al-Abri, Abu al-Hasan

الآبري أبو الحسن

974 CE · 363 AH

Hadith scholar, memoriser and historian from Sijistan who travelled to Syria, Khurasan and al-Jazira to hear traditions.

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At a glance

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

900925950975100010251050 c. c.
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

Scripture and its sciencesHistory-writing and social thought

Place in the story

  • ScholarTradition
  • HistorianTradition

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

Overview

Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ibrahim ibn Asim al-Abri al-Sijistani, a hadith scholar, memoriser and historian from Sistan. He travelled to Syria, Khurasan and al-Jazira and related from a group of hadith scholars. 1

Death

He died in 363 AH (974 CE). 1

People and things also explored

Ibn al-Athir Izz al-Din· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.21-22
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Ibn al-Athir Izz al-Din

The historian and hadith scholar Izz al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Jazari al-Shaybani; author of 'al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh', the annalistic chronicle from the creation to his own day, 'Asad al-Ghaba fi Ma'rifat al-Sahaba' and 'al-Lubab fi Tahdhib al-Ansab', living retired for scholarship at Mosul.