Al-Daraqutni

Abū ‘l-Ḥasan ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar ibn Aḥmad ibn Mahdī ibn Mas’ūd ibn al-Nu‘mān ibn Dīnār ibn ‘Abdillāh al-Baghdādi ad-Dāraquṭnī (Arabic: ابو الحسن على بن عمرالدارقطني‎) (918 CE/306 AH, Baghdad — 995 CE/385 AH) was an eminent Muslim scholar and muhaddith (collector of hadiths).

Al-Dāraquṭnī
الدارقطني
TitleAmir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith
Personal
Born306 A.H.
Baghdad
Died385 A.H.
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni [1]
JurisprudenceShafi'i [2]
CreedAthari
Main interest(s)Hadith
Notable work(s)Sunan al-Daraqutni
OccupationMuhaddith, Hadith compiler, Islamic scholar
Muslim leader

Biography

Al-Daraqutni was born in the year 918 (306 according to the Muslim calendar) in the Dar al-Qutn (Arabic: دار القطن‎) quarter of Baghdad, whence he got his nisba. Since childhood, he studied with Abu'l-Qasim al-Baghawi, Abu Bakr ibn Abu Dawud, Abu Bakr ibn Ziyad al-Naysaburi, Abu Ubaid al-Qasim (his brother) and many other scholars.

His learning was so wide that many scholars felt there was no one like him. Khatib al-Baghdadi referred to him as "the imam of his time" and Abu'l-Tayyib al-Tabari (d. 450/1058) called him the "Commander of the Faithful of the Hadith", for which he was specially famous. He taught Hadith to Hakim al-Nishaburi (d. 405/1014) and Abu'l-Hasan Isfaraini (d. 406/1015).[3]

He died in 385/995 and was buried in the cemetery of Bab al-Dayr in Baghdad, Iraq, near the grave of Maruf Karkhi.[3]

His works

Among other works, Al-Daraqutni has written the following:

  • “Sunan al-Daraqutni”
  • “al-Mutalif wa-l-Mukhtalif”
  • “Ilal al-Hadith”
  • “at-Tatabbu′”

References
  1. Dhahabi, Imam. Siyar 'Alam al-Nubala [ed. Shu'ayb al-Arnaut]. 17. p. 558.
  2. Brown, Jonathan (2013). The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon (Islamic History and Civilization). Brill. p. 138. ISBN 9004158391.
  3. Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch.; Schacht, J. (1991) [1st. pub. 1965]. Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition). Volume I (C-G). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 136. ISBN 9004070265.


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