Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Juzajani
{{Short description|9th-century Muslim hadith scholar}}
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|name = Al-Juzajani
|title = Al-Hafiz
|birth_date = around 796 CE/180 AH
Jowzjan
|death_date = 872 CE/259 AH
Damascus
|region = Middle Eastern Scholar
|Maddhab = Hanbali
|school_tradition = Sunni
| main_interests = Hadith
|influences = Ibn Ma'in, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ali ibn al-Madini, Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh
|influenced = Abu Dawood, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, Abu Hatim al-Razi
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Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Sa'di al-Juzajani ({{langx |ar|أبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن يعقوب بن إسحاق السعدي الجوزجاني }}, born around 796 CE/180 AH – died 872 CE/259 AH{{Citation | last =Al-Juzajani | first =Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub | date =1985| editor-last =Sāmarrāʼī | editor-first =Ṣubḥī al-Badrī | title =Aḥwāl al-rijāl | publisher =Muʼassasat al-Risālah | pages =10–17}}) was a Muslim hadith scholar,{{Citation | last = al-Dihlawī | first = Walī Allāh | date =1996| editor-last = Hermansen | editor-first = Marcia K. | title = The Conclusive Argument from God | publisher = Brill Academic Publishers | page =394 | isbn = 9004102981 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MmXfBqefJh8C&q=al-juzajani&pg=PA394}} one of the imams of al-jarh wa al-ta'deel and a student of Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Some of the hadith scholars who transmitted his narrations include Abu Dawood, al-Tirmidhi and al-Nasa'i.
Biography
He was born and raised in Jowzjan (now a province in Afghanistan) but moved to Damascus where he lived until his death.
=Teachers=
Some of his notable teachers were: Ibn Ma'in, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ali ibn al-Madini, Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh, Abu Thawr al-Kalbi, Hafs ibn ‘Umar al-Hawdi, Husayn ibn ‘Ali al-Ju'fi, Sa'id ibn Abi Maryam, Sa'id ibn Mansoor, Musadad ibn Masrahad and Yazid ibn Haroon.
=Students=
The well-known students who took knowledge from him were: Abu Dawood, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, Abu Hatim al-Razi, Abu Zur'ah al-Razi, Abu Zur'ah al-Dimashqi and al-Dulabi.
Works
The following is a list of works by al-Juzajani:
- Aḥwāl al-rijāl (أحوال الرجال) also known as Al-Shajarah fī Aḥwāl al-rijāl (الشجرة في أحوال الرجال): Modern editors of Al-Juzajani's works believe that this book was also called Al-jarḥ wa-al-taʻdīl (الجرح والتعديل), Al-ḍuʻafāʼ (الضعفاء), Maʻrifat al-rijāl (معرفة الرجال ) or Al-mutarjam (المترجم) by early Islamic scholars.
- Imārāt al-Nubūwah (أمارت النبوة)
- Masāʼil al-Imām Aḥmad (مسائل الإمام أحمد)
- Al-Tārīkh (التاريخ)
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