Abu Ali ibn Abi Musa al-Hashimi
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Abu Ali ibn Abi Musa al-Hashimi (345–428 AH / 957–1037 CE) was an Abbasid Hashimite nobleman, Hanbali jurist, and judge in Baghdad, recognized as a leading authority of the Hanbali school in his time and the author of the legal manual al-Irshad .
Lineage and Early Life
His full name was Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Musa Isa ibn Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah ibn Ma'bad ibn al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib . Through this descent, he belonged to the Abbasid lineage and held the title of al-Sharif, and he was the paternal uncle of the prominent Hanbali scholar al-Sharif Abu Ja'far al-Hashimi . He was born in the Islamic month of Dhu al-Qa'dah 345 AH (c. 957 CE) .
Education and Public Career
Abu Ali heard Hadith from scholars such as Muhammad ibn al-Muzaffar and Abu al-Husayn ibn Sam'un . He studied Hanbali jurisprudence closely under Abu al-Hasan al-Tamimi and other masters of the school . He established a teaching circle at the Mosque of al-Mansur in Baghdad, where he delivered legal responsa (fatwas) and received official witness testimony (shuhud) .
He enjoyed high prestige and close standing before the Abbasid Caliphs al-Qadir bi-llah and al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah . Caliph al-Qadir appointed him as the judge (qadi) of Kufa on two separate occasions .
A number of prominent scholars studied under him or narrated on his authority, most notably al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, who recorded Hadith from him and declared him trustworthy (thiqah), and Abu Ya'la ibn al-Farra', who studied jurisprudence directly under his tutelage, as well as Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Tuyuri .
Scholarly Standing and Death
Later biographical authorities noted that the leadership of the Hanbali school in Baghdad devolved upon him during his later years . In the transmission and codification of Hanbali law, he was noted for al-Irshad (a primary reference widely cited for his legal positions), a commentary on the Mukhtasar of al-Khiraqi, and a compilation entitled al-Masa'il allati Halafa 'alayha Ahmad .
Abu Ali ibn Abi Musa died in Baghdad on Sunday, 3 Rabi' al-Akhar 428 AH (February 1037 CE) . He was buried near the grave of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal .
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List of Works
al-Irshad ila Sabil al-Rashad (Guidance to the Path of Righteousness) is an early manual of Hanbali jurisprudence and doctrine. Composed as a concise guide to essential religious duties, beliefs, bodily obligations, confirmed and voluntary practices, proper conduct, and substantive law, it presents legal and theological matters according to the school and method of Ahmad ibn Hanbal.