Muhammad ibn Asim al-Thaqafi
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- 262 AH
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Muhammad ibn Asim al-Thaqafi (d. 262 AH / 875–876 CE) was a hadith scholar and devout traditionist from Isfahan, known for his hadith compilation Juz' Muhammad ibn Asim.
Background and Lineage
His full name was Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Asim ibn Abd Allah al-Thaqafi al-Asbahani, a client (mawla) of the tribe of Thaqif. He resided in the city of Jayy in Isfahan alongside his brothers Usayd, Ali, and al-Nu'man, who were also known as transmitters and scholars.
Education, Teachers, and Students
Muhammad ibn Asim studied hadith under several prominent authorities of his era. His teachers included Sufyan ibn Uyaynah, Yahya ibn Adam, Husayn ibn Ali al-Ju'fi, Abu Usamah Hammad ibn Usamah, Abdah ibn Sulayman, Muhammad ibn Bishr al-Abdi, Abu Yahya al-Himmani, and Zayd ibn al-Hubab.
A group of scholars transmitted narrations from him, notably Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Mandah, Ahmad ibn Ali ibn al-Jarud, Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Hafs al-Jurjiri, and Abd Allah ibn Ja'far ibn Ahmad ibn Faris, who was the last of his students to transmit from him.
Scholarly Standing
Muhammad ibn Asim was widely recognized among his contemporaries for his truthfulness, religious devotion, and asceticism. The hadith scholar Ibrahim ibn Urmah praised his piety and virtue, stating that he had not seen anyone like Muhammad ibn Asim, nor had Muhammad ibn Asim seen anyone like himself. Ali ibn Muhammad al-Thaqafi remarked that while frequenting the circle of Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, he found no one who resembled Ibn Abi Shaybah in the excellence of his religious practice and the guarding of his tongue except Muhammad ibn Asim.
Death
Muhammad ibn Asim died in the month of Safar in 262 AH (November–December 875 CE).
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List of Works
This work is a hadith monograph (juz') that compiles narrations transmitted from principal authorities, including Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah, Yahya ibn Adam, Husayn ibn 'Ali al-Ju'fi, Abu Usamah Hammad ibn Usamah, 'Abdah ibn Sulayman, and several other teachers.