Ismail Ibn Ibrahim ( ar, اسماعيل بن ابراهيم) (756 – 810) was most notable for being the father of
Imam Bukhari
Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, serv ...
. Ismail ibn Ibrahim died in 810, when Imam Bukhari was only an infant, not yet 1 year old.
Biography
Ancestry
Ismail's ancestry can be traced to a farmer named Bardizbah who lived in the vicinity of
Bukhara. Bardizbah's had a son named al-Mugheerah who accepted
Islam
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the ...
.
Mugheerah eventually had a son named Ibraaheem, the father of Ismail Ibn Ibrahim.
Life
Ismail Ibn Ibrahim became a known scholar of
Hadith
Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...
, praised by
Sunni
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Muslims as a man of great piety and sound reputation. Scrupulous in his habits, he is said to have mentioned on his deathbed that in all he possessed there was not a penny which had not been earned by his own honest labour.
Ismael also married and had two sons, Ahmad and Muhammad. Muhammad would later be known as
Imam Bukhari
Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, serv ...
, the most prominent
Sunni
Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word ''Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagree ...
hadith collector.
Death
When
Imam Bukhari
Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, serv ...
was only an infant, Ismail died at the age of 54. He left a considerable fortune to his widow and two sons.
References
fatwa-online.com
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756 births
810 deaths
Hadith scholars
8th-century Iranian people
8th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
8th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate
9th-century Muslim scholars of Islam