Abu Hatim, Muhammad ibn Idris al-Razi (811–890) was a notable hadith scholar and Athari theologian[1] born in Ray. He is the father of Ibn Abi Hatim.[3] [4]
Abū Ḥātim Muḥammad ibn Idrīs ibn al-Mundhir al-Rāzī | |
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Personal | |
Born | 811 C.E/ 195 A.H |
Died | 890 C.E/ 277 A.H |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni |
Creed | Athari[1][2] |
Occupation | Muhaddith |
His full name is Abū Ḥātim Muḥammad ibn Idrīs ibn al-Mundhir ibn Dāwūd ibn Mihrān al-Rāzī al-Ḥanẓalī al-Ghaṭafānī. Some sources suggest that he was originally from Isfahan and was a mawla of the Ghatafan tribe. Other sources suggest that he acquired his nisbat from a street of Ray called "Darb Ḥanẓalah". He died on the month of Sha’bân in the year 277H/11-12.890 CE.[5] [6]
The better known [narrators] he narrated from:
From the better known of them are:
Qabīṣah
The better known narrators [who narrated] from him:
The Scholars’ and Imams’ commendation of him:
Jonathan A. C. Brown identifies him as one of the three most important hadith critics of his generation, alongside al-Bukhārī and Abū Zurʿah al-Rāzī (Hadith, 81).