Abu Bakr Ibn Lal al-Hamadhani

أبو بكر ابن لال الهمداني

c. 919 CE · 307 AH – c. 1007 CE · 398 AH

Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Lal al-Hamadhani, a pious and devout man who studied fiqh with Abu Ishaq al-Marwazi and with Abu Ali ibn Abi Hurayra, and from whom fiqh was taken at Hamadhan, according to the report of his grandson Abu Sa'd 1.

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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Life in time

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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: al-Musabbihi · al-Hasan ibn Isa ibn al-Muqtadir · Al-Bayakandi, Ahmad ibn Ali · Qadi Abu Bakr Ibn al-Daqqaq al-Baghdadi · Al-Jurayri, al-Mu'afa ibn Zakariyya

Overview

Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Lal al-Hamadhani, a devout worshipper. He took jurisprudence from Abu Ishaq al-Marwazi and from Abu Ali ibn Abi Hurayra, and jurisprudence was taken from him in Hamadhan, according to the report of his grandson Abu Sa'd, as al-Shirazi relates. 2

Dates

Al-Shirazi says that he was born in 307 AH and died in 398 AH. 2

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Studied under
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Ahmad al-Marwazi· Qadi Abu Ali Ibn Abi Hurayra al-Baghdadi

People and things also explored

Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Surayj· Qadi Abu Ali Ibn Abi Hurayra al-Baghdadi· Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Ahmad al-Marwazi· Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah al-Daraki· Abu Ali al-Tabari al-Hasan ibn al-Qasim· Abu Bakr al-Sibi Ahmad ibn Muhammad· Qadi Abu Hamid al-Marwarudhi, Ahmad ibn Amir ibn Bishr· Abu Sahl al-Su'luki al-Hanafi Muhammad ibn Sulayman

Sources

  1. Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p. 62
  2. Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p.62
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