Ibn Abi l-Dunya

ابن أبي الدنيا

Abu Bakr Ibn Abi l-Dunya, al-Muktafi's tutor and prolific author of zuhd works — died Muharram 281 ¹. Ibn al-Jawzi adds that he tutored several caliphs' sons including al-Mu'tadid and Ali ibn al-Mu'tadid at fifteen dinars a month, that he aimed at hadith of asceticism and authored over a hundred compilations, while noting his transmissions from untrustworthy shaykhs; he died Jumada II 281 aged past seventy, Yusuf ibn Ya'qub prayed over him and he was buried at al-Shuniziyya ².

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Abu Bakr Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Abi al-Dunya al-Qurashi, tutor of al-Muktafi billah and author of books on asceticism and other subjects. Al-Mas'udi says he died in Muharram 281 AH. ³

His death according to Ibn al-Nadim

Ibn al-Nadim says he died on a Tuesday, fourteen nights into Jumada al-Akhira 281 AH. The two sources agree on the year and differ on the month. ⁴

His works

Ibn al-Nadim lists among his books: The Devices of Satan, Forbearance (al-Hilm), The Jurisprudence of the Prophet ﷺ, Condemnation of Entertainments, Pardon (al-Afw), Sincerity and Intention, Plagues (al-Tawa'in), Patience (al-Sabr), Reports of Quraysh, Condemnation of the World, Noble Character, Remembrance of Death and the Graves, The Asceticism of Malik ibn Dinar, and others. ⁴

Sources

Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 631-632
al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p. 148-149
Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.631-632
al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim , p.262

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