Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Tahawi

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<region> scholar Medieval era
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Birth:	239 AH^{[citation needed]}
Death:	321 AH^{[citation needed]}
School/tradition:	Hanafi^{[citation needed]}
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Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad At-Tahaawee, Imaam Abu Ja'far at-Tahaawee or simply Tahawi (843 or 853 ^[1] to 935 (321 AH)^[2]) was a famous Sunni Islamic Scholar who followed the Hanafi madhhab.

1 Biography
2 Works
3 Legacy
- 3.1 Sunni views
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Biography

He passed knowledge between those who came before (Salaf) and those who came after (Khalaf). The scholars of his time praised him and mentioned him as being a scholar of Hadith (Muhaddith), one whose report was reliable and an established narrator. He was viewed as a distinguished and highly proficient writer and became known as the most knowledgeable of fiqh amongst the Hanafis in Egypt. This was even though he had a share in the fiqh of all of the madhabs of fiqh and Hadith, and he knew of the various sciences of Islam ^[3].

He began as a student of his maternal uncle, Muzni, a leading disciple of Imam Shafi'i. Later he joined the Hanafi school and used his knowledge in Hadith to defend that school. His monumental scholarly works, such as Sharh Ma'ani al-Athar and Mushkil al-Athar (clarifying the meaning of hadiths that seems conflicting), are encyclopedic in scope and have long been regarded as indispensable for training students of Fiqh. He has been famous for a book on the Sunni creed (Aqidah). Although small in size, is a basic text for all times, listing what a Muslim must know and believe and inwardly comprehend. It has been accepted by a majority of Muslims (Salafis, Ash'aris, Maturidis) [2]. It was well explained by Ibn Abu al-Iz.

[edit] Works

He left behind many other works, close to forty different books ^[4], amongst which are:

Ma'ani al-Athar
Aqida al-Tahaweyah — it contains the Aqidah of the Salaf in point form, and is very famous.^[2]
Sunan Ash-Shaafi'ee
Mushkil Al-Athaar
Ahkaam-ul-Qur'aan
Al-Mukhtaar
Sharh Al-Jaam'i-ul-Kabeer
Sharh Al-Jaam'i-us-Sagheer
Ash-Shuroot
Nawaadir al-Fiqhiyyah
others

[edit] Legacy

[edit] Sunni views

In his introduction to Sharh Aqida al-Tahaweyah (pages 17-19) with checking from Al-Albani and Aqida al-Tahaweyah, the author Zuhayr Shaweesh provides a glowing tribute to Tahaawee:

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He was the Imam, the Muhaddith, the Faqeeh, the Haafidh, the noble Scholar, Abu Ja'far Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Salaamah Ibn Salama 'Abdil-Malik Ibn Salama Al-Azdee At-Tahaawee�He was educated under many shuyookh, whom he took knowledge and benefited from. He had more than three hundred teachers. He would spend lots of time with those scholars that came to visit Egypt from different parts of the world, such that he would add to his knowledge what knowledge they had. This shows you the extent of the concern he had for benefiting from the scholars, as well as the intense eagerness he had for acquiring knowledge. Many scholars praised him and described him as being reliable, trustworthy, a Faqeeh, intelligent, a good memorizer and a pious worshipper. He had a high proficiency in fiqh and Hadeeth. Ibn Yoonus said: "At-Tahaawee was reliable, trustworthy, a Faqeeh, intelligent, the likes of whom did not come afterward."

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Al-Dhahabi said in his Major History of Islam:

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"He was the Faqeeh, the Muhaddith, the Haafidh, one of the elite personalities, and he was reliable, trustworthy, knowledgeable of fiqh and intelligent."

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