Ibn al-Hattab Abu Abd Allah al-Razi
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- 525 AH
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Ibn al-Hattab Abu Abd Allah al-Razi (d. 525 AH / 1130–1131 CE) was an Egyptian hadith transmitter and Shafi'i jurist, best known for his Mashyakha (scholarly directory) and al-Sudasiyyat (six-link hadith transmissions).
Lineage and Family
He was Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ahmad al-Razi, known as Ibn al-Hattab. His father, Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Razi (d. 491 AH / 1098 CE), was a Shafi'i jurist and hadith transmitter who traveled through the Hejaz, Yemen, and the Levant before moving to Alexandria during a famine in Egypt. Before his death, his father granted him a general authorization (ijaza) covering all of his transmissions. His family continued in hadith transmission; his sons Yahya and Ibrahim both related hadith.
Education and Transmissions
Abu Abd Allah was a wealthy scholar noted for his extensive audition of hadith, sharing many teachers with his father. He received narrations from numerous Egyptian scholars and visiting traditionalists, including his father Abu al-Abbas, Ali ibn Umar ibn Himmisa al-Harrani, Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Salama al-Fahmi, Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn al-Husayn al-Jihazi, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Sa'id al-Habbal, Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Salama al-Quda'i, Ibn Babshadh, Abu al-Tahir ibn Sa'dun al-Mawsili, and the grammarian Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Muzaffar al-Kahhal.
His scholarly materials formed the basis for two prominent collections selected and arranged by the hadith master Abu Tahir al-Silafi. In 512 AH, al-Silafi compiled Ibn al-Hattab's Mashyakha in Alexandria, recording biographical notices and narrations from forty-six of his teachers in hadith and Quranic recitation. Al-Silafi also extracted al-Sudasiyyat, a compilation of hadiths transmitted by Ibn al-Hattab with short six-link chains of transmission.
Students
A wide group of scholars transmitted from Ibn al-Hattab, led by Abu Tahir al-Silafi. Qadi Iyad was among those who received a comprehensive written license from him. Other prominent narrators included Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Rahman ibn Makki ibn Muqa al-Iskandarani, Abu al-Qasim Hibat Allah ibn Ali al-Busiri, Isma'il ibn Salih ibn Yasin, and the brothers Abd Allah and Isma'il ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Yabis.
Death
Ibn al-Hattab al-Razi died in 525 AH (1130–1131 CE).
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List of Works
Ahadith Abi Abd Allah al-Razi is a collection of hadith transmissions and audition records. It gathers narrations across specialized compilations, most notably a scholarly directory (Mashyakha) and a collection of six-link narrations (Sudasiyyat).
Mashaykhat Ibn al-Hattab Abi Abd Allah al-Razi wa Thabat Masmuatihi is a teacher dictionary and record of audition records documenting scholarly teachers and transmissions. Selected in Alexandria in 512 AH, it comprises biographical notices and narrated reports from 46 teachers of hadith and the Quran.