At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · hadith-scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Al-Rabi' b. Sulayman b. Dawud al-Jizi, Abu Muhammad al-Azdi al-Misri "the Lame" — an Egyptian companion of al-Shafi'i, "a jurist and a righteous man". He transmitted from al-Shafi'i, 'Abdallah b. Wahb, Ishaq b. Wahb and 'Abdallah b. Yusuf; Abu Dawud, al-Nasa'i and al-Tahawi transmitted from him, and it is he who reports from al-Shafi'i that reciting the Qur'an with melodies is disapproved. He died in Dhu'l-Hijja 256 AH, or 257 1.
Connections
- Studied under
- Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i
People and things also explored
The authority of the Sunna (hujjiyyat al-sunna)· Ahmad ibn Hanbal· The Shafi'i school (madhhab)· Muwatta 77· Muwatta 88· Muwatta 540· Muwatta 584· Muwatta 587
Sources
- Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra — Taj al-Din al-Subki (al-Husayniyya edition) , j.1 p.259
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Rabi ibn Sulayman al-Jizi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-rabi-ibn-sulayman-al-jizi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.