Ibn al-Najjar

Ibn al-Najjār
(Arabic: ابن النجار)
TitleMuḥibb al-Dīn
Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal
Born1183 CE/ 578 AH
Baghdad
Died1246 (aged 62–63)
Baghdad
ReligionIslam
EraLate Abbasid era
RegionIraq
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i[1]
CreedAsh'ari
Main interest(s)Hadith, History
Notable work(s)History of Baghdad
OccupationMuhaddith, Scholar, Historian
Muslim leader
Influenced by

Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd b. al-Ḥasan b. Hibatallāh b. Maḥāsin al-Baghdādī, Muḥibb al-Dīn Ibn al-Najjār, commonly known as Ibn al-Najjār (Arabic: ابن النجار), was a Baghdadi Sunni scholar of the late Abbasid era.[2] He is regarded as the leading Shafi'i muhaddith of his age and the leading authority on biographical history as well.[3][4] He was the senior pupil of Ibn al-Dubaythi.[5]

  1. ^ Munt, Harry; Henry, Thomas; Munt, Robert (31 July 2014). The Holy City of Medina Sacred Space in Early Islamic Arabia. Cambridge University Press. p. 88. ISBN 9781107042131.
  2. ^ Van Renterghem, Vanessa (2015). "Ibn al-Najjār, Muḥibb al-Dīn". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_30957.
  3. ^ Caesar, Farah (1964). "Ibn-al-Najjār: A Neglected Arabic Historian". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 84.No3: 220–230. doi:10.2307/596555.
  4. ^ van Donzel, E.J. (17 January 2022). Islamic Desk Reference Compiled from The Encyclopaedia of Islam. Brill. p. 158. ISBN 9789004505056.
  5. ^ Knysh, Alexander D. (1999). Ibn ʻArabi in the Later Islamic Tradition The Making of a Polemical Image in Medieval Islam. State University of New York Press. pp. 29–287. ISBN 9780791439685.