Ishaq ibn Rahuyah (Arabic: إسحاق بن رَاهَوَيْه/رَاهُوْيَه, romanized: Abū Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Makhlad ibn Rāhūyah/Rāhawayh; b. 161 AH? - d. 238 AH / b. 777-8 CE - d. 853 CE)[2][4] was a classical Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, muhaddith, exegete, and theologian. A close friend of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, he accompanied him on his travels to seek knowledge[10] and he was also a teacher of Imam Bukhari and inspired him to compile the Sahih al-Bukhari.
Ishaq ibn Rahuyah | |
|---|---|
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)[2] |
| Died | {2 February 853} (15 Sha'ban 238 AH)[4] |
| 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 | |
Origin of the Name
editHis 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.
Influence
editIbn 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]
Works
editIbn Rahuyah's books on tafsir, hadith and fiqh include:[13]
- Al-Musnad (المسند)
- Al-Jāmiʻ al-Kabīr (الجامع الكبير)
- Al-Jāmiʻ al-Ṣaghir (الجامع الصغير)
- Al-Muṣannaf (المصنف)
- Al-ʻIlm (العلم)
- At-Tafsīr al-Kabīr (التفسير الكبير)
References
editNotes
editCitations
edit- ^ Al-ʻAsqalānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī Ibn Ḥajar. Fath al-Bari sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī. p. 6.
- ^ a b c Ibn Rāhwayh, Isḥāq (1990), Balūshī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn (ed.), Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh (1st ed.), Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān, pp. 57–59
- ^ Melchert, Christopher (1997). "Chapter 1: The Traditionalists of Iraq". The Formation of the Sunni Schools of Law, 9th-10th Centuries C.E. Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Publishers. p. 6. ISBN 90-04-10952-8.
- ^ a b Ibn Rāhwayh, Isḥāq (1990), Balūshī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn (ed.), Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh (1st ed.), Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān, p. 208
- ^ Ibn Rāhwayh, Isḥāq (1990), Balūshī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn (ed.), Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh (1st ed.), Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān, pp. 104–109
- ^ Ibn Rāhwayh, Isḥāq (1990), Balūshī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn (ed.), Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh (1st ed.), Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān, pp. 78–103
- ^ Ibn Rāhwayh, Isḥāq (1990), Balūshī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn (ed.), Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh (1st ed.), Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān, pp. 77–78
- ^ a b Ibn Rāhwayh, Isḥāq (1990), Balūshī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn (ed.), Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh (1st ed.), Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān, pp. 110–137
- ^ a b Ibn Rāhwayh, Isḥāq (1990), Balūshī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn (ed.), Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh (1st ed.), Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān, pp. 150–165
- ^ Ibn Rāhwayh, Isḥāq (1990), Balūshī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn (ed.), Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh (1st ed.), Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān, pp. 67–70
- ^ https://shamela.ws/book/10906/7305 Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' vol.11, p.366 by Al-Dhahabi
- ^ قال البخاري : كنا عند إسحاق بن راهويه فقال : لو جمعتم كتاباً مختصراً لصحيح سنة النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم . قال : فوقع ذلك في قلبي فأخذت في جمع الجامع الصحيح[citation needed]
- ^ Ibn Rāhwayh, Isḥāq (1990), Balūshī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn (ed.), Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh (1st ed.), Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān, pp. 211–215
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