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Ibn Asakir
Ibn‘Asākir | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | Damascus Muharram 499AH / September, 1105[1] |
| Died | Damascus 11 Rajab, 571AH/ 24 January 1176 [1][2] (aged 71) |
| Era | Islamic golden age |
| Region | Syria (Burid dynasty/Zengid dynasty) |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith, Fiqh History |
| Notable work(s) | History of Damascus, Tabyin Kadhib al-Muftari |
| Occupation | Muhaddith, Scholar, Muslim Jurist, Historian |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari[3][4] |
| Muslim leader | |
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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]
- ^ a b c "Ibn Asakir". Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2006-09-22.
- ^ "Salaam Knowledge". Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2006-11-07.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Brill1987was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Abd Ar-Rahman Ibn Asakir (2010). "Al-Arbain on the Memorable Qualities of the Mothers of the Believers".
- ^ Meri, Josef W. (2006). Medieval Islamic Civilization An Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. Routledge. p. 351. ISBN 9780415966900.
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