Ibn Fil
- Died
- 311 AH
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Abu al-Tahir ibn Fil (d. 311 AH / 923–924 CE) was a Syrian hadith scholar and the imam of the congregational mosque in Antioch, best known for his compiled hadith notebook Juz Ibn Fil (The Hadith Monograph of Ibn Fil) .
Lineage and Origin
His full name was Abu al-Tahir al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn Ibrahim ibn Fil al-Balisi al-Antaki al-Fayli al-Asadi . His relative nisba "al-Fayli" derives from the name of his great-grandfather, Fil . His family traced its origins back to Kufa and subsequently to Balis, before establishing itself in Antioch . Ibn al-Adim noted that Abu al-Tahir's father, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim ibn Fil, was the one who relocated from Balis, and that Abu al-Tahir himself was attributed to Balis by virtue of his familial descent . He was the nephew of the hadith narrator Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Ibrahim ibn Fil, and his own son, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, was likewise a transmitter of hadith .
Scholarly Career and Transmissions
Ibn Fil served as the prayer leader of the congregational mosque in Antioch in 300 AH . He heard hadith in Balis and other Syrian centers, transmitting from authorities including Luwayn (Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Mawsisi), Nuh ibn Habib al-Qawmasi, Muhammad ibn Musaffa al-Himsi, al-Husayn ibn al-Hasan al-Marwazi, and Sa'id ibn Nusayr al-Baghdadi .
A substantial cohort of major hadith masters took narrations from him, most notably al-Tabarani, Ibn Hibban, Ibn Adi, Abu Bakr ibn al-Muqri al-Isbahani, and Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Bundar al-Udhani .
Standing and Death
Ibn Fil was recognized among the prominent hadith transmitters of his generation . When asked about his reliability, al-Daraqutni declared him trustworthy (thiqah) .
He died in Antioch in 311 AH; according to al-Sam'ani, his death occurred shortly after 310 AH, when he was around ninety years of age .
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List of Works
Juz Ibn Fil (The Hadith Monograph of Ibn Fil) is a collection of Prophetic traditions. The monograph preserves narrations transmitted from various hadith authorities and features rare and atypical transmissions (ghara'ib).