Ibn Idrīs al-Ḥanẓalī

Abu Hatim Muhammad ibn Idris al-Razi, also known as Ibn Idrīs al-Ḥanẓalī, was born in 811 CE in Ray. He was a notable hadith scholar and Athari theologian who narrated from many early authorities and taught numerous later scholars. Some sources suggest he was originally from Isfahan and affiliated as a mawla to the Ghatafan tribe, while others attribute his nisba to a street in Ray called Darb Ḥanẓalah. He was highly praised by contemporaries and later scholars for his precision, memorisation, and critical approach to hadith. He died in Sha’bân 277 AH (890 CE). He was the father of Ibn Abi Hatim, another renowned hadith scholar.