja al-Tanukhiyya (d. 803 AH). After visits to Mekkah, Madina and Yemen, he returned to Egypt. When he reached 25 he married Anas Khatun, a hadith-expert, with  ijaazaat from Zayn ad-Din al-‘Iraqi and she lectured to ‘ulama among whom was imam as-Sakhawi. In Egypt Ibn Hajar taught in the Sufi lodge (khanqah) of Baybars and in Dar al-Hadith al-Kamiliyyah. During these years, he served on occasion as the Shafi‘i qadi of Egypt.

Ibn Hajar authored more than fifty works on hadith and its sciences, biographical evaluation, history, Qur’anic exegesis, poetry and Shafi'i jurisprudence. He wrote some of the most thorough and beneficial books in Islam:

- ad-Durar al-Kaminah (a biographical dictionary of leading figures of the eighth century),

- a commentary on the Forty Hadith of imam an-Nawawi

- Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 

- al-Isaba fi Tamyiz as-Sahabah 

- Bulugh al-Maram min Adillat al-Ahkam 

- Nukhbat al-Fikar

- Lisan al-Mizan

In 817 AH he began his masterwork Fath al-Bari, the most prominent and reliable commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari. When it was finished, in 842 AH, a great celebration was held in an open place near Cairo, in the presence of the ‘ulama, judges, and leading personages of Egypt. Ibn Hajar sat on a platform and read out the final pages of his work, and then poets recited eulogies and gold was distributed.

Ibn Hajar died after the ‘isha prayer on February 2, 1449, at the age of 79. His funeral in Cairo was attended by an estimated 50.000 people.

As-Sakhawi

He was Shams ad-Din Muhammad ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman as-Sakhawi (1428 AD/831 AH – 1497 AD/902 AH). He was born in Cairo. He was the  foremost student of Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani and a great Shafi’i jurist, historian, hadith-scholar and a Sufi. He belonged to the Shadhili order founded by Abu’l-Hasan ash-Shadhili, as represented by the great Ibn ‘Ata-illah as-Sakandari, five of whose works as-Sakhawi transmitted to posterity, including the Hikam, from sidi Ahmad Zarruq (d. 899 AH). In his biography of the famous men of his time entitled ad-Daw’ al-Lami’ as-Sakhawi wrote that his father Zayn ad-Din ‘Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad (d. 874 AH) was a Sufi of great piety and a member of the Baybarsiyyah Sufi community where Ibn Hajar, as-Sakhawi’s teacher, taught for forty years. In the section of his al-Jawahir al-Mukallalah fi’l-Akhbar al-Musalsalah, devoted to the transmission of hadith through chains formed exclusively of Sufi narrators, as-Sakhawi states that he received the Sufi path from Zayn ad-Din Ridwan al-Muqri’ in Cairo. In the same work as-Sakhawi also mentions several of his teachers and students of hadith who were Sufis.

As-Sakhawi wrote several other works, among which:

- At-Tuhfah al-Latifah fi Tarikh al-Madinah al-Sharifah (about Madinah al-Munawwarah).

- Fath al-Mugith bi Sharh Alfiyat al-Hadith

- Al-Jawahir wa ad-Durar fi Tarjamat Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Hajar (the biography of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani)

- Al-Maqasid al-Hasanah

- Ashratu Sa'ah

- Ar-Riḥlah al-Ḥalabīyyah wa Tarājimihā 

- Ar-Riḥlah al-Makkīyah 

- Al-Riḥlah al-Sakandarīyyah 

- Al-Baladaniyyat al-ʻAlīyyāt 

Imam as-Sakhawi rahimahullah died in Madina.

This week I have gone for two more important early figures, namely al-Buwayti and his student al-Darimi.

Al-Buwayti (d.231)

His full name is Abu Ya’qub Yusuf b. Yahya al-Buwayti al-Misri. He was the successor the Imam al-Shafi’i and his greatest student. Those who knew him described him in superlatives and hyperboles: a mountain in knowledge of the religious sciences; a devoted ascetic who spent long hours of the night in prayer and recitation of the Qur’an; never found without the remembrance of Allah upon his lips; utterly devoted to the understanding and reflection upon the Qur’an and ahadith. Such was his standing in the eyes of his peers that Ibn al-Subki considered him to have attained the rank of the Sidiqin (the highest rank after the Prophets).

Al-Shafi’i loved him greatly, saying, ‘none has more right to my companionship than Yusuf (i.e. al-Buwayti), and none of my companions is more knowledgeable than him.’ Indeed, al-Shafi’i would often consult with him in difficult legal issues. After al-Shafi’i’s passing he was instrumental in the consolidation and spread of the madhab. Indeed, he is sometimes called ‘the first Shafi’i.’

His was the first person in Islam to write a mukhtasar in fiqh, namely his Mukhtasar al-Buwayti, which is much more faithful in abridging al-Shafi’i’s thought than that of al-Muzani. Al-Buwayti’s name is found frequently in every major book of the madhab.  

Al-Darimi (200-280)

His full name is Abu Sa’id ‘Uthman b. Sa’id b. Khalid b. Sa’id al-Sijistani al-Darimi. He was an imam in both fiqh, which he took from al-Buwayti, and hadith, which he took from Yahya b. Mu’in. Those that knew him said they saw none like him, and he saw none like himself!

Among his books are:

• Kitab fi al-Radd ‘ala al-Jahamiyah
• Al-Musnad
• Ahkam al-Qur’an

He held the view that foxes are haram to eat, whereas the madhab holds it to be ja’iz. He also reports from al-Buwayti that al-Shafi’i said the Prophetic prohibition of earning from cupping is tanzihi because it is a disgraceful way of earning.

Main Reference:

Tabaqat Ibn al-Subki

as-Salam all, another 2 bios:

Imam as-Sakhawi

    He was Shams ad-Din Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Rahman as-Sakhawi. Born in 831 AH in the village of Sakha in Egypt he was a well renowned Shafi'i faqih and muhadith who learnt on the hands of Amir al-Muimieen in hadith al-Hafiz ibn Hajar al-`Asqalani. He was a master in the science of fiqh, hadith, history and literature. Known for his intense piety and zuhd he belong to the Shadhili tariqa which he took on the hands of Zayn ad-Din Ridwan al-Muqri' in Cairo.

    He is recorded to have travelled to more than 80 towns where he took knowledge from some of the ummahs leading `ulama. The main being ibn Hajar (r), Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Hishi al-Halabi al-Shafi`i (r), Badr al-Din Hussayn ibn Siddiq al-Yamani al-Ahdal (r), Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn `Ali al-Husayni al-Qahiri al-Shafi`i al-Sufi (r) and from his own father Zayn al-Din `Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad (r) amongst many.

    He authored many works mainly in the science of hadith. He departed to the mercy of his Lord in the year 902 AH after spending his entire life in devotion to the Din of Allah. He left behind many students, most famously Imam as-Suyuti (r).

Imam as-Suyuti
    
    He was `Abd al-Rahman ibn Kamal ad-Din Abi Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Sabiq ad-Din al-Misri as-Suyuti. Born in 849 AH he was a master in all the sciences of the Din including fiqh, Kalam, hadith, tasawwuf and history. He was raised as an Orphan in Cairo and memorised the Qur'an at age 8 after which he journeyed across the Muslim lands learning from more than 130 top notch scholars. 

    He is reported to have travelled to Damascus, Yemen, al-Hijaz, India, Morocco and all over Egypt. He isolated himself at the age of 40 devoting the rest of his life to the Din, where he is reported to have authored more than 723 works in total. His student Shams ad-Din al-Dawudi al-Maliki is reported to have said: "I saw the Shaykh with my own eyes writing and completing 3 works in one day and proof reading them. At the same time he was dictating hadith and responding beautifully to anything that was put to him".

    He and his Shaykh al-Sakhawi are reported to have had an intense disagreement, however in honouring the `ulama these disagreements are not to be discussed. He authored such works as Tafsir al-Jalalayan which he and his Shaykh Jalal ad-Din al-Mahali worked on. Also al-Jami' al-Kabir and al-Jami' as-Saghir.

    He put forth a challenge which he was taken to account to by the `ulama about starting his own madhab. He was unsuccessful and spent the rest of his life in devotion to the Din. He passed onto the mercy of his Lord in 911 AH.

wa'Allahu `Alam

AR RABI’EE IBN SULAYMAN (IMAM AL MURAADI)

Ibn 'Abd al-Jabbar bin Kaamil, Abu Mohammed, Al Muradi was a great jurist, Imam, muhaddith, a pupil of Imam Shafi'I and a great transmitter of his knowledge.

He was born in the year 174H or a year earlier.

He heard from Abdullah ibn Wahb, Bishr ibn Bakr At Tunisi, Ayoub bin Swaid Ar Ramli, Muhammad ibn Idris Al Mutlabi, Yahya ibn Hassan, Asad us sanah, Saeed ibn Abi Maryam, Aba Saleh and many more.

The ones who narrate from him are Abu Dawood, Ibn Majah, An Nisaee, Abu Issa, Abu Hatem, Abu Zar’aa, Zakariyyah As Saaji, Saleh bin Mohammed, Ibn Abi Dawaad, Ibn Saa’id, Abu Naeem, Abd al-Malik bin ‘Adi, Abu Jaafar al-Tahaawi, Abu Bakr ibn Ziyad An Nisapuri, Abdir Rahman ibn Abi Hatim, Muhammad ibn Harun Ar Rowyaani, Abu ‘Awanah Al Aspharayinee, Abu al-Hasan ibn Joosaa, Abu Ali ibn Habib Al Hasaanari, ‘Isa Ibn Mosa Al Baldi,, Ahmed bin Bhzaadh Al Farsiee, Abu Al Abbas Al Asam, Ahmed Bin Mas’oud Al Akri, Abu al Fawaaris Bin As Saabon, and many others.

His name was famous among the people of hadith. He spent most of his life gaining knowledge and transmitting it.

Abu Sa’eed and others said that he is “thiqqah.”

Once Imam As Shafi’ee said about Ar Rabi’ee Bin Sulayman (Imam Al Muraadi) that; “Ar Rabi’ee narrates my books.”

Imam Al Muraadi is from the great scholars. However, his rank doesn’t reach that of Imam Al Muzani. Just like how Imam Al Muzani’s rank doesn’t reach to that of Imam Al Muraadi in hadith.

It is said that the following is poetry by Imam Al Muraadi;

صبـْرًا جمِيـلاً ما أسـرعَ الفَرَجَـا

مَـنْ صـَدَقَ اللـهَ فـي الأمور نَجَا مــن خشِــيَ الله لـم يَنَلـْهُ أَذَى

ومَـنْ رجَـا اللـهَ كـان حيث رجَا

Abu Ja'far al-Tahawi said: Imam Al Muraadi, the muaddhin of Jami’ ul Fustaath, died on Monday and was buried on Tuesday, the 21^st night of Shawwal, 270H. Ameer Khamaarawiyah prayed on him; i.e. the leader of Egypt.

ABU IBRAHIM AL MUZANI (IMAM AL MUZANI)

            His name was Abu Ibrahim Ismail ibn Yahya ibn Ismail ibn ‘Amr ibn Muslim Al Muzani Al Misri. He was a great imam, scholar and a very pious man. He is one of the great faqeeh of this ummah and one of the pupil of imam As Shafi’ee.

            He was born in the year of the passing away of Layth ibn S’ad in the year 175H.

            He narrates from Imam As Shafi’ee, Ali ibn M’uabid bin Shidaad, Na’eem ibn Hammad and others.

            There are very little narrations from him. However, he was one of the leaders of fiqh.

            Those who narrated from him are; Abu Bakr ibn Khuzaymah, Abu al Hasan ibn Joosa, Abu Bakr bin Ziyad An Nisapuri, Abu Ja’far At Tahawi, Abu Na’eem bin ‘Adi, Abdur Rahman bin Abi Haatim, Abu al Fawaaris bin As saabooni, and many others.

            Imam As shafi’ee said regarding Imam Al Muzani that he is the protector of my madhab.

            Imam At Tirmidhee says that I heard Imam Al Muzani saying that the Tawheed of a person is not correct until he recognizes Allah on the ‘Arsh with his Sifaat. Imam Tirmidhee says that I asked him; “like what things?” He said; “(that he is) All Hearing, All Seeing, All Knowing.”

            ‘Amr ibn Uthman Al Makki says; “I did not see anybody from the worshippers from whoever I met who had more ijtihaad than Imam Al Muzani.”

            Imam Al Muzani used to say that; “I am the character from the characters of Imam As Sahfi’ee.”

            It is said about him that whenever he would miss the prayer in jam’aa, he would pray that prayer 25 times.

            Abu Sa’eed ibn Yunus says that he is “thiqqah.”

            He died in Ramadhan in the year 264H at the age of 89 years.

IMAM AL BOWAYTI

            His name is Abu Ya’qub ibn Yahya Al Misri Al Bowayti. He is one of the heads of the fuqaha and the pupil of Imam As Shafiee.

            He narrated from ibn Wahab, Imam As Shafiee and others.

            Those who narrated from him are; Ar Rabiee al Muraadi, Ibrahim Al Harbi, Muhammad ibn Ismail at Tirmidhee, Abu Muhammad Ad Darimi,

            Abu Hatim said that he is trustworthy.

            He was at the forefront in knowledge, a zaahid and a mujtahid.

            Imam As Shafiee said about him that there is none from my pupil who is more knowledgeable that Al Bowayti.

            Ar Rabiee ibn Sulayman said that Al Bowayti always moved his lips in the remembrance of Allah.

            Imam Al Bowayti died in prison in Iraq in the year 231H.

IMAM ABU THAWR

            His name was Ibrahim ibn Khalid Al Kalbi Al Baghdadi. He was the mufti of Iraq and a great mujtahid. His kunya was also Abu Abdullah. He was born in 170H.

            He heard from Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah, Ubaydah ibn Humayd, Abu Muaawiyah Ad Dareer, Waqi ibn al Jarrah, Ibn ‘Aliyyah, Yazeed ibn Haroon, Muadh ibn Muadh, Ruh ibn Ubadah, Abu Qatan, Abu Abdullah As Shafiee and others.

            Those who narrated from him are; Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Imam Muslim, Qasim ibn Zakariyyah Al Mutraz, Ahmad ibn Al Hasan As Sufi, Abu Qasim Al Baghawi, Muhammad ibn Ishaq As Siraj, Muhammad ibn Saalih ibn Dhareeh Al Aqbari and many others.

            Imam An Nisaee said that he is thiqqah.

            Abu Hatim ibn Hibban says that he was one of the great scholars of this world. He was from the fuqaha, ulama and great men. He authored many books.

            Abu Hatim also says that Imam Abu Thawr died in Safar in the year 240H. He may have lived for 70 years or more.

IMAM AL JAYZEE

            His name was Al Qadhi Al Imam Al Qari Abu Abdullah Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Mahfoodh Al Misri Al Jayzee.

            He heard from; Ahmad ibn Bahzad as Siraafi, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim ibn Jam’I, Ahmad ibn Mas’ood Az Zubayri and Abu Ja’far ibn Nuhaas.

            Those who narrated from him were; Faaris ibn Ahmad Ad Dareer, Abu ‘Amr Ad Daani and others.

            Ad daani said that we had written down many things from him regarding Qira’ah and hadith. He passed away in the year 399H (or 400H).

            His greatest teacher was Abu Taahir Ahmad ibn Muhammad Al Madini, the student of Yunus ibn Abd Ul ‘Ala. The people of Misr narrated from him.

IMAM AZ ZA’FARAANI

            He is the shaykh of the fuqaha and muhaditheen. His name is Abu Ali Al Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn As Sabah Al Baghdadi Az Za’faraani.

            He was born in 175H (approximately).

            He narrated from; Sufyan ibn Uyaynah, Abu Muawiyah Ad darer, Ismail ibn Aliyah, Ubaydah ibn Hameed, Waqi ibn Al Jarrah, Abdu l Wahhab at thaqafi, Muhammad ibn Abi Adi, Yazeed ibn Haroon, Hajjaj ibn Muhammad , Abi Abdullah As Shafiee and many others.

            Those who narrated from him are; Imam Bukhari, Abu Dawud, At Tirmidhee, An Nisaee, Al Qazwini, Zakariyyah As Saaji, Abu al Abbas ibn Sareej, Ibn Khuzaymah, Abu Awaanatul Isfarayeeni, Umar ibn Bajir, Abul Qasim Al Baghawi, Abu Muhammad ibn Saa’id, Abu Bakr ibn Ziyad, Muhammad ibn Mukhlad, Al Qadhi Al Muhaamili, Abu Saeed ibn Al ‘Araabi and many others.

            Imam Nisaee says that he is thiqqah.

            Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Al Jarah said that he heard Imam Az Za’faraani saying;”when I was reading the book “Ar Risaalah” to Imam As Shafiee, he said to me: which Arab tribe are you from? I said to him: I am not an Arab, I am from a nation called “Az Za’faraaniyyah. So he said to me: then you are the leader of this tribe.”

            He died in Sh’aban in the year 260H.

Al-Rabi’ b. Sulayman (174-256/70)

Abu Muhammad al-Rabi’ b. Sulayman al-Muradi was one of the direct disciples of Imam al-Shafi’i in Egypt. There is a difference of opinion about his lineage and dates of birth and death. His name occurs frequently in al-Nawawi’s books, especially al-Rawdhah and Sharh al-Muhadhab. He recorded al-Shafi’i’s view that singing the Qur’an is makrūh.

Ibn al-Mundhir (241-318)

He is the great Mujtahid Imam Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. al-Mundhir. He was born in Nisabur in Persia, where he benefited from the great hadith movement then taking place in those lands. He travelled whilst still young seeking knowledge and had many great teachers, including al-Rabi’ b. Sulayman from whom he took fiqh. He later resided in Makka where he stayed until his death.

He attained such mastery of the Islamic sciences, especially in hadith (in which he was a Hafiz) and fiqh, that he eventually reached the rank of an absolute mujtahid. Nevertheless, he is still affiliated with the Shafi’i madhab and is considered one of the Ashab al-Wujuh according to al-Nawawi, al-Dhahabi, Ibn al-Subki, Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi, and al-Suyuti. He has a number of independent views (ikhtiyarat) which though weighty (as a mujtahid) are not part of the madhab. His statements on ijma’ are considered authoritative, if not always accurate, and he appears frequently in this context in our books.

He wrote some very valuable and important works, especially in fiqh, hadith, and ikhtilaf:

·         Al-Ijma’

·         Al-Mabsut

·         Al-Awsat

·         Al-Ishraf fi Ikhtilaf al-‘Ulama

·         Al-Iqna’

Bismillah,

Assalaamu alaikum,

بسم لله الرَّحـمـن الرَّحـيـم

اللَّهمَّ صلِّي على سيِّدنا محمَّد، ﷺ ، و على آله و صحبه و سلِّم.

Biographies of Two Ashaab in the Madhab

Abu ‘Ali al-Faariqi

He was Abu ‘Ali al-Hasan ibn Ibrahim ibn Barhoon al-Faariqi. He was born in Mayaafaariqeen in 433AH.

He studied fiqh under Abu Abd Ullah Muhammad ibn Bayaan al-Kaazarooni. He then travelled to Baghdaad where he kept the company of Abu Ishaaq ash-Shiraazi where he also memorised al-Muhadhab. He then studied fiqh under Abu Nasr ibn as-Sabbagh  and memorised ash-Shaamil in its entirety.

Among his students are as-Saain ibn ‘Asaakir and Abu Sa’d ‘Usroon.

He lived for 95 years and died in the month of Muharram in 528AH.

May Allah have Mercy upon him.

Ibn Abi ‘Usroon

Abu Sa’d Abd Ullah ibn Muhammad ibn Hibat Ullah ibn al-Mutaahar ibn ‘Ali ibn Abu ‘Usroon ibn Abu as-Sirri al-Moosili. He was born in Moosal, Iraq, in the year 492AH. He was known as the Scholar of the people of Shaam.

He studied fiqh under al-Murtaza al-Shahrazoori, the father of Kamal ud-Deen and others. He recited in the seven variants under Abu ‘Abd Ullah al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Baari’ and with the ten variants under Abu Bakr al-Mazrafi and Da’waan ibn ‘Ali. He also studied fiqh for a certain period under Abu ‘Ali al-Faariqi. He also took Usool from Abu al-Fath Ahmad ibn Burhaan and took Hadith from Abu Qaasim ibn al-Haseen and others.

He returned to Moosal in the year 523AH  and taught there. In 545AH he went to Aleppo, Syria and taught there and he met Noor ud –Deen Mahmood ibn Zinki. He became the Qadhi of Damascus in 573AH.

He authored many books such as  Safwat ul-Madhab fi Nihayat il-Matlab, at-Tanbeeh fi ma’rifat il-Ahkaami etc.

He died on the 11^th Ramadhaan in the year 585AH and was buried in the Madarasah in Damascus.

May Allah have Mercy on him.

Bibliography

1.      Adh-Dhahabi, Siyar ‘Alaam an-Nubalaa’, Muassah ar-Risalaah, 2001.

Abu Bakr ibn al-Furak

He is Abû Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Fûrâk al-Asbahânî (b. 330 AH/941 AD - d. 406 AH/1015 AD), the imâm and specialist of kalâm and usûl, transmitter of the Ash’arî' school, specialist of the Arabic language, grammar and poetry, Shafi’i jurist and hadith-scholar. Ibn Fûrâk taught al-Bayhaqî who cites him frequently in al-Risâlah and al-Asmâ wa al-Sifât respectively. He fought and defeated the anthropomorphist Karrâmiyyah in Rayy and then went to Naysabûr where he trained generations of fuqahâ at a school founded for him. He brought to Naysabûr the transmissions of the narrators of Basrah and Baghdâd and authored numerous books in various disciplines.

‘Abd al-Ghaffâr ibn Ismâ’îl said: "Ibn Fûrâk's works in usûl al-dîn, usûl al-fiqh and the meanings of the Qur'ân count nearly one hundred volumes." His main work was Kitab Mushkil al-Hadith wa Bayanihi. Although he was a Shafi’i, he wrote a book on Hanafi fiqh.

He died through poisoning by the Karramiyyah.

Abu Bakr al-Bayhaqi He is the imām, hāfiž, scholar, jurist, Shaykh al-Islām, Abū Bakr Aĥmad ibn al-Ĥusayn ibn ‘Alī ibn Mūsā al-Khusrawjirdi al-Khurāsānī, born in the year 384 AH. Bayhaq is among the precincts of Nīshapūr hence he is also know as al-Bayhaqī. He attended the gatherings of Abu’l-Ĥasan Muĥammad ibn al-Ĥusayn al-Álawī, the student of Abū Ĥāmid ibn ash-Sharqī since he was fifteen. He also reports extensively from al-Ĥākim Abū ‘Abdullāh, the famous hāfiž. He was knowledgeable, intelligent, wise, pious and a prolific author. He was a major Shāfi’i jurist and an Ash’arī theologian.

Among his teachers are: 1. Abū Ţāhir ibn Maĥmish az-Ziyādī 2. Abū Álī ar-Rūdhbārī 3. Abū Ábd ar-Raĥmān as-Sullamī 4. Abū Bakr ibn al-Fūrak 5. Abū Bakr al-Hayyiri 6. Abū Saýīd as-Şayrafī

As-Subki writes that he studied under more than hundred teachers.

To his works belong: 1. Sunan al-Kabīr  2. Ma’rifatu's-Sunan wa’l-Āthār  3. Al-Asmā wa’s-Şifāt  4. Kitāb al-Mu’taqad  5. Al-Ba’ath [wa’n Nushūr]  6. At-Targhīb wa’t-Tarhīb 

7. Al-Khilāfiyyāt  8. Al-Mabsuţ fī Nuşūş al-Shāfi’ī  9. Shu’ab al-Īman 

10. Manāqib ash-Shāfi’ī 

Among his students are: 1. Shaykh al-Islām Abū Ismā’īl al-Anşārī 2. his own son Ismā’īl ibn Aĥmad al-Bayhaqī 3. his own grandson ‘Ubaydullāh ibn Muĥammad ibn Aĥmad al-Bayhaqī 4. Ĥāfiž Abū Zakariyyah Yaĥyā ibn Mandah 5. Abū ‘Abdullāh Muĥammad ibn al-Fađl al-Furāwī 6. Zāhir ibn Ţāhir ash-Shaĥāmi 7. Abu’l Ma’ālī Muĥammad ibn Ismā’īl al-Fārisī 8. ‘Abdu’l-Jabbār ibn ‘Abdu’l-Wahhāb ad-Dahhān 9. ‘Abdu’l-Jabbār ibn Muĥammad al-Khuwārī and his brother 10. ‘Abdu’l-Ĥamīd ibn Muĥammad al-Khuwārī 11. Abū Bakr ‘Abdu’r-Raĥmān ibn ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Abdu’r-Raĥmān al-Buĥayrī an-Nīsābūrī

He passed away in Nishāpur in 458 AH (1066 CE).