At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- 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 Abdallah al-Husayn ibn Ahmad ibn Abdallah ibn Bukayr al-Sayrafi al-Baghdadi, a memoriser and hadith scholar of Baghdad. 1
The sources mention only some reports of his transmission of hadith and the names of those from whom he transmitted. He was born in 327 AH (938 CE) and died in 388 AH (998 CE), according to report. 1
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. “Ibn Bukayr Abu Abd Allah al-Husayn ibn Ahmad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-bukayr-abu-abd-allah-al-husayn-ibn-ahmad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.