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Al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī | |
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| Title | Hakim at Tirmidhī |
| Personal | |
| Born | 750 – 760 CE 133 AH – 143 AH |
| Died | 869 CE 255 AH |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Islamic golden age |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi[1][2] |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh, Hadith, Sufism, Kalam |
| Notable work(s) | Navodir Al-Usul fi Ma'rifat Akhbor Ar-Rasul, and Khaqiyqat Al-Odamiyya |
Al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī (Arabic: الحكيم الترمذي; transl. The Sage of Termez), full name Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Bashir al-Tirmidhi (d. c. 869) was a Persian[3][4] Sunni jurist (faqih) and traditionist (muhaddith) of Khorasan, but is mostly remembered as one of the great early authors of Sufism.
Information about his life and scholarly and creative activities can be found in the works by Taj ad-Din al-Subki (Tabaqat Ash-Shafiyya Al-kubra), al-Khatib al-Baghdad (Tarikh Baghdad), Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (Lisan al-Mizan), Sulami (Tabaqat As-Sufiyya) and in a number of other treatises.
He received criticism from other traditionalists, however al-Dhahabi defended him, saying, "He is a leader in Hadith".[5]
Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi speaks about his life in his book Bad'u Shaani Abu Abdullah ("The Beginning of Abu Abdullah's Pursuit"), published in Beirut in 1965 by Yakh'ya Ismail Usman, together with the work of the scientist in Khatm Al-Awliya ("Seal of the Saints").
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- ^ Radtke, Bernd, and John O'kane. The Concept of Sainthood in Early Islamic Mysticism: Two Works by Al-Ḥakīm Al-Tirmidhī; an Annotated Translation with Introduction. Psychology Press, 1996. p.15
- ^ MASUD, MUHAMMAD KHALID. "AL-ḤAKĪM AL-TIRMIḎH̱Ī'S BUDUWW S̱H̱A'N." Islamic Studies 4.3 (1965): 315-343. "Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi, one of the most distinguished savants among the early mystics, is generally known as a muhaddith, a jurist of the Hanafite school of law and a Sufi."
- ^ Ruffle, Karen G. (2011). Gender, Sainthood, & Everyday Practice in South Asian Shiʿism. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. p. 40. ISBN 9780807834756.
In the ninth century, preceding Ibn al-ʿArabi, al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi, a Persian Sufi, developed the first theoretical articulation of the concept of walāyah.
- ^ Shaked, Shaul (August 20, 1999). "Quests and Visionary Journeys in Sasanian Iran". In Assmann, Jan; Stroumsa, Guy (eds.). Transformations of the Inner Self in Ancient Religions. BRILL. p. 71. ISBN 978-90-04-11356-5.
Another towering Persian Muslim mystic of an earlier generation, al-Hakim al-Tirmidhī (9th century C.E.), wrote an autobiography which is much less schematic and more personal. A unique feature of that autobiography is the fact that it makes ample use of dreams, and what is more unusual: most of the dreams recounted are those of his wife. Still earlier, in the short sayings of another great Muslim mystic of Persian origin, Abū Yazīd al-Bistāmī, written down from oral transmission, we have several examples of a similar schematic movement of life.
- ^ Motala, Suhail; Abasoomar, Muhammad; Abasoomar, Haroon (4 April 2017). "Imam Hakim Tirmidhi (rahimahullah)". Hadith Answers.