Ishaq ibn Rahuyah | |
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إِسْحَاق بْن رَاهُوْيَه | |
Title | Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith ('Leader of the Believers in Hadith') [1] |
Personal | |
Born |
c. 777 CE (161 AH)
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Died |
c. 852 CE (Sha'ban 238 AH)
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Religion | Islam |
Era | Islamic Golden Age (early Abbasid era) |
Region | Khorasan |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Independent |
Creed | Athari [3] |
Main interest(s) | |
Notable work(s) | Al-Musnad |
Arabic name | |
Personal (Ism) | Isḥāq إِسْحَاق |
Patronymic (Nasab) | Ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Mukhallad ٱبْن إِبْرَاهِيم بْن مُخَلَّد |
Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū Yaʿqūb أَبُو يَعْقُوب |
Toponymic (Nisba) | Al-Ḥanẓalī ٱلْحَنْظَلِيّ |
Muslim leader | |
Influenced by | |
Ishaq ibn Rahuyah ( Arabic: إسحاق بن رَاهَوَيْه/رَاهُوْيَه, romanized: Isḥāq ibn Rāhūyah/Rāhawayh; b. 161 AH - d. 238 AH / b. 777 CE - d. 852 CE) [2] [4] was a classical Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, muhaddith, exegete, and theologian. He was a close friend of Ahmad ibn Hanbal and accompanied him on his travels to seek knowledge. [10]
His nickname "Ibn Rāhūyah" is said to have originated from his father who was born on a road towards Mecca:
Aḥmad ibn Salama said: I heard Isḥāq ibn Rāhūyah say: The Emir Abd Allah bin Ṭāhir said to me: Why were you called Ibn Rāhūyah? And what does it mean? And do you dislike being called by that? He (Isḥāq) said: Know that O' Emir that my father was born on a road towards Mecca, so the people of Marw called him: Rāhūyah, for he was born upon the road (to Mecca), and my father disliked that. As for me, I do not dislike it. [11]
The nickname is pronounced Rāhūyah in classical Persian is Arabized as Rāhawayh.
Ibn Rahuyah inspired Muhammad bin Ismail al-Bukhari to compile Sahih al-Bukhari. Al-Bukhari stated, "We were with our teacher Ishaq ibn Rahuyah when he said, 'If only someone would compile a compact book for the authentic hadith of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.' That stirred something in my heart, so I set out in compiling al-Jami' al-Sahih". [12]
Ibn Rahuyah's books on tafsir, hadith and fiqh include: [13]