Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Yazīd Ibn Mājah al-Rabʿī al-Qazwīnī[2](Arabic:ابو عبد الله محمد بن يزيد بن ماجه الربعي القزويني;(b. 209/824, d. 273/887) commonly known asIbn Mājah,was amedievalscholar ofhadithofPersian[3]origin. He compiled the last ofSunni Islam'ssix canonical hadith collections,Sunan Ibn Mājah.[4][5]
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Yazīd Ibn Mājah al-Rabʿī al-Qazwīnī | |
|---|---|
| Title | Ibn Mājah |
| Personal | |
| Born | c.824 CE |
| Died | c.887 or 889 CE Qazvin, Persia, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Islamic golden age |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Creed | Athari[1] |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith,Fiqh |
| Notable work(s) | Sunan Ibn Mājah,Kitāb at-TafsīrandKitāb at-Tārīkh |
Biography
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Ibn Mājah was born inQazwin,the modern-dayIranianprovince of Qazvin, in 824 CE/209 AH[4]to a family who were members (mawla) of the Rabīʻah tribe.[6]Mājahwas the nickname of his father, and not that of his grandfather nor was it his mother's name, contrary to those claiming this. Thehāʼat the end is un-voweled whether in stopping upon its pronunciation or continuing because it a non-Arabic name.[6]
He left his hometown to travel theIslamic worldvisitingIraq,Makkah,theLevantandEgypt.He studied underIbn Abi Shaybah(through whom came over a quarter ofal-Sunan), Muḥammad ibn ʻAbdillāh ibn Numayr, Jubārah ibn al-Mughallis, Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mundhir al-Ḥizāmī, ʻAbdullāh ibn Muʻāwiyah, Hishām ibn ʻAmmār, Muḥammad ibn Rumḥ, Dāwūd ibn Rashīd and others from their era. Abū Yaʻlā al-Khalīlī praised Ibn Mājah as "reliable (thiqah), prominent, agreed upon, a religious authority, possessing knowledge and the capability to memorize. "[4]
According toal-Dhahabī,Ibn Mājah died on approximately February 19, 887 CE/with eight days remaining of the month ofRamadan,273 AH,[4]or, according to al-Kattānī, in either 887/273 or 889/275.[6]He died inQazwin.[6]
What he compiled/did Al-Dhahabī mentioned the following of Ibn Mājah's works:[4]
- Sunan Ibn Mājah:one of thesix canonical collectionsofhadith
- Kitāb al-Tafsīr:a book ofQur'an exegesis
- Kitāb al-Tārīkh:a book of history or, more likely, a listing of hadith transmitters
The last two, though praised by scholars, have beenlost.[7]
TheSunan
editTheSunanconsists of 1,500 chapters and about 4,000hadith.[4]Upon completing it, he read it toAbu Zur’a al-Razi,a hadith authority of his time, who commented, "I think that were people to get their hands on this, the other collections, or most of them, would be rendered obsolete."[4]
References
edit- ^abW. Adamec, Ludwig (2009).Historical Dictionary of Islam: Second Edition.Estover Road, Plymouth PL67PY, United Kingdom: Scarecrow Press. p. 139.ISBN978-0-8108-6161-9.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location (link) - ^"About - Sunan Ibn Majah - Sunnah - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)".sunnah.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-04-14.Retrieved2020-12-17.
- ^Frye, R.N., ed. (1975).The Cambridge history of Iran(Repr. ed.). London: Cambridge U.P. p. 471.ISBN978-0-521-20093-6.
- ^abcdefgal-Dhahabi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad (1957). al-Mu`allimi (ed.).Tadhkirat al-Huffaz(in Arabic). Vol. 2. Hyderabad: Da`irat al-Ma`arif al-`Uthmaniyyah. p. 636.
- ^Ludwig W. Adamec(2009),Historical Dictionary of Islam,p.139. Scarecrow Press.ISBN0810861615.
- ^abcdal-Kattani, Muhammah ibn Ja`far (2007). Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Kattani (ed.).al-Risalah al-Mustatrafah(in Arabic) (seventh ed.). Beirut: Dar al-Bashair al-Islamiyyah. p. 12.
- ^https://sunnah /ibnmajah/about[bare URL]
Further reading
edit- Suhaib Hasan Abdul Ghaffar,Criticism of Hadith among Muslims with reference to Sunan Ibn Maja,Presidency of Islamic Research, IFTA and Propagation: Riyadh 1984.ISBN0-907461-56-5.
- Brown, Jonathan A. C. ‘The canonization of Ibn Mâjah: authenticity vs. utility in the formation of the Sunni ḥadîth canon’. Pages 169–81 inÉcriture de l’histoire et processus de canonisation dans les premiers siècles de l’islam.Directed by Antoine Borrut. Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée 129. Aix-en-Provence: Presses Universitaires de Provence, 2011.
- Robson, James. 'The Transmission of Ibn Majah's "Sunan" ',Journal of Semitic studies3 (1958): 129–41.
External links
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- Biodata at MuslimScholars.info
- Biography at Sunnah
- Sunan Ibn Majah– Searchable Sunan Ibn Majah Online
- Biography of Imam Ibn Maajah at theclearpath
- Abu `Abdallah Muhammad ibn Yazid Ibn Maja al-Rab`i al-Qazwini:Sunan Ibn -e- Majah – 3 Volumes – Translation By Shaykh Muhammad Qasim Ameen
- Biography of Imam Ibn Mâjah byat-tawhid.net(in French)