Al-Darimi

Abu Muhammad 'Abdullāh Bin 'Abd Ar-Rahman Bin Fadl Bin Bahrān Bin 'Abd As-Samad At-Tamīmi Ad-Dārimi As-Samarqandī (Arabic: الدارمي‎) (181–255 AH / 797–869 CE) was a Muslim scholar and Imam of Arab ancestry[2] or Persian background.[3] His best known work is Sunan al-Darimi, a book collection of hadith.[4]

Abu Muhammad Abdullah Bin Abdur Rahman Al-Darimi
ابومحمد عبدالله بن عبدالرحمن الدارمي
Personal
Born181 AH (797 CE)
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Died255 AH (869 CE)
Muscat, Oman
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionAbbasid Caliphate
DenominationSunni[1]
JurisprudenceShafii
CreedAthari
Main interest(s)Hadith studies
Notable work(s) Sunan al-Darimi
OccupationMuhaddith, Hadith compiler, Islamic scholar

Biography

Imam Darimi, came from the family tribe of Banu Darim Bin Maalik Bin Hanzalah Bin Zaid Bin Manah Bin Tamim or Banu Tamim the Arab tribe from Arabian Peninsula.[5] He is also known as Imam Tamimi, in relation to Tamim Bin Murrah, who was amongst the ancestor of Banu Darim.[6]

As stated by Darimi "I was born on the same year in which Imam Abdullah Bin Mubarak had died. And Abdullah Bin Mubarak died in 181 AH"[7]

ِAl-Darimi transmitted hadiths from Yazid ibn Harun, Abd Allah ibn Awn, and others. A number of scholars transmitted hadiths from him, including Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, Abu Dawood, Al-Tirmidhi, and Abu Zur’a al-Razi.

Works
  • Sunan al-Darimi - Some from among his collections of the Prophet Muhammad's ahadith.
  • Tafsir al-Darimi - Imam Dhahabi mentioned the work in Siyar A'lam al-Nubala[8] Not extant
  • Al-Jami'a - Khatib al-Baghdadi has mentioned this in his Ta'rikh al-Baghdad.[9]
  • Ar-Rad ala al-Jahmiya by Ad-Darimi (Wrong Darimi, this book was written by the other darimi)

See also

References
  1. Dhahabi, Imam. Siyar 'Alam al-Nubala [ed. Shu'ayb al-Arnaut]. 17. p. 558.
  2. Brown, Jonathan A. C. (2012-12-01). "al-Dārimī". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE.
  3. Frye, Richard N., ed. (1975). "The science of Hadith". The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 471. ISBN 0-521-20093-8. Besides the authors of the six canonical collections there were two other outstanding scholars of hadith of Persian background who are especially worthy of note: *Abd-Allah b. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Samarqandi, known as Darimi, the author of the Sunan of Darimi (...)
  4. Studia Orientalia. The Society. 2006. ISBN 978-951-9380-66-7.
  5. (Lubbul Lubaab – Volume 1 – Page 308)
  6. (Al Ansaab – Volume 1 – Page 478)
  7. (Tahzibul Kamaal – Volume 15 – Page 216)
  8. (Sir A'lam al-Nubala - Volume 12 - Page 228)
  9. (Ta'rikh al-Baghdad - Volume 10 - Page 29)
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