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Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ḥanẓalī

إسحاق بن إبراهيم الحنظلي

al-Ḥanẓalī

777 CE – 853 CE (161 AH – 238 AH)(aged ~76) Banu Tamim

Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Hanzali, commonly known as Ishaq ibn Rahwayh, was a prominent 9th-century Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, and muhaddith from the Banu Tamim tribe, renowned for his hadith transmission and influence on Sahih al-Bukhari.

Ishaq ibn Rahwayh was born in 777 CE in Merv, belonging to the Adnanite tribe of Banu Tamim. He studied extensively across Khorasan, Hijaz, Yemen, Syria, and Iraq, eventually settling in Nishapur. A close companion of Ahmad ibn Hanbal and teacher to Bukhari, Muslim, and others, he memorised seventy thousand hadith and issued legal verdicts. He was known for his traditionalist stance, opposing the Ahl al-Ra'y. Ishaq authored several works, including the hadith collection al-Musnad. He died in 853 CE and was widely mourned, with his grave visited for centuries.

Significance

He significantly influenced the compilation of Sahih al-Bukhari and was a leading hadith scholar of the 9th century.

Reputation in tradition

Regarded as one of the foremost scholars of his era and a trustworthy muhaddith; praised for his memorisation and traditionalist approach.
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Father

Ibrahim ibn Mukhlad (إبراهيم بن مخلد)
Classical grade
thiqa
Generation
Tābiʿ al-Tābiʿīn
Narrations by collection
  • sahih bukhari: 0
Why they matter in hadith

He is valued as a reliable transmitter in the third generation of hadith narrators.

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