Waki' ibn al-Jarrah
Wakee ibn al-Jarrah | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Born | 746 |
| Died | 812 (aged 65–66) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Ijtihad |
| Creed | Athari |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith |
| Notable work(s) | al-Sunan, al-Marifa Wa al-Tarikh, al-Zuhd |
Wakee ibn al-Jarrah al-Kufi (746-812) was a hadith scholar of 8th-century. He was considered as Chief muhaddith of his time. It is reported that Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid offered him the post of Chief Justice, but he refused because of fear of dependence on power and his asceticism.[1]
Biography
Wakee was born in 746 (129 AH) in Kufa, Umayyad Caliphate, where his father was the head of the Bayt al-mal. He studied the science of hadith from his father.[2] Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani has mentioned a long list of his teachers and students in his work Tahdhib al-tahdhib. Notable teachers of Wakee include Ismāʿīl ibn Abī K̲h̲ālid, ʿIkrima ibn ʿAmmār, al-Aʿmas̲h̲, Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i and Malik ibn Anas. Al-Dhahabi in his Siyar a`lam al-nubala has listed the names of about 20 teachers of Wakee out of which the famous are Sufyan al-Thawri, Shu'ba Ibn al-Ḥajjāj and Ibn Jurayj.[3] Wakee ibn al-Jarrah died in 812 (197 AH) on the way to Hajj at Fayd in Makkah.[1]
Literary works
Few notable books of Wakee are: [4]
- Tafsir al-Quran
- al-Sunan
- al-Marifa Wa al-Tarikh
- al-Musannaf
- al-Zuhd
Footnotes
- ^ a b Khoury, R. G. 2002.
- ^ "Profile of Wakee ibn al-Jarrah". Shamela. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ Al-Dhahabi. Siyar a`lam al-nubala, Volume 9. p. 143.
- ^ "Profile of Wakee ibn al-Jarrah". Shamela. Retrieved 14 July 2019.