At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · teacher
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. 'Ubayd, Abu Mas'ud al-Dimashqi the hafiz; he roamed the lands, heard hadith and wrote at Baghdad, Kufa, Basra, Wasit, Ahwaz, Isfahan and the lands of Khurasan, and had surpassing care for the two Sahihs, composing Kitab atraf al-Sahihayn — among the first to compile atraf. Trustworthy, devout, scrupulous, discerning; he died at Baghdad in 401, bequeathed to Shaykh Abu Hamid al-Isfarayini who prayed over him, and was buried in the cemetery of the Mansur mosque. 1
Connections
People and things also explored
Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi· Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali· The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· The 'Adudi Bimaristan· al-Bimaristan al-Muqtadiri· Bimaristan al-Sayyida· Dar al-'Ilm of Baghdad (Sabur's library)
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.7 p.252
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu Mas'ud al-Dimashqi Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Hafiz”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-masud-al-dimashqi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.