At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
The young man at al-Saffar's circle
It is told that in his youth he attended Isma'il al-Saffar's circle copying a fascicule while al-Saffar dictated; told that a hearer who copies has no valid sama', he answered that his grasp differed from his challenger's, then enumerated the eighteen hadiths dictated, with their isnads and texts in order of the dictation to the last of them, and the people marvelled 3 4.
Connections
- Had participant
- Al-Daraqutni· Abu al-Qasim al-Baghawi· Abdallah ibn Abi Dawud· Isma'il al-Saffar
- Occurred at
- Baghdad
- During the reign of
- al-Muqtadir bi'llah
People and things also explored
Al-Daraqutni is born in Baghdad, Dhu al-Qa'da 306/918· Al-Daraqutni reads the qira'at under Ibn Mujahid and al-Naqqash, about 320/932· Baghdad· al-Bimaristan al-Muqtadiri· Al-Ash'ari moves to Baghdad late in life· Fires at Bab al-Sham and Karkh· Arrest of al-Ka'ki and Demolition of Baratha Mosque· Battle of Baghdad (932)
Sources
- Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p.101
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.7 p.183
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.7 pp.183-184
- Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , pp.102-103
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Daraqutni hears the last great shaykhs of Baghdad, about 315/927”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/daraqutni-first-hearing-315/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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