Al-Tabarani
Abū al-Qāsim Sulaymān ibn Aḥmad ibn Ayyūb ibn Muṭayyir al-Lakhmī al-Shāmī al-Ṭabarānī (Arabic: أبو القاسم سليمان بن أحمد بن أيوب بن مطير اللَّخمي الشامي الطبراني) (AH 260/c. 874 CE - AH 360/971 CE)[1] was a Sunni scholar and jurist known for the extensive volumes of hadith that he published.
Sulayman ibn Ahmad al-Tabarani | |
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| Title | Al-Tabarani |
| Personal | |
| Born | 260 AH [874 CE] |
| Died | 360 AH [971 CE] |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Jurisprudence | Hanbali |
| Creed | Athari |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith |
| Notable work(s) | Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, Al-Mu'jam al-Saghir |
| Senior posting | |
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Biography
Imam Al Tabarani was born in 260AH in Tabariya, ash-Sham. He narrated hadiths from more than one thousand scholars (Muhaditheen). He travelled extensively to many regions to quench his thirst of knowledge which includes Syria, Haramayn Tayyibayn, Yemen, Egypt, Baghdad, Kufa, Basra, Isfahan, etc.[2] He wrote many hadith books (see below). Sayyiduna Abul ‘Abbas Ahmad Bin Mansoor states: I have narrated three hundred thousand Ahadees from Imam Tabarani. [3] He lived most of the final years of his life in Isfahan, Iran and died there on 27th Dhul-Qa’da, AH 360.[4][5]
Students
From amongst his students were: Ahmad bin 'Amr bin 'Abdul-Khaliq al-Basri and Abu Bakr al-Bazzar.
Works
He is known primarily for three works on hadith:[1]
- Al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr – from which he excluded the traditions of Abu Hurayra
- Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat – which contains traditions from Abu Hurayra
- Al-Mu'jam as-Saghir – which gave a hadith from each of his masters.
See also
References
- Fierro, Maribel (2000). "al-Ṭabarānī". In Bearman, P. J.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. & Heinrichs, W. P. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Volume X: T–U (2nd ed.). Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 10. ISBN 978-90-04-11211-7.
- Tazkira-tul-Huffaz, vol. 3, pp. 85
- Siyar A’laam-un-Nubala, vol. 12, pp. 268
- "AT-TABARANI, Sulaimman bin Ahmad". www.darulfatwa.org.au. Retrieved Jun 10, 2019.
- "Religious Services Of Imam Tabarani". www.dawateislami.net. Retrieved Jun 10, 2019.