Al-Bayhaqi
Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Husayn al-Bayhaqi
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| Title | Imam Al-Bayhaqi |
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| Born | Ramadan 384 AH / October 994 |
| Died | 10 Jumadi-ul-I, 458 AH/ 9 April, 1066 (aged 72) |
| Era | Islamic golden age |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i[1] |
| Creed | Ash'ari [2][3][4][5] |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith, Shafi'i fiqh |
| Notable work(s) | Sunan al-Kubra, Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat |
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Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Husayn Ibn 'Ali Ibn Moussa al-Khosrojerdi al-Bayhaqi (Arabic) , البيهقي also known as Imam Al-Bayhaqi was born 994 CE/384AH in the small town of Khusraugird near Sabzevar, then known as Bayhaq, in Khurasan.[8] During his lifetime, he became a famous Sunni hadith expert, following the Shafi'i school in fiqh and the Ash'ari school of aqeedah.[9][10][11]
Biography
Al-Bayhaqi's full name is أحمد بن الحسين بن علي بن موسى الخراساني البيهقي المشهور بالبيهقي.
Al-Bayhaqi was a scholar of fiqh, of the Shafi'i school of thought as well as of that of hadith. He studied fiqh under Abu al-Fath Nasir ibn al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Naysaburi as well as Abul Hasan Hankari. He also studied hadith under Hakim al-Nishaburi, Abu Mansur Al-Baghdadi and others, and was al-Nishaburi's foremost pupil. He died in 1066 CE.[citation needed]
Works
Bayhaqi was a prominent author in his time, having authored more than one thousand volumes according to Al-Dhahabi.[12] Among the most well-known books authored by him are:
- Al-Sunan al-Kubra, commonly known as Sunan al-Bayhaqi
- Ma`arifa al-Sunan wa al-Athar
- Bayan Khata Man Akhta`a `Ala al-Shafi`i (The Exposition of the Error of Those who have Attributed Error to al-Shafi`i)
- Al-Mabsut, a book on Shafi`i Law
- Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat (The Divine Names and Attributes)
- Al-I`tiqad `ala Madhhab al-Salaf Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jama`a
- Dala'il al-Nubuwwah (The Signs of Prophethood)
- Shu`ab al-Iman (The branches of faith)
- Al-Da`awat al-Kabir (The Major Book of Supplications)
- Al-Zuhd al-Kabir (The Major Book of Asceticism)
References
- ^ A.C. Brown, Jonathan (2014). Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy. Oneworld Publications. p. 105. ISBN 978-1780744209.
{{cite book}}: Check|first1=value (help) - ^ Ovamir Anjum, Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought: The Taymiyyan Moment (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization) 2012, p 142. ISBN 1107014069
- ^ Gibb, H.A.R.; Kramers, J.H.; Levi-Provencal, E.; Schacht, J. (1986) [1st. pub. 1960]. Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition). Vol. Volume I (A-B). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 1130. ISBN 9004081143.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Holtzman, Livnat. “Does God Really Laugh?” - Appropriate and Inappropriate Descriptions of God in Islamic Traditionalist Theology. p. 185.
- ^ Brown, Jonathan (2013). The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon (Islamic History and Civilization). Brill. p. 219. ISBN 9004158391.
- ^ Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam, By Scott C. Lucas, pg. 98
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=RwPnCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA197&lpg=PA197&dq=abu+mansur+al+baghdadi+teacher+of+al+bayhaqi&source=bl&ots=fsSctRrQGT&sig=Ex3dJvQCPQ3GADkfYFcOhT82Aes&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjni_Xlq-DOAhUOgx4KHYVYATMQ6AEIKDAC#v=onepage&q=abu%20mansur%20al%20baghdadi%20teacher%20of%20al%20bayhaqi&f=false
- ^ Imam Bayhaqi
- ^ Ovamir Anjum, Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought: The Taymiyyan Moment (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization) 2012, p 142. ISBN 1107014069
- ^ Gibb, H.A.R.; Kramers, J.H.; Levi-Provencal, E.; Schacht, J. (1986) [1st. pub. 1960]. Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition). Vol. Volume I (A-B). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 1130. ISBN 9004081143.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Holtzman, Livnat. “Does God Really Laugh?” - Appropriate and Inappropriate Descriptions of God in Islamic Traditionalist Theology. p. 185.
- ^ The Classification of Hadith, by Dr. Suhaib Hassan
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