Abu Hatim Muhammad ibn Idris al-Razi

For the Isma'ili theologian, see Abu Hatim Ahmad ibn Hamdan al-Razi.

Abu Hatim, Muhammad ibn Idris al-Razi (811–890) was a notable hadith scholar born in Ray. He is the father of Ibn Abi Hatim.[1]

Life

His full name is Abu Hatim Muhammad bin Idris bin al-Mundhir bin Dawud bin Mahran ar-Razi al-Handhali al-Ghatafani. Some sources suggest that he was originally from Isfahan and was a mawla of the Ghatafan tribe. Other sources suggest that he acquired his nisbat from a region of Ray called "Darb Handhala". He died on the month of Sha’bân in the year 277H.

His teachers of Hadith

The better known [narrators] he narrated from:

From the better known of them are:

Some of his early students

The better known narrators [who narrated] from him:

Praise

The Scholars’ and Imams’ commendation of him:

References

  1. Dickinson, Eerik (2001). The development of early Sunnite hadīth criticism: the Taqdima of Ibn Abī Ḥātim al-Rāzī (240/854-327/938). BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-11805-8.
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