Al-Bayhaqi
| Islamic scholar Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Husayn al-Bayhaqi | |
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| Title | Imam Al-Bayhaqi |
| Born | 384 AH/994 CE |
| Died | 458 AH/1066 CE |
| Era | Islamic golden age |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari [1][2][3] |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith, Shafi'i fiqh |
| Notable work(s) | Sunan al-Kubra, Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat |
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Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Husayn Ibn 'Ali Ibn Moussa al-Khosrojerdi al-Bayhaqi, البيهقي also known as Imam Al-Bayhaqi was born 994 CE/384AH in the small town of Khusraugird near Sabzevar, then known as Bayhaq, in Khurasan.[5] During his lifetime, he became a famous Sunni hadith expert, following the Shafi'i school in fiqh and the Ash'ari school of aqeedah.[6][7][8]
Biography
Al-Bayhaqi was a scholar of fiqh, of the Shafi'i school of thought as well as hadith. He studied fiqh under Abu al-Fath Nasir ibn al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Naysaburi and others. He also studied hadith under Hakim al-Nishaburi and others, and was al-Nishaburi's foremost pupil. He died in 1066 CE.
Works
Bayhaqi was a prominent author in his time, having authored more than one thousand volumes according to Al-Dhahabi.[9] Among the most well-known books authored by him are:
- Al-Sunan al-Kubra, commonly known as Sunan al-Bayhaqi
- Ma`arifa al-Sunan wa al-Athar
- Bayan Khata Man Akhta`a `Ala al-Shafi`i (The Exposition of the Error of Those who have Attributed Error to al-Shafi`i)
- Al-Mabsut, a book on Shafi`i Law
- Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat (The Divine Names and Attributes)
- Al-I`tiqad `ala Madhhab al-Salaf Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jama`a
- Dala'il al-Nubuwwah (The Signs of Prophethood)
- Shu`ab al-Iman (The branches of faith)
- Al-Da`awat al-Kabir (The Major Book of Supplications)
- Al-Zuhd al-Kabir (The Major Book of Asceticism)
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- ↑ Ovamir Anjum, Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought: The Taymiyyan Moment (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization) 2012, p 142. ISBN 1107014069
- ↑ Gibb, H.A.R.; Kramers, J.H.; Levi-Provencal, E.; Schacht, J. (1986) [1st. pub. 1960]. Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition). Volume I (A-B). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 1130. ISBN 9004081143.
- ↑ Holtzman, Livnat. “Does God Really Laugh?” - Appropriate and Inappropriate Descriptions of God in Islamic Traditionalist Theology. p. 185.
- ↑ Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam, By Scott C. Lucas, pg. 98
- ↑ Imam Bayhaqi
- ↑ Ovamir Anjum, Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought: The Taymiyyan Moment (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization) 2012, p 142. ISBN 1107014069
- ↑ Gibb, H.A.R.; Kramers, J.H.; Levi-Provencal, E.; Schacht, J. (1986) [1st. pub. 1960]. Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition). Volume I (A-B). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 1130. ISBN 9004081143.
- ↑ Holtzman, Livnat. “Does God Really Laugh?” - Appropriate and Inappropriate Descriptions of God in Islamic Traditionalist Theology. p. 185.
- ↑ The Classification of Hadith, by Dr. Suhaib Hassan
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