Ibn Hibban ابن حبان | |
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Title | “Sheikh of Khorasan” |
Personal | |
Born | 270 A.H. (884 CE) |
Died | 354 A.H. (965 CE) |
Resting place | Lashkargah, Afghanistan[1] |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Islamic Golden Age, Middle Abbasid era |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Shafi'i[2] |
Creed | Ash'ari[3][4] |
Main interest(s) | Hadith studies |
Notable work(s) | Sahih Ibn Hibban |
Occupation | Muhaddith, Hadith compiler, Islamic scholar |
Muslim leader | |
Influenced by | |
Arabic name | |
Personal (Ism) | Muhammad (محمد) |
Patronymic (Nasab) | Ibn Hibban ibn Ahmad ibn Hibban (ابن حبان ابن أحمد ابن حبان) |
Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abu Hatim, Abu Bakr (ابو حاتم, ابو بكر) |
Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Tamimi al-Darimi al-Busti (التمیمی الدارمی البستی) |
Muḥammad ibn Hibbān al-Bustī (Arabic: محمد ابن حبان البستی) (c. 270–354/884–965) was a Muslim[5] polymath and a prominent Shafi'i traditionist, ḥadith critic, evaluator of rijal, compiler and interpreter of hadith.[6][7] He was a prolific writer and well-versed in numerous Islamic fields such as fiqh (reaching the level of Ijtihad) as well as in the sciences of astronomy, medicine, history and other disciplines.[8][9]