Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Darimi (; 797–869 CE) was a Muslim scholar and Imam of
Arab
Arabs (, , ; , , ) are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world.
Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years ...
ancestry. His best known work is
Sunan al-Darimi, a book collection of
hadith
Hadith is the Arabic word for a 'report' or an 'account f an event and refers to the Islamic oral tradition of anecdotes containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the Islamic prophet Muhammad or his immediate circle ...
, considered one of the Nine Books (''Al-Kutub Al-Tis’ah'').
Biography
Al-Darimi came from the family tribe of
Banu Darim ibn Malik ibn Hanzala ibn Zayd ibn Manah ibn Tamim, or the Arab
Banu Tamim
The Banū Tamīm () are an Arab tribe that originated in Najd and Hejaz in the Arabian Peninsula. It is mainly present in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Jordan and Lebanon, and has a strong presence in Algeria, and Morocco, Palestine, ...
tribe. He is also known as al-Tamimi, in relation to
Tamim ibn Murr, who was one of the ancestors of Banu Darim.
Al-Darimi stated, "I was born in the same year
Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak died, and Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak died in 181 AH."
Al-Darimi narrated hadith from ,
Abd Allah ibn Awn
ʿAbd Allāh bin ʿAwn bin Arṭabān al-Muzanī al-Ḥāfiẓ ( Arabic: عَبْد الَّلَه بِن عَوْن بِن أَرْطَبَان المُزَنِي الحَافِظ) was a ḥadīth transmitter from Baṣra who was a part of a ...
, and others. A number of scholars also narrated hadiths from him, including
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
Abū al-Ḥusayn Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj ibn Muslim ibn Ward al-Qushayrī an-Naysābūrī (; after 815 – May 875 CE / 206 – 261 AH), commonly known as Imam Muslim, was an Islamic scholar from the city of Nishapur, particularly known as a ' ...
,
Abu Dawud,
al-Tirmidhi
Muhammad ibn Isa al-Tirmidhi (; 824 – 9 October 892 CE / 209–279 AH), often referred to as Imām at-Termezī/Tirmidhī, was an Islamic scholar, and collector of hadith from Termez (early Khorasan and in present-day Uzbekistan). He w ...
, and
Abu Zur'a al-Razi.
Works
*''
Sunan al-Darimi'': a collection of
Muhammad
Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...
's hadith
*''Tafsir al-Darimi'': an
exegesis
Exegesis ( ; from the Ancient Greek, Greek , from , "to lead out") is a critical explanation or interpretation (philosophy), interpretation of a text. The term is traditionally applied to the interpretation of Bible, Biblical works. In modern us ...
mentioned by
al-Dhahabi
Shams ad-Dīn adh-Dhahabī (), also known as Shams ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qāymāẓ ibn ʿAbdillāh at-Turkumānī al-Fāriqī ad-Dimashqī (5 October 1274 – 3 February 1348) was an Atharism, Athari ...
*''Al-Jami'a'': mentioned by
al-Khatib al-Baghdadi
Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Thābit ibn Aḥmad ibn Māhdī al-Shāfiʿī, commonly known as al-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī () or "the lecturer from Baghdad" (10 May 1002 – 5 September 1071; 392 AH-463 AH), was a Sunni Muslim scholar known ...
[(Tarikh Baghdad – Volume 10 – p. 29)]
See also
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List of pre-modern Arab scientists and scholars
Arab scientists and scholars from the Muslim World, including Al-Andalus (Spain), who lived from Ancient history, antiquity up until the beginning of the Modern era, modern age, include the following. The list consists primarily of scholars durin ...
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List of Atharis
References
External links
Biodata at MuslimScholars.info
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797 births
869 deaths
People from Samarkand
Transoxanian Islamic scholars
Persian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
Atharis
Shafi'is
Hadith compilers
Hadith scholars
9th-century Arab people
9th-century imams