Ibn Abi Asim

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Ibn Abi Asim
ابن أبي عاصم
TitleImam, Qadi
Personal
Born206
Islamic Scholar, Muslim jurist
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Influenced

Abu Bakr Ahmad bin `Amr ad-Dahhak bin Makhlad ash-Shaibani (

scholar of the 9th century. He is most famous for his work in the field of hadith science.[4]

Biography

Family and early life

Ibn Abi Asim was born in

masjid
starting in the early teens, Ibn Abi Asim had a head start relative to his time period.

Career

Eventually, Ibn Abi Asim left Basra for the city of

judge at his new city of residence.[6]

Death

Ibn Abi Asim died in Isfahan in the year 900.

Abu Nu`aym, Ibn Abi Asim was buried in Isfahan's Doshabaz cemetery.[7]

Legacy

Works

Ibn Abi Asim compiled numerous Prophetic traditions into two volumes, organized into chapters based on different theological and creed-related topics. He had also written about the

though the work is now lost. Likewise, the exact topic has eluded historians, with Al-Suyuti claiming it was a book on Mu'awiya's dreams,[8] while Ibn Hajar referred to it as a book on Mu'awiya's virtues.[9]
It is not known whether the topic Ibn Abi Asim's essay was actually disputed, or if he had simply written about both topics.

Sunni Muslim evaluation

Historians Abu al-Abbas al-Niswi and Abu Nu`aym both reported Ibn Abi Asim as having been a

Zahirite.[10][11]
Although he has become an important figure for the Zahiri school in the modern day, few of his works in jurisprudence have survived to the modern era.

References

  1. ^ Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani. Akhbar Asbahan (in Arabic). Vol. 1. p. 135.
  2. ^ Al-Dhahabi, Siyar a`lam al-nubala'., v.13, pg.430
  3. Abu Nu`aym
    , Dhikr Akhbar Isfahan, v.1, pg.100
  4. ^
    Ibn 'Asakir
    . The History of Damascus. Vol. 7. p. 87.
  5. ^ a b c Cobb, Paul M. (2012). The Lineaments of Islam: Studies in Honor of Fred McGraw Donner. Leiden: Brill Publishers. p. 181.
  6. ^ a b Kahalah, Mu'jam al-Mu`allifin, v.2, pg.36
  7. Abu Nu`aym
    , The History of Isfahan, v.1, pg.55
  8. ^ Al-Suyuti, History of the Caliphs, edited by Muhammad Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim, Cairo: Dar al-Nahdat Misr li at-Tab' wa al-Nashr, 1976. Pg. 309.
  9. Bin Baz and Ali al-Shibl, Riyadh
    : Dar us Salam, 2000. Vol. 7, pg. 132.
  10. ^ Al-Dhahabi, Siyar a`lam al-nubala'., v.13, pg.430
  11. Abu Nu`aym
    , Dhikr Akhbar Isfahan, v.1, pg.100
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