Abu Sahl al-Su'luki al-Hanafi Muhammad ibn Sulayman

أبو سهل الصعلوكي الحنفي محمد بن سليمان

c. 979 CE · 369 AH

Abu Sahl Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Harun al-Su'luki al-Hanafi, of the Banu Hanifa, a companion of Abu Ishaq al-Marwazi. He died at the end of the year 369 AH 1; he was a jurist, man of letters, poet, theologian (mutakallim), exegete (mufassir), Sufi and writer, and his son Abu al-Tayyib and the jurists of Nishapur learned from him 1.

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Jurist · Scholar
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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadhani · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi · Abd Allah ibn Zaydun · Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad

Overview

Abu Sahl Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Harun al-Su'luki al-Hanafi, of the Banu Hanifa, and a companion of Abu Ishaq al-Marwazi. 2

His learning and students

Al-Shirazi describes him as a jurist, man of letters, poet, theologian, commentator, Sufi and writer. His son Abu al-Tayyib and the jurists of Nishapur took from him. 2

Death

Al-Shirazi says he died at the end of the year 369 AH. The date is disputed, and the editor's note points to differences between the manuscripts, so it is recorded with low confidence. A second source is needed. 2

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Taught
Abu al-Tayyib al-Su'luki al-Hanafi
Studied under
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Ahmad al-Marwazi

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Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah al-Daraki· Qadi Abu Ali Ibn Abi Hurayra al-Baghdadi· Abu Bakr al-Sibi Ahmad ibn Muhammad· Abu Bakr Ibn Lal al-Hamadhani· Qadi Abu Hamid al-Marwarudhi, Ahmad ibn Amir ibn Bishr· Abu Zayd al-Marwazi Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abd Allah· Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Surayj· Abu al-Hasan al-Masarjisi Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Sahl

Sources

  1. Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p. 60
  2. Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p.60
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