At a glance
- Roles
- theologian · Jurist
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Development of law, theology and institutions
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Isfarayini, a theologian and Shafi'i jurist from Isfara'in, between Nishapur and Jurjan. He took theology and the principles of jurisprudence in Baghdad. He was born around 337 AH (949 CE) and died in 418 AH (1027 CE). 1
Both dates rest on one source and need an additional source.
People and things also explored
Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)· Justice and uprightness (adl)· Contagion (adwa)· Pardon (afw) in purity, worship, contracts and penalties· Covenant (ahd) and the duty to keep it; oath by the covenant of God· Term, deadline (ajal)· Hired worker (ajir)· Stranger, outsider (ajnabi)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.612
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Isfara'ini, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-isfarayini-abu-ishaq-ibrahim/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.