Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Sa'di al-Juzajani ( ar , أبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن يعقوب بن إسحاق السعدي الجوزجاني , born around 180 AH – died 872 CE/259 AH) was a Muslim

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 ...

scholar, one of the

imams 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, serve ...

of al-jarh wa al-ta'deel and a student of

Ahmad ibn Hanbal Ahmad ibn Hanbal al-Dhuhli ( ar, أَحْمَد بْن حَنْبَل الذهلي, translit=Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal al-Dhuhlī; November 780 – 2 August 855 CE/164–241 AH), was a Muslim jurist, theologian, ascetic, hadith traditionist, and ...

. Some of the

scholars that transmitted his narrations include

Abu Dawood Abū Dāwūd (Dā’ūd) Sulaymān ibn al-Ash‘ath ibn Isḥāq al-Azdī al-Sijistānī ( ar, أبو داود سليمان بن الأشعث الأزدي السجستاني), commonly known simply as Abū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī, was a scholar o ...

al-Tirmidhi Abū ʿĪsā Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā as-Sulamī aḍ-Ḍarīr al-Būghī at-Tirmidhī ( ar, أبو عيسى محمد بن عيسى السلمي الضرير البوغي الترمذي; fa, , ''Termezī''; 824 – 9 October 892 CE / 209 - 2 ...

and

al-Nasa'i Al-Nasāʾī (214 – 303 AH; 829 – 915 CE), full name Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb ibn ʿAlī ibn Sīnān al-Nasāʾī, (variant: Abu Abdel-rahman Ahmed ibn Shua'ib ibn Ali ibn Sinan ibn Bahr ibn Dinar Al-Khurasani ...

Biography

He was born and raised in Jowzjan but moved to Damascus where he lived until his death.

Teachers

Some of his notable teachers were:

Ibn Ma'in Yaḥyā ibn Maʻīn ( ar, يحيى بن معين) (774-847), was a great classical Islamic scholar in the field of hadith of Persian origin. He was a close friend of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Ibn Ma'in is known to have spent all of his inherita ...

, Ali ibn al-Madini, Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh, Abu Thawr al-Kalbi, Hafs ibn ‘Umar al-Hawdi, Husayn ibn ‘Ali al-Ju'fi, Sa'id ibn Abi Maryam, Sa'id ibn Mansoor, Musadad ibn Masrahad and Yazid ibn Haroon.

Students

The well-known students who took knowledge from him were:

, Abu Hatim al-Razi, Abu Zur'ah al-Razi, Abu Zur'ah al-Dimashqi and al-Dulabi.

Works

The following is a list of works by al-Juzajani: * ''Aḥwāl al-rijāl (أحوال الرجال)'' also known as ''Al-Shajarah fī Aḥwāl al-rijāl (الشجرة في أحوال الرجال)'': Modern editors of Al-Juzajani's works believe that this book was also called ''Al-jarḥ wa-al-taʻdīl (الجرح والتعديل)'', ''Al-ḍuʻafāʼ (الضعفاء)'', ''Maʻrifat al-rijāl (معرفة الرجال )'' or ''Al-mutarjam (المترجم)'' by early Islamic scholars. * ''Imārāt al-Nubūwah (أمارت النبوة)'' * ''Masāʼil al-Imām Aḥmad (مسائل الإمام أحمد)'' * ''Al-Tārīkh (التاريخ)''

References

790s births 872 deaths Hadith scholars 9th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Hanbalis 9th-century writers 9th-century jurists Biographical evaluation scholars People from Jowzjan Province {{Islamic-scholar-stub