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al-Kutubi al-Hafiz

الكوتبي الحافظ

c. August 1158 CE · Sha'ban 553 AH

The hafiz Abu Mas'ud Abd al-Jalil ibn Muhammad al-Kutubi of Isfahan; d. Sha'ban 553 aged eighty-seven, transmitting from Rizqallah al-Tamimi and Abu Bakr ibn Majah al-Ibahri among others; Abu Musa al-Madini praised his method and humility, Ibn Nasir al-Din called him an imam-hafiz 'of the sons of the muhaddithin', and Ibn Asakir held him in high honour, as did Ibn al-Sam'ani 1.

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Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Overview

The hafiz Abu Mas'ud 'Abd al-Jalil b. Muhammad al-Kutubi of Isfahan; he died in Sha'ban 553 at eighty-seven, transmitting from Rizqallah al-Tamimi, Abu Bakr Ibn Maja al-Ibhari and a host. 1

Praise

Abu Musa al-Madini said: a prodigy in knowledge, manner and humility — a muhaddith in wording and memory on his preaching pulpit; Ibn Nasir al-Din said he was an imam-hafiz of the sons of muhaddithin; Ibn 'Asakir magnified him and Ibn al-Sam'ani praised him. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 647
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