Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Juzajani

9th-century Muslim hadith scholar

Al-Juzajani
Title	Al-Hafiz
Personal
Born	around 796 CE/180 AH Jowzjan
Died	872 CE/259 AH Damascus
Religion	Islam
Region	Middle Eastern Scholar
Jurisprudence	Hanbali
Creed	Sunni
Main interest(s)	Hadith
Muslim leader
Influenced by Ibn Ma'in, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ali ibn al-Madini, Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh
Influenced Abu Dawood, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, Abu Hatim al-Razi

Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Sa'di al-Juzajani (Arabic: أبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن يعقوب بن إسحاق السعدي الجوزجاني, born around 796 CE/180 AH^[1] – died 872 CE/259 AH^[2]) was a Muslim hadith scholar,^[3] one of the imams of al-jarh wa al-ta'deel and a student of Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Some of the hadith scholars who transmitted his narrations include Abu Dawood, al-Tirmidhi and al-Nasa'i.

Biography

He was born and raised in Jowzjan (now a province in Afghanistan) but moved to Damascus where he lived until his death.^[2]

Teachers

Some of his notable teachers were: Ibn Ma'in, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ali ibn al-Madini, Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh, Abu Thawr al-Kalbi, Hafs ibn ‘Umar al-Hawdi, Husayn ibn ‘Ali al-Ju'fi, Sa'id ibn Abi Maryam, Sa'id ibn Mansoor, Musadad ibn Masrahad and Yazid ibn Haroon.^[1]

Students

The well-known students who took knowledge from him were: Abu Dawood, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, Abu Hatim al-Razi, Abu Zur'ah al-Razi, Abu Zur'ah al-Dimashqi and al-Dulabi.^[1]

Works

The following is a list of works by al-Juzajani:^[4]

Aḥwāl al-rijāl (أحوال الرجال) also known as Al-Shajarah fī Aḥwāl al-rijāl (الشجرة في أحوال الرجال): Modern editors of Al-Juzajani's works believe that this book was also called Al-jarḥ wa-al-taʻdīl (الجرح والتعديل), Al-ḍuʻafāʼ (الضعفاء), Maʻrifat al-rijāl (معرفة الرجال ) or Al-mutarjam (المترجم) by early Islamic scholars.^[5]
Imārāt al-Nubūwah (أمارت النبوة)
Masāʼil al-Imām Aḥmad (مسائل الإمام أحمد)
Al-Tārīkh (التاريخ)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Al-Bastawī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlīm ʻAbd al-ʻAẓīm (1990). Al-Imām al-Jūzajānī wa-manhajuhu fi al-jarḥ wa-al-taʻdīl. Maktabat Dār al-Ṭaḥāwī. pp. 9–10.
^ ^a ^b Al-Juzajani, Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub (1985), Sāmarrāʼī, Ṣubḥī al-Badrī (ed.), Aḥwāl al-rijāl, Muʼassasat al-Risālah, pp. 10–17
^ al-Dihlawī, Walī Allāh (1996), Hermansen, Marcia K. (ed.), The Conclusive Argument from God, Brill Academic Publishers, p. 394, ISBN 9004102981
^ Al-Bastawī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlīm ʻAbd al-ʻAẓīm (1990). Al-Imām al-Jūzajānī wa-manhajuhu fi al-jarḥ wa-al-taʻdīl. Maktabat Dār al-Ṭaḥāwī. pp. 35–37.
^ Al-Bastawī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlīm ʻAbd al-ʻAẓīm (1990). Al-Imām al-Jūzajānī wa-manhajuhu fi al-jarḥ wa-al-taʻdīl. Maktabat Dār al-Ṭaḥāwī. pp. 135–138.