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Al-Nasa'i leaves Egypt for Damascus, Dhu al-Qa'da 302/915

خروج النسائي من مصر إلى دمشق في ذي القعدة ٣٠٢هـ

c. May 915 CE · Dhu al-Qa'da 302 AH

Misr (Egypt)

In the last year of his life al-Nasa'i left Egypt for Damascus in Dhu al-Qa'da 302/915, and al-Daraqutni says he set out on hajj 1 2; he left Egypt after having taught there, his learning and his narrator criticism celebrated 3.

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Era
Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
Egypt & Nile · Levant & Iraq
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900910920930 c.
Abbasid Fragmentation

Summary

In the last year of his life al-Nasa'i left Egypt for Damascus in Dhu al-Qa'da 302/915, and al-Daraqutni says he set out on hajj 1 2.

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al-Nasa'i
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Misr (Egypt)

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Al-Nasa'i's hadith journeys through Khurasan, Iraq, al-Sham, Egypt, the Hijaz and the Jazira, after 240/854· Al-Nasa'i settles in Egypt, living at Zuqaq al-Qanadil, c. 270/884· Abu Dawud's wider journey: Egypt, the Jazira, Harran and Aleppo· the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· al-Adil takes Egypt — the Ayyubid house-war ends· Birth of Imam Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasa'i at Nasa in Khurasan, 215/830· Al-Daraqutni journeys to al-Sham and Egypt and composes the Musnad for Ibn Hinzaba, about 350/961· Death of Imam al-Nasa'i at al-Ramla from the after-effects of the Damascus assault, 13 Safar 303/915

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 109
  2. Tadhkirat al-huffaz — al-Dhahabi , j.2 p. 620
  3. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan , i p. 26
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Al-Nasa'i's hadith journeys through Khurasan, Iraq, al-Sham, Egypt, the Hijaz and the Jazira, after 240/854

After 240/854 al-Nasa'i heard from a host of shaykhs in Khurasan, Iraq, al-Sham, Egypt, the Hijaz and the Jazira, travelling to Marw, Nishapur and beyond; his best-known teachers were Qutayba ibn Sa'id, Ishaq ibn Rahwayh, Hisham ibn Ammar, Isa ibn Hammad, Muhammad ibn al-Nadr al-Marwazi, Abu Kurayb and Suwayd ibn Nasr; modern scholars describe extensive travels in quest of hadith before he settled in Egypt.