Ibn al-Jallabi
- Died
- 542 AH
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Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jullabi (d. 542 AH / 1148 CE), also known as Ibn al-Jallabi, was a traditionalist and deputy judge based in Wasit in Iraq .
Background and Name
He was the son of the historian and hadith transmitter Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Tayyib al-Jullabi—known as Ibn al-Maghazili—who composed a continuation (Dhayl) to the history of Wasit by Bahshal and drowned in Baghdad in Safar 483 AH before being buried in Wasit .
Biographers noted differences regarding the vocalization of his nisba: his student Abu al-Fath al-Mandayi insisted it was al-Jallabi (with an opening vowel), citing his personal familiarity with him as his father's judicial deputy . However, Ibn Nuqta, al-Sharif Ibn Abd al-Sami', and al-Dhahabi maintained that the correct form is al-Jullabi (with a damma), noting that it was recorded that way in his father's own hand on manuscripts of his historical supplement and in audition certificates .
Judicial Office and Scholarship
Al-Jullabi served as a deputy judge (na'ib fi al-qada') in Wasit on behalf of Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Bakhtiyar al-Mandayi .
He received hadith from his father, Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Makhlad al-Azdi, the judge Abu Ali Ismail ibn Ahmad ibn Kumari, Abu Abd Allah al-Humaydi, Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Ghandajani, and Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ukbari . He also held an audition authorization (ijaza) from the grammarian Abu Ghalib Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Bashran .
He traveled to Baghdad after 520 AH and transmitted hadith there . The genealogist Abu Sa'd al-Sam'ani traveled to Wasit specifically to hear from him in 533 AH, studied extensively with him across two visits, and continuously accompanied him throughout his stay in the city . His hadith transmissions included Musnad al-Khulafa al-Rashidin by Ahmad ibn Sinan and Kitab al-Birr wa-l-Sila by Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, as well as his own compiled hadith tract Juz' Ibn al-Jallabi . Other transmitters who studied under him included Abu al-Muzaffar Ali ibn Ali ibn Naghuba, Abu al-Makarim Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Jalakht, al-Hasan ibn Makki al-Marandi, and Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Sadaqa ibn Kulayz .
Standing and Death
Al-Sam'ani described al-Jullabi as a virtuous and learned scholar with sound auditions and reliable written sources . Although Ahmad ibn al-Aghlaqi alleged that al-Jullabi had claimed to have heard transmissions that he had not actually received, his outward condition was regarded as honest and trustworthy, and his auditions were verified as sound .
Al-Jullabi died in the month of Ramadan, 542 AH (1148 CE) .
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List of Works
Juz Ibn al-Jallabi is a short hadith tract (juzʾ) that preserves narrations transmitted through traditional chains of authorities. The collection opens with a report of the statement made by Umar ibn al-Khattab upon kissing the Black Stone.