At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- TransmitterTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Ghassani al-Andalusi al-Jayyani, a memorising imam and hadith scholar from al-Andalus. He was born in 427 AH (1035 CE) and died in 498 AH (1105 CE). 1
His nisba
He is attributed to Jayyan, where his father lived for a time, and his origin was in al-Zahra. 1
What the sources do not give here
The data of this page give neither his teachers nor his works. It needs an additional source.
People and things also explored
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· Bid'a (religious innovation)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Jayyani al-Husayn ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-jayyani-al-husayn-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.