At a glance
- Roles
- muhaddith · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Scripture and its sciencesLiterature
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Qasim Isma'il ibn Muhammad al-Talhi al-Taymi al-Qurashi al-Asfahani, known as Qawwam al-Sunna. He was from Isfahan and traced his descent to Talha ibn Ubayd Allah. He was a leading authority in tafsir, hadith, jurisprudence, the readings of the Qur'an, language and literature. 1
According to "Mawsu'at a'lam al-ulama wa al-udaba", he was born in 457 AH and died in 535 AH. 1
People and things also explored
The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· al-Tanahmir: the Himyaritic speech remnant· Aljamia (aljamiado: Spanish written in Arabic script, and its literature)· Command, prohibition and capacity
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. “Qawwam al-Sunna, Isma'il ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/qawwam-al-sunna-ismail/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.