Ibn Khayr al-Ishbili
ابن خير الإشبيلي
1108 CE · 502 AH – 1179 CE · 575 AH
An Andalusian scholar from Seville, a client of Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Ya'mur, and a hadith transmitter known for a well-known index of his transmissions.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · muhaddith
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- TransmitterTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Muhammad ibn Khayr ibn Umar ibn Khalifa al-Ishbili, an Andalusian scholar from Seville, client of Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Ya'mur. He was a hadith scholar and the author of a well-known index of transmissions. He was born in 502 AH (1108 CE) and died in 575 AH (1179 CE). 1
What is reported of him
His teachers and the content of his index 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
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Khayr al-Ishbili”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-khayr-al-ishbili/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.