Al-Bayhaqi

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Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Husayn al-Bayhaqi
TitleShaykh al-Islam[1]
Personal
BornRamadan 384 AH / October 994
Bayhaq, now Sabzevar, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Died10 Jumadi al-Awwal, 458 AH/ 9 April 1066 (aged 72)
Nishapur, now Khorasan, Iran
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic golden age
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i[2]
CreedAsh'ari[3][4][5][6][7]
Main interest(s)Hadith, Islamic jurisprudence, Islamic theology
Notable work(s)Sunan al-Kubra
Shu'ab al-Iman
Al-Sunan al-Wusta
Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Influenced

Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Mūsā al-Khusrawjirdī al-Bayhaqī (Arabic: أبو بكر أحمد بن حسين بن علي بن موسى الخسروجردي البيهقي, 994–1066),[11] also known as Imām al-Bayhaqī, was a Sunni scholar widely known for being the foremost leading hadith master in his age, leading authority in the Shafi'i school, leading authority on the foundation of doctrine, meticulous, a devoted ascetic and one of the notable defenders of the Ash'ari school.[12][3][4][5] Al-Dhahabi said: "Unequalled in his age, unrivalled amongst his peers, and the Ḥāfiẓ of his time."[13]

  1. ^ Encyclopedia of Sahih Al-Bukhari By Abu-`Abdullah Muhammad-Bin-Isma`il Al-Bukhari
  2. ^ A.C. Brown, Jonathan (2014). Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy. Oneworld Publications. p. 105. ISBN 978-1780744209.
  3. ^ a b Ovamir Anjum, Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought: The Taymiyyan Moment (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization) 2012, p 142. ISBN 1107014069
  4. ^ a b Gibb, H. A. R.; Kramers, J. H.; Lévi-Provençal, E.; Schacht, J.; Lewis, B. & Pellat, Ch., eds. (1960). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume I: A–B. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 1130. OCLC 495469456.
  5. ^ a b Holtzman, Livnat. "Does God Really Laugh?" – Appropriate and Inappropriate Descriptions of God in Islamic Traditionalist Theology. p. 185.
  6. ^ 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 978-9004158399.
  7. ^ Holtzman, Livnat (7 March 2018). Anthropomorphism in Islam - The Challenge of Traditionalism (700-1350). Edinburgh University Press. p. 165. ISBN 9780748689576.
  8. ^ Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam, By Scott C. Lucas, pg. 98
  9. ^ Noor, Umar Muhammad. "Abu Bakr Al-Bayhaqi and his Approach to Sifat Traditions." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 9.6 (2019). p.330 "He received Asharism from several authorities including Abu Bakr Ibn Furak who studied kalam under Abu al-Ḥasan al-Bahili, a direct disciple of the founder of Asharism Abu al-Ḥasan al-Ashari(d. 324/936)."
  10. ^ "THE BIOGRAPHIES OF THE ELITE LIVES OF THE SCHOLARS, IMAMS & HADITH MASTERS: Biographies of the Imams & Scholars". 2015-05-02.
  11. ^ Pakatchi 2015.
  12. ^ Al-Bayhaqi (1999). Allah's Names and Attributes. Vol. 4 of Islamic Doctrines & Beliefs. Translated by Gibril Fouad Haddad. Islamic Supreme Council of America. p. 4. ISBN 9781930409033.
  13. ^ The Creed of Imam Bayhaqi An Abridged Translation of al-I`tiqad wa'l-Hidayah ila Sabil ar-Rashad. Together with Saeed Fodeh's Synopsis of Bayhaqi's Text page editor's introduction