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Abu Bakr al-Sam'ani

أبو بكر السمعاني

c. 1116 CE · 510 AH

The Marwazi hafiz Taj al-Islam Abu Bakr al-Sam'ani, father of the hafiz Abu Sa'd — master of hadith, Shafi'i fiqh, adab, history and genealogy who taught dictations across the Hijaz, Iraq and Khurasan; 'imam son of imam son of imam, and father of an imam'; d. 510 at forty-three 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Wahhab al-Shirazi · Abdallah ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni · Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi

Overview

Abu Bakr Ibn Mansur al-Sam'ani, the hafiz of Marw, father of the hafiz Abu Sa'd al-Sam'ani; brilliant in hadith and its knowledge, fiqh and its subtleties — a Shafi'i — adab and its arts, history, genealogy and preaching. He travelled, heard at Baghdad, Nishapur, Isfahan, Kufa and the Hijaz, dictated much and surpassed his peers. 1

Praise

'Abd al-Ghafir called him "the imam, son of the imam, son of the imam, and father of the imam." He died in 510 at forty-three. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 509
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