al-Jayyani al-Husayn ibn Muhammad

الجياني الحسين بن محمد

1035 CE · 427 AH – 1105 CE · 498 AH

Imam, hadith memorist and traditionist of al-Andalus, named after Jaen where his father lived for a time, of Madinat al-Zahra origin; died 498 AH (1105 CE).

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: al-Bazdawi Abu al-Yusr Muhammad · Ibn al-Bitr Abu al-Khattab Nasr ibn Ahmad · Al-Baghawi, al-Husayn ibn Muhammad · al-Humaydi Muhammad ibn Futuh · Ali ibn Abd al-Ghani al-Fihri

Scripture and its sciences

Place in the story

  • TransmitterTradition

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

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موجز

أبو علي الحسين بن محمد بن أحمد الغساني الأندلسي الجياني إمام حافظ محدّث من أهل الأندلس. ولد سنة 427هـ (1035م) وتوفي سنة 498هـ (1105م). 1

النسبة

نُسب إلى جيّان التي نزلها أبوه مدة، وأصله من الزهراء. 1

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People and things also explored

The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)

Sources

  1. 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-Jayyani al-Husayn ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-jayyani-al-husayn-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings

al-Mas'udi's etymology of the abjad numeral letters — the 29 letters of the abjad order named after six kings of Shu'ayb's people: Abjad of Mecca and the Hijaz, Hawwaz and Hutti of Wajj (the Ta'if and Najd lands), and Kalamn, Sa'fas and Qursht of Madyan or Egypt.