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Abu Nu`aym, Ahmad b. `Abd Allah, al-'Isfahani
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[Biographical Notes in 'Reliance of the Traveller', Noah (Nuh) Ha Mim Keller, USA: Sunna Books, 1991 CE, x58 (pg. 1032) ] Abu Nu`aym (w40.5) is Ahmad ibn `Abdullah ibn Ahmad, Abu Nu`aym al-Asbahani, born in Isfahan, Persia, in 336/948. He was a Shafi`i scholar, hadith master (hafiz), and historian, who was reliable in memory and transmission. He is perhaps most famous for his ten volume Hi!ya al-awliya' [The adornment of the saints], in which he records the lives and sayings of the early Muslims and friends of Allah (awliya'). He died in Isfahan in 430/1038 (al-A`lam (y136), 1.157; and Tabaqat al-Shafi`iyya al-kubra (y128), 4.18). [Al-`Ibar fi khabar man ghabar, al-Dhahabi, Shams al-Din Muhammad b. Ahmad b. `Uthman, Abu `Abd Allah, Kuwait: Matba`at Hukumat al-Kuwayt, 1960-61, events of year 430 ] Abu Nu`aym (w40.5) is Ahmad ibn `Abdullah ibn Ahmad, Abu Nu`aym al-Asbahani, born in Isfahan, Persia, in 336/948. He was a Shafi`i scholar, hadith master (hafiz), and historian, who was reliable in memory and transmission. He is perhaps most famous for his ten volume Hi!ya al-awliya' [The adornment of the saints], in which he records the lives and sayings of the early Muslims and friends of Allah (awliya'). He died in Isfahan in 430/1038 (al-A`lam (y136), 1.157; and Tabaqat al-Shafi`iyya al-kubra (y128), 4.18). [al-Ghadir fi al-kitab wa'l-sunnah wa'l-adab, al-Amini, `Abd al-Husayn Ahmad al-Tabrizi al-Najafi, Beirut: Mu'assasat al-A`lami (11 vols), 1414 AH/1994 CE, vol. 1, p. 144 ] Abu Nu`aym (w40.5) is Ahmad ibn `Abdullah ibn Ahmad, Abu Nu`aym al-Asbahani, born in Isfahan, Persia, in 336/948. He was a Shafi`i scholar, hadith master (hafiz), and historian, who was reliable in memory and transmission. He is perhaps most famous for his ten volume Hi!ya al-awliya' [The adornment of the saints], in which he records the lives and sayings of the early Muslims and friends of Allah (awliya'). He died in Isfahan in 430/1038 (al-A`lam (y136), 1.157; and Tabaqat al-Shafi`iyya al-kubra (y128), 4.18). The Ahlul Bayt DILP team does not necessarily agree with all of the statements and opinions expressed by the authors of these texts regarding their subjects. These are presented for the purposes of private research only. Presented by the Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project team |
