At a glance
- Roles
- muhaddith · Jurist
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
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Place in the story
- TransmitterTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Muhammad al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn al-Farra al-Baghawi, a hadith scholar and jurist from the town of Bagh in Khurasan, between Merv and Herat. Among his works is "Sharh al-Sunna". The encyclopaedia gives his birth as 436 AH and his death as 510 AH. 1
What Shadharat al-Dhahab says
Shadharat al-Dhahab says that he died in 516 AH in Merv al-Rudh in Shawwal, and was buried beside his teacher, the judge Husayn. It describes him as a noble, ascetic and content man. It relays from Ibn al-Ahdal that his works include "Ma'alim al-Tanzil", "al-Jam' bayn al-Sahihayn" and "al-Masabih", and in jurisprudence "al-Tahdhib" and "Sharh al-Sunna". It says he would not give a lesson except in a state of ritual purity. It relays from al-Subki that he never saw him choose anything without finding on examination that it was stronger than the alternatives. 2
The year of death differs between the encyclopaedia (510 AH) and the Shadharat (516 AH), and the question needs an additional source.
Connections
- Taught
- Imad al-Din al-Nayhi
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn Abbas· Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi· Imad al-Din al-Nayhi· Habib Ali al-Jifri· Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali· Malik ibn Anas· Umar bin Hafiz· Uthman ibn Affan
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.654
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p.529
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Baghawi, al-Husayn ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-baghawi-al-husayn-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.