Al-Tabarani
Aṭ-Ṭabarānī ٱلطَّبَرَانِيّ | |
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Born | 873/874 Al-Mu'jam as-Saghir |
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Muslim leader | |
Influenced |
Abū al-Qāsim Sulaymān ibn Aḥmad ibn Ayyūb ibn Muṭayyir al-Lakhmī ash-Shāmī aṭ-Ṭabarānī (
known for the extensive volumes of narrations he published.Biography
At-Tabarani was born in 260 AH in Tiberias, a city in Sham. He travelled extensively to numerous regions to quench his thirst of knowledge, including Syria, Hejaz, Yemen, Egypt, Baghdad, Kufa, Basra, and Isfahan.[2] He narrated from more than one thousand scholars,[citation needed] and authored a multitude of books on the subject. Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Mansur stated, "I have narrated 300,000 narrations from at-Tabarani."[3] For most of the final years of his life, he lived in Isfahan, Iran, where he died on Dhu al-Qa'dah 27, 360 AH.[4][5]
Students
At-Tabarani, being a teacher of narrations, taught many students. Among them were Ahmad ibn Amr ibn Abd al-Khaliq al-Basri and Abu Bakr al-Bazzar.[citation needed]
Works
At-Tabarani is primarily known for three works on narrations:[1]
- Abu Hurayrah'snarrations
- Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, which includes them
- Al-Mu'jam as-Saghir, which provides a narration from each of his masters
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-90-04-11211-7.
- ^ Tazkirah al-Huffaz, v. 3, p. 85
- ^ Siyar A'lam an-Nubala', v. 12, p. 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.
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