Ibn Abi Asim
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Title | Imam, Qadi |
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Born | 206 AH (821/2 AD) |
Died | 287 AH (900 AD) |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Islamic golden age |
Region | Iraq |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Ẓāhirī[1] |
Main interest(s) | Hadith, Fiqh |
Occupation | Muhaddith, Islamic Scholar, Muslim jurist |
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Abu Bakr Ahmad bin `Amr ad-Dahhak bin Makhlad ash-Shaibani (Arabic: أبو بكرأحمد بن عمرو بن الضحاك بن مخلد الشيباني), widely known as Ibn Abi Asim (Arabic: ابن أبي عاصم), was an Iraqi Sunni scholar of the 9th century. He is most famous for his work in the field of hadith science.[2]
Ibn Abi Asim was born in Basra, Iraq in 822.[3] He grew up in an academic household, as both his father and his grandfather were scholars of Prophetic traditions in their own right.[2] Due to his family's scholarly background, he was educated in the religious sciences at an early age. While religious learning was often begun in a madrasaormasjid starting in the early teens, Ibn Abi Asim had a head start relative to his time period.
Eventually, Ibn Abi Asim left Basra for the city of Isfahan, further to the east. Late in life, he was granted a position as a judge at his new city of residence.[4]
Ibn Abi Asim died in Isfahan in the year 900.[3][4] He was 81 years old and at the time of his death, he was still holding his position as a judge. According to Iranian historian Abu Nu`aym, Ibn Abi Asim was buried in Isfahan's Doshabaz cemetery.[5]
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 first-generation Muslim and Umayyad caliph, Mu'awiya,[3] 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,[6] while Ibn Hajar referred to it as a book on Mu'awiya's virtues.[7] It is not known whether the topic Ibn Abi Asim's essay was actually disputed, or if he had simply written about both topics.
Historians Abu al-Abbas al-Niswi and Abu Nu`aym both reported Ibn Abi Asim as having been a Zahirite.[8][9] 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.
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