Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani

Born

773 A.H.

Died

852 A.H.[1]

Era

Medieval era

Region

Egypt

School

Shafi'i

Influenced[show]

For other uses, see Ibn Hajar. Al-Haafidh Shihabuddin Abu'l-Fadl Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad, better known as Ibn Hajar due to the fame of his forefathers, alAsqalani due to his family origin (Arabic: ( ) 18 February 1372 2 February 1448, 852 A.H.[1]), was a medieval ShafiiteSunni scholar of Islam who represents the entire realm of the Sunni world in the field of Hadith. He is also known as Shaykh al Islam.
Contents [hide]

1 Early life 2 Education 3 Personal life 4 Positions 5 Death 6 Works 7 References 8 External links

Early life[edit]
He was born in Cairo in 1372, the son of the Shafi'i scholar and poet Nur al-Din 'Ali. Both of his parents died in his infancy, and he and his sister, Sitt al-Rakb, became wards of his father's first wife's brother, Zaki al-Din al-Kharrubi, who enrolled Ibn Hajar in Quranic studies when he was five years old. Here he excelled, learning Surah Maryam in a single day. He progressed to the memorization of texts such as the

Quran, and then the abridged version of Ibn al-Hajib's work on the foundations of fiqh.

Education[edit]
When he accompanied al-Kharrubi to Mecca at the age of 12, he was considered competent to lead the Tarawih prayers during Ramadan. When his guardian died in 1386, Ibn Hajar's education in Egypt was entrusted to hadith scholar Shams al-Din ibn al-Qattan, who entered him in the courses given by al-Bulqini (d. 1404) and Ibn al-Mulaqqin (d. 1402) in Shafi'i fiqh, and Abd al-Rahim ibn al-Husain al-'Iraqi (d. 1404) in hadith, after which he travelled to Damascus and Jerusalem, to study under Shams al-Din al-Qalqashandi (d. 1407), Badr al-Din alBalisi (d. 1401), and Fatima bint al-Manja al-Tanukhiyya (d. 1401). After a further visit to Mecca, Medina, and Yemen, he returned to Egypt. Al-Suyuti said: It is said that he drank Zamzam water in order to reach the level of al-Dhahabi in memorizationwhich he succeeded in doing, even surpassing him.[3]

Personal life[edit]
In 1397, at the age of twenty-five, he married Anas Khatun. She was a hadith expert in her own right, holding ijazas from Hafiz al-Iraqi. Khatun gave celebrated public lectures to crowds of ulema, including alSakhawi.

Positions[edit]
Ibn Hajar went on to be appointed to the position of Egyptian chiefjudge (Qadi) several times.

Death[edit]
Ibn Hajar died after Isha prayers on February 2, 1449 at the age of 79. His funeral in Cairo was attended by an estimated 50,000 people, including the sultan and the caliph.

Works[edit]
Ibn Hajar authored more than fifty works on hadith, hadith terminology, biographical evaluation, history, Quranic exegesis, poetry and Shafi'i jurisprudence.

Fath al-Bari considered the most prominent and reliable commentary on al-Bukhari's Jami` al-Sahih: In 1414 (817 A.H.), Ibn Hajar commenced the enormous task of assembling his commentary on Sahih Bukhari. Ibn Rajab had begun to write a huge commentary on Sahih Bukhari in the 1390s with the title of Fath al-Bari. Thus, Ibn Hajar decided to name his own commentary with the same title, Fath al-Bari, which in time became the most valued commentary of Sahih Bukhari. When it was finished, in December 1428 (Rajab 842 A.H.), a celebration was held near Cairo, attended by the ulema, judges, and leading Egyptian personalities. Ibn Hajar read the final pages of his work,

after which poets recited eulogies and gold was distributed. It was, according to historian Ibn Iyaas (d. 930 A.H.), 'the greatest celebration of the age in Egypt.'

al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-Sahaba the most comprehensive dictionary of the Companions.

al-Durar al-Kamina a biographical dictionary of leading figures of the eighth century.

Tahdhib al-Tahdhib an abbreviation of Tahdhib al-Kamal, the encyclopedia of hadith narrators by Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman alMizzi

Taqrib al-Tahdhib the abridgement of Tahthib al-Tahthib. Ta'jil al-Manfa'ah biographies of the narrators of the Musnads of the four Imams, not found in al-Tahthib.

Bulugh al-Maram min adillat al-ahkam on hadith used in Shafi'i fiqh.

Nata'ij al-Afkar fi Takhrij Ahadith al-Adhkar Lisan al-Mizan a reworking of Mizan al-'Itidal by al-Dhahabi. Talkhis al-Habir fi Takhrij al-Rafi`i al-Kabir al-Diraya fi Takhrij Ahadith al-Hidaya Taghliq al-Ta`liq `ala Sahih al-Bukhari Risala Tadhkirat al-Athar al-Matalib al-`Aliya bi Zawa'id al-Masanid al-Thamaniya Nukhbat al-Fikar along with his explanation of it entitled Nuzhah al-Nathr in hadith terminology

al-Nukat ala Kitab ibn al-Salah commentary of the Muqaddimah of Ibn al-Salah

al-Qawl al-Musaddad fi Musnad Ahmad a discussion of hadith of disputed authenticity in the Musnad of Ahmad

Silsilat al-Dhahab Ta`rif Ahl al-Taqdis bi Maratib al-Mawsufin bi al-Tadlis

References[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to:
a b

"USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts".

Usc.edu. Retrieved 2010-03-21. 2. Jump up^ Salmn, Mashhr asan Mamd & Shuqayrt, Amad idq (1998). "Tarjamat al-musannif". Muallaft al-

Sakhw : al-Allmah al-fi Muammad ibn Abd al-Ramn al-Sakhw, 831-902 H. Dr Ibn azm. p. 18. 3. Jump up^ Thail Tabaqaat al-Huffaath, pg. 251.

External links[edit]
Arabic Wikisource has original text related to this article: Ibn Hajar

Authority control WorldCat VIAF: 71525784 LCCN: n82108960

http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/ahm/bari.htm Books by Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani

ISNI: 0000 0000 8151 5209 GND: 11898523X BNF: cb13013124s (data)

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