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ابن الخراط

ابن الخراط

c. 1186 CE · c. Rabi' II 582 AH

Ibn al-Kharrat the Sevillian hafiz, author of al-Ahkam al-Kubra and al-Jam' bayn al-Sahihayn; he settled at Bijaya as its preacher and died there in 582 after suffering at the hands of the state, contented, ascetic, holding fast to the Sunna 1.

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
al-Andalus & Europe · Maghreb
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Muwaffaq al-Din Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi · Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Overview

Abu Muhammad Abd al-Haqq ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abdallah al-Azdi al-Ishbili, known as Ibn al-Kharrat. Shadharat al-Dhahab describes him as a memoriser (hafiz) and one of the leading scholars. 1

Among his works are al-Ahkam al-Kubra and al-Ahkam al-Sughra, al-Jam' bayna al-Sahihayn (The Union of the Two Sahihs), Kitab al-Gharibayn on language, and Kitab al-Jam' bayna al-Sunna. He settled in Bejaia and held its preaching office. 1

He died there in Rabi' al-Akhir 582 AH at the age of seventy-one, after an ordeal he suffered at the hands of the state. The source describes him as content and abstinent, known for piety, scrupulousness and adherence to the Sunna. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 751
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