At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Abu'l-Muzaffar Fakhr al-Din 'Abd al-Rahim ibn al-Hafiz Abi Sa'id 'Abd al-Karim ibn al-Hafiz Abi Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Imam Abi'l-Muzaffar Mansur al-Maymi al-Marwazi the Shafi'i; jurist, muhaddith and musnid of Khurasan, born in 537, he transmitted great books — al-Bukhari, the Musnad of Abu 'Awana, Sunan Abi Dawud, the Jami' of al-Tirmidhi, the Tarikh of al-Fasawi and the Musnad of al-Haytham ibn Kulayb; he heard Wajih al-Shahhami, Abu'l-As'ad al-Qushayri and many others, his father sent him travelling to Marw, Nishapur, Herat, Bukhara and Samarkand, and the father compiled him an eighteen-part mu'jam. 1
Standing
A mufti versed in the madhhab who transmitted copiously — people travelled to him, the hafiz Abu Bakr al-Hazimi heard from him, and Ibn al-Salah, al-Diya' al-Maqdisi, al-Zaki al-Barzali and al-Muhibb ibn al-Najjar transmitted from him; he compiled his own forty hadiths, the leadership of the Shafi'is of his town ended with him, and the Sam'ani house was sealed in his person. 1
Connections
- Child of
- al-Sam'ani
- Lived in
- Marw
- Died in
- Marw
People and things also explored
al-Junayd's Khurasan and the Turkish War· Jaʿda ibn Hubayra's Khurāsān mission and Naysābūr's defiance (37 AH)· The Killing of Qutayba ibn Muslim· The Marw Sulh· Abu Ya'qub al-Hamadhani· Adab al-Imla' wa-al-Istimla'· al-Ansab· al-Sam'ani
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “ابن السمعاني”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-al-samani-abd-al-rahim/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.