Abū Ḥātim Aḥmad ibn Ḥamdān al-Rāzī (Persian: ابو حاتم احمد بن حمدان الرازی) was a Persian[1] Ismaili philosopher of the 9th century, who died in 322 AH (935 CE).[2][3] He was also the Da'i al-du'at (chief missionary) of Ray and the leader of the Ismaili da'wah in Central Persia.
Abu Hatim Ahmad Ibn Hamdan al-Razi | |
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Died | 322 H (934 CE) |
Era | Medieval era |
Region | Islamic philosophy |
School | Isma'ilism |
Main interests | Philosophy, Theology, Proselytism, Exegesis, Jurisprudence |
Notable ideas | Precedence of Qadar over Qada |
He was born in Rayy near modern Tehran. He was a contemporary of Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi and engaged in debates with him.
secondly, some very great Shi'i thinkers who were ethnically Persian, such as the Isma'ilis, Abu Hatim Razi and Sijistani in the fourth/tenth century, or the Imamis, Nasir al-DIn Tusi (seventh/thirteenth century) and 'Allama Hilli (seventh-eighth/thirteenth-fourteenth centuries) and many others, were to continue to write in Arabic.