Abu Tahir al-Silafi

Abu Tahir al-Silafi
TitleShaykh al-Islām[1]
Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal
Born478 AH/1085 AD
Isfahan
DiedAlexandria, Ayyubid dynasty
576 AH/1180 AD
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari[2][3]
Main interest(s)Hadith, Fiqh, Biographical Evaluation
Alma materNizamiya Madrasa
OccupationMuhaddith, Scholar, Muslim Jurist, Biographer
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Influenced

Abū Ṭāhir al-Silafī (Arabic: أبو طاهر السلفي; born Isfahan in 472 AH/1079 CE, died Alexandria in 576/1180), was one of the leading scholars of hadith in the twelfth-century. He was an esteemed Shafi'i hadith scholar from Isfahan who taught for many years at the 'Adiliyya madrassa in Alexandria, where he was frequently visited by pupils from all over the Muslim world, including Al-Andalus.[4] He lived to be a hundred years old possessing the worlds shortest chains and well-known for his great memory and precision.[5]

  1. ^ Lucas, Scott C. (2004). Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam The Legacy of the Generation of Ibn Saʻd, Ibn Maʻīn, and Ibn Ḥanbal. Brill. p. 103. ISBN 9789004133198.
  2. ^ "Ahl al-Sunna: The Ash'aris - The Testimony and Proofs of the Scholars". almostaneer.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 28 January 2021.
  3. ^ Gibril Fouad Haddad (2 May 2015). THE BIOGRAPHIES OF THE ELITE LIVES OF THE SCHOLARS, IMAMS & HADITH MASTERS Biographies of The Imams & Scholars. Zulfiqar Ayub. p. 164. Imam al-Subki mentions him among those who followed the school of Imam Ashari in Beliefs & Doctrine (Aqidah) along with Abu al-Walid al-Baji, Abu al-Hasan al-Qabisi, Abu al-Qasim bin Asakir, Abu al-Hasan al-Muradi, Abu Sad bin al-Samani, Abu Tahir al-Silafi, Qadi Iyad and Al-Shahrastani
  4. ^ Camilla Adang, Maribel Fierro, Sabine Schmidtke (10 December 2012). Ibn Ḥazm of Cordoba The Life and Works of a Controversial Thinker. Brill. p. 525-6. ISBN 9789004243101.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Scholar Of Renown: Abu Tahir Al-Silafi-II". arabnews.com.