Abu Dawud in Khurasan: Qutayba and Ibn Rahwayh, before 240/854

أبو داود في خراسان: قتيبة وابن راهويه قبل ٢٤٠هـ

c. 850 CE · c. 235 AH

Nishapur

Abu Dawud heard Qutayba ibn Sa'id, Ishaq ibn Rahwayh and a circle of others in Khurasan 1; and Abu 'Abdallah al-Hakim said he took down hadith in Khurasan before leaving for Iraq, in his own land and at Herat, and that he had written early at Nishapur, later travelling with his son to Khurasan 2. Since Qutayba died in 240 and Ibn Rahwayh in 238, these hearings fall in the 230s of the hijra.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Persia & Central Asia
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The Early Abbasid Caliphate

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Nishapur

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Overview

In Khurasan Abu Dawud heard Qutayba ibn Sa'id, Ishaq ibn Rahwayh and a circle of others 1; since Ibn Rahwayh died in 238 and Qutayba in 240, the hearings fall in the 230s of the hijra.

Early writing

Abu 'Abdallah al-Hakim said he took down hadith in Khurasan before leaving for Iraq — in his own land and at Herat — and that he had written early at Nishapur, later travelling with his son to Khurasan 2.

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Abu Dawud al-Sijistani· Qutayba ibn Sa'id· Ishaq ibn Rahwayh
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Nishapur

People and things also explored

Abu Dawud al-Sijistani· Al-Nasa'i's hadith journeys through Khurasan, Iraq, al-Sham, Egypt, the Hijaz and the Jazira, after 240/854· al-Nasa'i· Al-Tirmidhi, Muhammad ibn Isa· Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj· Ishaq ibn Rahwayh· Qutayba ibn Sa'id· The Bayhaqiyya Madrasa of Nishapur

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 359
  2. Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 361
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