Al-Tabarani
Aṭ-Ṭabarānī ٱلطَّبَرَانِيّ | |
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Personal | |
Born | 873/874CE/ 260AH |
Died | 970/971 CE / 360 AH |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Denomination | Sunni |
Main interest(s) | Narrations |
Notable work(s) | |
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Muslim leader | |
Influenced |
Abū al-Qāsim Sulaymān ibn Aḥmad ibn Ayyūb ibn Muṭayyir al-Lakhmī ash-Shāmī aṭ-Ṭabarānī(Arabic:أَبُو ٱلقَاسِم سُلَيْمَان بْن أَحْمَد بْن أَيُّوب بْن مُطَيِّر ٱللَّخْمِيّ ٱلشَّامِيّ ٱلطَّبَرَانِيّ) (873/874–970/971CE/260–360AH),[1]commonly known asat-Tabarani(Arabic:ٱلطَّبَرَانِيّ,romanized:aṭ-Ṭabarānī), was aSunniMuslimscholarandtraditionistknown for the extensive volumes of narrations he published.
Biography[edit]
At-Tabarani was born in 260 AH inTiberias,a city inSham.He travelled extensively to numerous regions to quench his thirst of knowledge, includingSyria,Hejaz,Yemen,Egypt,Baghdad,Kufa,Basra,andIsfahan.[2]Henarratedfrom more than one thousand scholars,[citation needed]and authored a multitude of books on the subject. Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Mansur stated, "I have narrated 300,000 narrations from at-Tabarani."[3]For most of the final years of his life, he lived in Isfahan,Iran,where he died on Dhu al-Qa'dah 27, 360 AH.[4][5]
Students[edit]
At-Tabarani, being a teacher of narrations, taught many students. Among them were Ahmad ibn Amr ibn Abd al-Khaliq al-Basri and Abu Bakr al-Bazzar.[citation needed]
Works[edit]
At-Tabarani is primarily known for three works on narrations:[1]
- Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir,which excludesAbu Hurayrah'snarrations
- Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat,which includes them
- Al-Mu'jam as-Saghir,which provides a narration from each of his masters
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References[edit]
- ^abcFierro, Maribel (2000)."Al-Ṭabarānī".InBearman, P. J.;Bianquis, Th.;Bosworth, C. E.;van Donzel, E.&Heinrichs, W. P.(eds.).The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition.Volume X: T–U.Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 10.ISBN978-90-04-11211-7.
- ^Tazkirah al-Huffaz, v. 3, p. 85
- ^Siyar A'lam an-Nubala', v. 12, p. 268
- ^"AT-TABARANI, Sulaimman bin Ahmad".darulfatwa.org.au.RetrievedJun 10,2019.
- ^"Religious Services Of Imam Tabarani".dawateislami.net.RetrievedJun 10,2019.
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