At a glance
- Roles
- 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. 'Abd al-Jiyar al-Muradi, Abu Muhammad — muezzin of the congregational mosque of Fustat (the mosque of 'Amr) and al-Shafi'i's own companion and the transmitter of his books; some two hundred men journeyed to him for them. Born 174 AH; al-Shafi'i said of him "no one ever served me as al-Rabi' served me" and "if I could feed you knowledge I would feed you." Abu Dawud, al-Nasa'i, Ibn Maja, Abu Zur'a, Abu Hatim and al-Tahawi transmitted from him. He died on 21 Shawwal 270 AH, and the Amir Khumarawayh ibn Tulun prayed over him 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.259-261
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Rabi ibn Sulayman al-Muradi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-rabi-ibn-sulayman-al-muradi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.