Al-Abraqawhi, Ahmad ibn Ishaq

الأبرقوهي أحمد بن إسحاق

1218 CE · 615 AH – 1301 CE · 701 AH

Judge of Abarquh and a Shafi'i scholar, hadith transmitter and Sufi; born in Abarquh in Fars and died in Egypt.

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At a glance

Roles
judge · muhaddith · mystic
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
Review
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Life in time

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: al-Dimyati · Ibn Abi al-Ahwas, al-Husayn ibn Abd al-Aziz · Ibn al-Qawwas, musnid of the age · Baha' al-Din al-Qifti, qadi of Isna · Ibn al-Naqib, the Hanbali exegete

Scripture and its sciencesSpirituality and Sufism

Place in the story

  • JuristTradition

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Ahmad ibn Ishaq ibn Muhammad al-Mu'ayyad al-Abraqawhi, Shafi'i judge of Abraqawh, a hadith scholar and a Sufi. He was born in Abraqawh in Fars and died in Egypt. 1

Dates

He was born in 615 AH (1218 CE) and died in 701 AH (1301 CE). 1

People and things also explored

The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam· Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· Akhi Baba (title of the guild shaykh and tanners' head)· The seven ahruf· Hadith· The angelic and the satanic inspiration (lamma)· Asking people for help (al-masala)· The soul (nafs) and the spirit (ruh)

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.175-178
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The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam

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