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Al-Hakim al-Nisaburi spends four months with al-Daraqutni in Baghdad, 367/977

الحاكم النيسابوري يجتمع بالدارقطني أربعة أشهر ببغداد، ٣٦٧هـ

c. 977 CE · 367 AH

Baghdad

Al-Hakim Abu 'Abdallah said: al-Daraqutni became the unique one of his age in memory, understanding and scrupulousness, an imam among the readers and grammarians. In the year 367 I stayed in Baghdad four months and we met much, night and day; I found him above what had been described to me, and I asked him about the 'ilal and the shaykhs. His works are too many to list, and I bear witness that he left no like of himself upon the face of the earth 1.

Depth

At a glance

Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Levant & Iraq

In time

960970980990 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

In space

Baghdad

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Summary

In the year 367 al-Hakim Abu 'Abdallah stayed in Baghdad four months, meeting al-Daraqutni much, night and day, and asking him about the 'ilal and the shaykhs 1.

Al-Hakim's testimony

Al-Hakim said: al-Daraqutni became the unique one of his age in memory, understanding and scrupulousness, an imam among the readers and grammarians; I found him above what had been described to me. His works are too many to list, and I bear witness that he left no like of himself upon the face of the earth 1.

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Had participant
Al-Daraqutni· al-Hakim al-Nisaburi
Occurred at
Baghdad
During the reign of
al-Ta'i' li-Llah Abd al-Karim ibn al-Muti'

People and things also explored

Al-Daraqutni· Baghdad· Al-Hakim's journey to Iraq and the Hijaz, 341/952· Severe Famine in Baghdad in 373· Baha' al-Dawla invested with the emirate, 379· Al-Daraqutni is born in Baghdad, Dhu al-Qa'da 306/918· Al-Daraqutni hears the last great shaykhs of Baghdad, about 315/927· Al-Daraqutni dictates the 'Ilal to al-Barqani at Ibn Hamdan's gatherings, about 360/971

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p.102
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Al-Daraqutni

'Ali b. 'Umar Abu'l-Hasan al-Daraqutni (306–385), Baghdad's hafiz, singular of his age: the science of transmitted reports, narrators' names and the hidden defects of hadith ended with him; al-Hakim said al-Daraqutni never saw his own like. As a youth at Isma'il al-Saffar's circle he was rebuked for copying while listening — and recited back eighteen dictated hadiths, isnads and texts in order. The Kitab al-'Ilal current under his name was taken down by al-Barqani from his dictation at Abu Mansur b. Hamdan's gatherings. He died Tuesday 7 Dhu'l-Qa'da 385, buried at Maqbarat Ma'ruf.