Ibn Khuzayma, Muhammad ibn Ishaq

ابن خزيمة محمد بن إسحاق

838 CE · 223 AH – 924 CE · 311 AH

Imam of the imams and hadith scholar of Nishapur, author of the Sahih known as Sahih Ibn Khuzayma.

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At a glance

Roles
muhaddith · Jurist
Counted among
Sunni
Era
Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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Life in time

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abu Umar al-Mutarriz · Ibn Abi Dawud al-Sijistani · Abu Awana, Ya'qub ibn Ishaq · al-Farbari · Al-Barbahari, al-Hasan ibn Ali

Scripture and its sciences

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Overview

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Khuzayma ibn al-Mughira al-Sulami, described by the source as the imam of the imams and the hadith scholar of Nishapur. He compiled the Sahih, known as the Sahih of Ibn Khuzayma. He was born in 223 AH (838 CE) and died in 311 AH (924 CE). 1

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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

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
  • Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi)
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The seven ahruf

The Prophet's saying 'the Qur'an was revealed in seven ahruf, so read of it what is easy' — narrated through Umar's dispute with Hisham ibn Hakim over Surat al-Furqan; its exact meaning is one of the widest debates in Qur'anic sciences.