Aṭ-Ṭabarānī ٱلطَّبَرَانِيّ | |
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| Born | 873/874CE / 260AH |
| Died | 970/971 CE / 360 AH |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Main interest(s) | Narrations |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
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Abū al-Qāsim Sulaymān ibn Aḥmad ibn Ayyūb ibn Muṭayyir al-Lakhmī ash-Shāmī aṭ-Ṭabarānī (Arabic:أَبُو ٱلقَاسِم سُلَيْمَان بْن أَحْمَد بْن أَيُّوب بْن مُطَيِّر ٱللَّخْمِيّ ٱلشَّامِيّ ٱلطَّبَرَانِيّ) (873/874–970/971CE/260–360AH),[1] commonly known asat-Tabarani (Arabic:ٱلطَّبَرَانِيّ,romanized: aṭ-Ṭabarānī), was aSunniMuslimscholar andtraditionist known for the extensive volumes of narrations he published.
At-Tabarani was born in 260 AH inTiberias, a city inSham. He travelled extensively to numerous regions to quench his thirst of knowledge, includingSyria,Hejaz,Yemen,Egypt,Baghdad,Kufa,Basra, andIsfahan.[2] Henarrated from more than one thousand scholars,[citation needed] and authored a multitude of books on the subject. Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Mansur stated, "I have narrated 300,000 narrations from at-Tabarani."[3] For most of the final years of his life, he lived in Isfahan,Iran, where he died on Dhu al-Qa'dah 27, 360 AH.[4][5]
At-Tabarani, being a teacher of narrations, taught many students. Among them were Ahmad ibn Amr ibn Abd al-Khaliq al-Basri and Abu Bakr al-Bazzar.[citation needed]
At-Tabarani is primarily known for three works on narrations:[1]
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