Ibn Jurayj

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Hijazi scholar
Medieval era
Name: Ibn Jurayj
Birth:
Death: 150 AH (766–767) [1]
School/tradition:
Influences: Ata ibn Abi Rabah [2]
Influenced: Abdu-Razzaq al-San'ani[citation needed]

Ibn Jurayj (Arabic: ابن جريج‎) (died 767 CE, 150 AH [1]) was an Islamic scholar.

He is counted among the Taba‘ at-Tabi‘in and narrated many Isra'iliyat [3].

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[edit] Name

Abu Muhammad Khalid Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-'Aziz ibn Jurraya (Jurraya is Arabized for George)

[edit] Biography

His father was a Muslim scholar and his grandfather Jurayj (George) was a Roman Christian [4].

He collected hadith in Mecca [5], and is widely regarded to be the first Sunni hadith collector [6].

One of his most quoted sources is Ata ibn Abi Rabah, his teacher [2].

[edit] Legacy

[edit] Works

His narrations are quoted in Sunan Abu Da'ud [8]

In the The Muwatta of Muhammed Ibn al-Hasan Introduction, it is stated [5]:

“ ...is sometimes said, 'The first book composed in Islam was that of Ibn Jurayj, and some said, 'the Muwatta of Malik', and some others said, 'The first man to compile and arrange according to chapters was Rabi ibn Sabih in Basra. ”

[edit] Sunni view

Sunnis praise him with the title imam [5]. Al-Dhahabi, a 14th century Sunni Islamic scholar writes:

“ The scholar of Makkah, Abu Walid stated Khalid Abdul Malik bin Abdul Aziz bin Jurraya was a servant of the Banu Umayya and was amongst the Fuquha of Mecca, he has many appellations, and is counted amongst the great ulama, he was born a few years after 70 Hijri, and he met the great Sahaba. Ahmad Ibn Hanbal said "Ibn Jurraya was a treasure of knowledge". Jarir commented that Ibn Jurraya deemed Mut'ah to be permissible, and he contracted Mut'ah with 70 women. Ibn Abdul Hakim stated "heard from Imam Shafi'i says Ibn Jurraya contracted Mut'ah with 90 women". [9] ”
“ Abdul Malik Ibn Jurraya was one the great men of knowledge, he was Thiqa (reliable) and authoritative, he performed Mut'ah with seventy women, deeming this practise to be halaal. [10] ”

Abu Uwana narrated in his Sahih that Ibn Jurayj said in Basra about Mut'ah: "Bear witness that I have reverted back from it (from allowing it)", after he told them 18 narrations that it is okay[11].

[edit] Non-Muslim view

Harald Motzki, a 21st century Non-Muslim Islamic scholar states [1]:

“ Such a diversity can hardly be the result of systematic forgery, but, rather, must have developed over the course of time. We must therefore—until the contrary is proven—start from the assumption that the traditions for which Ibn Jurayj expressly states a person as his source really came from that informant, and thus Ibn Jurayj’s transmission, in my opinion, should be regarded as authentic. ”

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c http://people.uncw.edu/bergh/par246/L21RHadithCriticism.htm
  2. ^ a b http://people.uncw.edu/bergh/par246/L21RHadithCriticism.htm
  3. ^ http://archive.muslimuzbekistan.com/eng/islam/2002/07/q18072002.html
  4. ^ Tahdhib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar Asqalani
  5. ^ a b c http://www.turathpublishing.net/index.php/articles/thesearticles/22
  6. ^ Kashf al-zunun, p.637. Ta'ssi al-shi`ah, pp.278-279. Dehkhuda, Loghatnameh, p.298. Taqrib al-tahdhib , p. 333. Wafayat al-a`yan, p.338. Fjr al-Islam, p. 265. [1]
  7. ^ http://www.answering-christianity.com/abdullah_smith/hadiths_vs_gospels_2.htm
  8. ^ http://www.searchtruth.com/book_display.php?book=8&translator=3
  9. ^ Tadhkirat al-huffaz Volume 1 pages170 -171
  10. ^ Tadheeb al Tadheeb of Al-Dhahabi, Volume 6 p. 06
  11. ^ Talkhis al-Habeer, by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, vol 3, page 160, printed in Madina in 1964.
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