At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · Jurist
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Life in time
In space
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Scripture and its sciencesDevelopment of law, theology and institutions
Overview
Ibrahim ibn Ali ibn Yusuf al-Firuzabadi al-Shirazi, Abu Ishaq, a Shafi'i jurist and a scholar of legal theory, author of "Tabaqat al-Fuqaha" and "al-Muhadhdhab". 1
His life
He was born in Firuzabad in 393 AH; "al-Lubab" gives 373 or 395, and the editor's preference is 393. He studied in Fars, then Basra, then Baghdad, and became one of the leading Shafi'i jurists of his age. He died in 476 AH; the Gregorian conversion is derived. 1
Refusing the chief judgeship and the Nizamiyya
He declined the office of chief judge when the caliph offered it to him. When the Nizamiyya madrasa in Baghdad was completed in 459 AH he was appointed to teach there. When people gathered he did not appear and hid, so Ibn al-Sabbagh taught in his place, until they persuaded him to accept and teach. 2
His works
Among his books is Tabaqat al-Fuqaha. 1
Notes for researchers
- The Gregorian conversion is derived from the Hijri dates.
Connections
- Authored
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' (Shirazi)
- Lived in
- Baghdad
- Taught
- Abu Ya'qub al-Hamadhani· يوسف الهمذاني
- Participated in
- The Founding of the Nizamiyya in Baghdad· The Strife over Declaring the Hanbalis Unbelievers and the Looting of the Nizamiyya Market· The al-Qushayri fitna between the Hanbalis and the Ash'aris in Baghdad
People and things also explored
The Strife over Declaring the Hanbalis Unbelievers and the Looting of the Nizamiyya Market· Abu Nasr ibn al-Qushayri· نظام الملك وزير ألب أرسلان· Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali· Baghdad· Abu Mas'ud al-Dimashqi Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Hafiz· The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom
Sources
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p. 5-6
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 645-646
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-ishaq-al-shirazi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.