Ibn Jurayj
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| Hijazi scholar Medieval era |
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| Name: | Ibn Jurayj |
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| Death: | 150 AH (766–767) [1] |
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| Influences: | Ata ibn Abi Rabah [2] |
| Influenced: | Abdu-Razzaq al-San'ani[citation needed] |
Ibn Jurayj (Arabic: ابن جريج) (died 767 CE, 150 AH [1]) was an Islamic scholar.
He is counted among the Taba‘ at-Tabi‘in and narrated many Isra'iliyat [3].
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[edit] Name
Abu Muhammad Khalid Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-'Aziz ibn Jurraya (Jurraya is Arabized for George)
[edit] Biography
His father was a Muslim scholar and his grandfather Jurayj (George) was a Roman Christian [4].
He collected hadith in Mecca [5], and is widely regarded to be the first Sunni hadith collector [6].
One of his most quoted sources is Ata ibn Abi Rabah, his teacher [2].
[edit] Legacy
[edit] Works
His narrations are quoted in Sunan Abu Da'ud [8]
In the The Muwatta of Muhammed Ibn al-Hasan Introduction, it is stated [5]:
| “ | ...is sometimes said, 'The first book composed in Islam was that of Ibn Jurayj, and some said, 'the Muwatta of Malik', and some others said, 'The first man to compile and arrange according to chapters was Rabi ibn Sabih in Basra. | ” |
[edit] Sunni view
Sunnis praise him with the title imam [5]. Al-Dhahabi, a 14th century Sunni Islamic scholar writes:
Abu Uwana narrated in his Sahih that Ibn Jurayj said in Basra about Mut'ah: "Bear witness that I have reverted back from it (from allowing it)", after he told them 18 narrations that it is okay[11].
[edit] Non-Muslim view
Harald Motzki, a 21st century Non-Muslim Islamic scholar states [1]:
[edit] References
- ^ a b c http://people.uncw.edu/bergh/par246/L21RHadithCriticism.htm
- ^ a b http://people.uncw.edu/bergh/par246/L21RHadithCriticism.htm
- ^ http://archive.muslimuzbekistan.com/eng/islam/2002/07/q18072002.html
- ^ Tahdhib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar Asqalani
- ^ a b c http://www.turathpublishing.net/index.php/articles/thesearticles/22
- ^ Kashf al-zunun, p.637. Ta'ssi al-shi`ah, pp.278-279. Dehkhuda, Loghatnameh, p.298. Taqrib al-tahdhib , p. 333. Wafayat al-a`yan, p.338. Fjr al-Islam, p. 265. [1]
- ^ http://www.answering-christianity.com/abdullah_smith/hadiths_vs_gospels_2.htm
- ^ http://www.searchtruth.com/book_display.php?book=8&translator=3
- ^ Tadhkirat al-huffaz Volume 1 pages170 -171
- ^ Tadheeb al Tadheeb of Al-Dhahabi, Volume 6 p. 06
- ^ Talkhis al-Habeer, by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, vol 3, page 160, printed in Madina in 1964.
