Abu Nuaym al-Azhari
- Died
- 394 AH
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Abu Nuaym al-Azhari (d. 394 AH / 1003–1004 CE) was a hadith transmitter whose transmitted reports form the basis of the specialized compilation Muntaqa Hadith Abi Nuaym al-Azhari (Selection from the Hadith of Abu Nuaym al-Azhari) .
Biography and Transmission
His full name was Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Isa al-Azhari, and he was known by the kunya Abu Nuaym .
In hadith transmission, he related narrations from scholars such as Abu Muhammad al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Azhari and Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah al-Basri . Among those who narrated from him was Abu Bakr Yaqub ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Sayrafi .
A curated selection of his hadith transmissions was assembled by the traditionist al-Diya al-Maqdisi under the title Muntaqa Hadith Abi Nuaym al-Azhari . Abu Nuaym died in 394 AH (1003–1004 CE).
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List of Works
Muntaqa Hadith Abi Nu'aym al-Azhari is a short hadith compilation belonging to the genre of specialized hadith selections (muntaqayat or ajza'). The work consists of a curated selection of narrations transmitted through the line of Abu Nu'aym al-Azhari (Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Isa al-Azhari).