Abu Abd Allah al-Farra
- Died
- 431 AH
- Born in
- Egypt
Abu Abd Allah al-Farra (d. 431 AH / 1040 CE) was an Egyptian Shafi'i hadith scholar who served as the leading transmitter (musnad) of Egypt in his era .
Scholarly Standing and Transmission
Al-Farra was renowned as a central hadith authority in Egypt, having heard a vast corpus of narrations and transmitted unique reports found with no one else . Extensive numbers of students and scholars related hadith on his authority, and his narrations are preserved in compilations such as the Thaqafiyyat . Biographical authorities, including Ibn Taghribirdi, al-Safadi, and al-Suyuti, recognized him as the primary transmitter of the Egyptian lands in his lifetime .
Death
Al-Farra died in the month of Rabi' al-Akhir in 431 AH (1040 CE) at the age of ninety years and two months, as documented by al-Suyuti . Ibn Taghribirdi likewise recorded his death in Rabi' al-Akhir at the age of ninety, while al-Safadi gave an alternate death year of 432 AH .
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List of Works
Fawaid Abi Abd Allah al-Farra is a hadith compilation (juz' of fawa'id) that records selected prophetic hadiths and reports received from direct teachers. Transmitted with full chains of transmission, many of which were dictated in Egypt and Mecca, the narrations cover topics in Islamic law and ethics, including the minimum threshold for zakat, etiquette during the Friday sermon, manners of prayer, medical remedies, and the branches of faith.