Ibn al-Akhram
ابن الأخرم
864 CE · 250 AH – 955 CE · 344 AH
Hadith scholar of Nishapur in the fourth century AH.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- TransmitterTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Yaqub ibn Yusuf al-Shaybani al-Nisaburi, known as Ibn al-Akhram, a hadith scholar from Nishapur and one of the scholars of hadith in the fourth century AH. 1
Dates
The encyclopaedia says he was born in 250 AH (864 CE) and died in 344 AH (955 CE). 1 These dates come from a single source, so they need an additional source.
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
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.363
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn al-Akhram”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-al-akhram-muhammad-ibn-yaqub/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.