Ibn Babawayh

For Information about al-Saduq's tomb, see Ibn Babawayh Cemetery.
Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi
مُحَمَّد ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱبْن بَابَوَيْه ٱلْقُمِيّ
TitleAl-Shaykh Al-Saduq
ٱلشَّيْخ ٱلصَّدُوق
Personal
Born
Muhammad

c. 923 AD / 310 A.H.
Khorasan province[1]
Died991 AD / 380 A.H. (aged c. 68)
Rey
Resting placeRay, Tehran, Iran
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic golden age
DenominationAkhbari Shia
JurisprudenceJa´fari
Main interest(s)Fiqh and Hadith
Notable work(s)Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Influenced

Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi (Persian: محمد بن علی بن بابَوَیْهِ قمی Arabic: أَبُو جَعْفَر مُحَمَّد ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱبْن بَابَوَيْه ٱلْقُمِيّ; c. 923–991), commonly referred to as Ibn Babawayh (Persian: ابن‌ بابویه Arabic: ٱبْن بَابَوَيْه) or al-Shaykh al-Saduq (Persian: شیخ صدوق Arabic: ٱلشَّيْخ ٱلصَّدُوق, lit. 'the truthful scholar'), was a Persian[2] Shia Islamic scholar whose work, entitled Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih (مَنْ لَا یَحْضُرُهُ ٱلْفَقِیهُ), forms part of The Four Books of the Shia Hadith collection.[3][4]

  1. ^ Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Ibn Bābawayh". Encyclopedia Britannica, Invalid Date, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ibn-Babawayh. Accessed 12 May 2023.
  2. ^ Frye, R.N., ed. (1975). The Cambridge history of Iran (Repr. ed.). London: Cambridge U.P. p. 468. ISBN 978-0-521-20093-6.
  3. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica. "Ibn Bābawayh, also spelled Ibn Babūyā, in full Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Ḥusayn ibn Mūsā al-Qummī, also called aṣ-Ṣadūq (born c. 923, Khorāsān province, Iran—died 991, Rayy), Islamic theologian, author of one of the "Four Books" that are the basic authorities for the doctrine of Twelver (Ithnā ʿAshāri) Shīʿah."
  4. ^ Ludwig W. Adamec (2009), Historical Dictionary of Islam, p.135. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810861615.