Ibn Asakir

Ibn‘Asākir
Personal
BornDamascus Muharram 499AH / September, 1105[1]
DiedDamascus 11 Rajab, 571AH/ 24 January 1176 [1][4] (aged 71)
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic golden age
RegionSyria (Burid dynasty/Zengid dynasty)
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari[2][3]
Main interest(s)Hadith, Fiqh History
Notable work(s)History of Damascus, Tabyin Kadhib al-Muftari
OccupationMuhaddith, Scholar, Muslim Jurist, Historian
Muslim leader
Influenced by
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Ibn Asakir (Arabic: ابن عساكر, romanized: Ibn ‘Asākir; 1105–c. 1176) was a Syrian Sunni Islamic scholar,[1] who was one of the most prominent and renowned experts on Hadith and Islamic history in the medieval era.[5] and a disciple of the Sufi mystic Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi.[5] Ibn Asakir was an accomplished jurist, hadith specialist and a prolific writer.[6] He was the pre-eminent figure of the Asakir dynasty, whose family members occupied the most prominent positions as judges and scholars of the Shafi'i school of the Sunni law in Damascus for almost two centuries.[7]

  1. ^ a b c "Ibn Asakir". Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2006-09-22.
  2. ^ Aaron Spevack, The Archetypal Sunni Scholar: Law, Theology, and Mysticism in the Synthesis of Al-Bajuri, p 55. State University of New York Press, 1 Oct 2014. ISBN 143845371X
  3. ^ Brown, Jonathan (2013). The Canonization of al-Bukhārī and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunnī Ḥadīth Canon (Islamic History and Civilization). Brill Publishers. p. 219. ISBN 978-9004158399.
  4. ^ "Salaam Knowledge". Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2006-11-07.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Brill1987 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Abd Ar-Rahman Ibn Asakir (2010). "Al-Arbain on the Memorable Qualities of the Mothers of the Believers".
  7. ^ Meri, Josef W. (2006). Medieval Islamic Civilization An Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. Routledge. p. 351. ISBN 9780415966900.