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Death of al-Hakim al-Nisaburi, 3 Safar 405/1014

وفاة الحاكم النيسابوري، ٣ صفر ٤٠٥هـ

3 August 1014 CE · 3 Safar 405 AH

Nishapur

Al-Hakim entered the bathhouse, washed and came out, said 'ah' — and his soul was taken while he was still wrapped in his waist-cloth before he had put on his shirt; he was buried after the 'asr prayer on Wednesday and the qadi Abu Bakr al-Jiri led his funeral prayer. He died on Tuesday 3 Safar 405/1014 — Tarikh al-Islam gives the 8th of Safar, and al-Khalili's dating to 403 is an error 1 2.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Persia & Central Asia
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Nishapur

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Al-Hakim died at Nishapur on Tuesday 3 Safar 405/1014. He entered the bathhouse, washed and came out, said 'ah' — and died while still in his waist-cloth before dressing; he was buried after the 'asr prayer on Wednesday, the qadi Abu Bakr al-Jiri leading the funeral prayer 2 1.

Dating variants

Tarikh al-Islam gives 8 Safar; al-Khalili's 403 is counted an error. Al-Hasan ibn Ash'ath al-Qurashi related that he saw him in a dream on a horse in fine condition, saying 'deliverance' 3.

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al-Hakim al-Nisaburi· Qadi Abu Bakr al-Jiri
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Nishapur

People and things also explored

Al-Hakim begins his compilations, 337/948· Al-Sibghi entrusts Dar al-Sunna to al-Hakim, 342/953· Al-Hakim al-Nisaburi's first hearing of hadith, 330/941· Al-Hakim serves as Ibn Hibban's mustamli, 334/945· Al-Talamanaki writes the sciences of hadith from al-Hakim's circle, 389/999· Hearing hadith from al-Hakim al-Nisaburi, before 405/1014· al-Bayhaqi· al-Hakim al-Nisaburi

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , pp. 129-130
  2. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
  3. Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , pp. 126-130
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Al-Hakim begins his compilations, 337/948

Al-Hakim began writing his compilations in 337/948-9; his output approached a thousand parts — takhridj of the two Sahihs, 'ilal, biographies, chapters and shaykh-collections — besides the large books such as Ma'rifat 'ulum al-hadith, the Mustadrak 'ala al-Sahihayn and Tarikh al-Naysaburiyyin.