Ibn Ḥibbān al-Bustī

by Pavlovitch, Pavel

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Abū Ḥātim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥibbān b. Aḥmad al-Bustī (c. 270–354/884–965), known as Ibn Ḥibbān, was a prominent Shāfiʿī traditionist, ḥadīth critic, and evaluator of rijāl (transmitters). He was from the city of Bust, in present-day southern Afghanistan. His oldest teacher was the Basran al-Faḍl b. Ḥubāb al-Jumaḥī (d. 305/917–8) (al-Dhahabī, 16:93), which indicates that he began his studies in his late teens. Ibn Ḥibbān traversed the eastern provinces of the caliphate, as well as Syria, Palestine, a…

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Abū Ḥātim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥibbān b. Aḥmad al-Bustī (c. 270–354/884–965), known as Ibn Ḥibbān, was a prominent Shāfiʿī traditionist, ḥadīth critic, and evaluator of rijāl (transmitters). He was from the city of Bust, in present-day southern Afghanistan. His oldest teacher was the Basran al-Faḍl b. Ḥubāb al-Jumaḥī (d. 305/917–8) (al-Dhahabī, 16:93), which indicates that he began his studies in his late teens. Ibn Ḥibbān traversed the eastern provinces of the caliphate, as well as Syria, Palestine, and Egypt in

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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eng Islam

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Pavlovitch, Pavel

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