Al-Istakhri, Abu Sa'id al-Hasan ibn Ahmad

Depth

At a glance

Roles: Jurist · Scholar
Counted among: Sunni
Era: Abbasid Fragmentation
Region: Persia & Central Asia
Review: Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it

Life in time

The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Al-Barbahari, al-Hasan ibn Ali · Ibn al-A'rabi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad · Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad · Abu Awana, Ya'qub ibn Ishaq · Al-Akhfash al-Asghar, Ali ibn Sulayman

Development of law, theology and institutions

Place in the story

JuristTradition

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

The long-form text for this entry has not been written yet. The facts and connections below come from the museum's data.

People and things also explored

The phrase "la yanbaghi" in Imam Ahmad's words· The reports from Imam Ahmad· Obedience to those in authority and not rebelling (in the Tahawi creed)· The Hanbali school (madhhab)· Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi· Abdullah ibn Abbas· Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad· Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi

Sources

Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO

Cite this page

islam.museum contributors. “Al-Istakhri, Abu Sa'id al-Hasan ibn Ahmad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-istakhri-abu-said-al-hasan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.

Improve this page on GitHub · Report an error · JSON

Wing

People

Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story. Related

The phrase "la yanbaghi" in Imam Ahmad's words

The expression "la yanbaghi" ("it is not proper") in Imam Ahmad's words: is it understood as prohibition or as dislike? His companions differed over it, an example of disagreement over the school's wording.