Khaythama ibn Sulayman al-Atrabulusi
خيثمة بن سليمان الأطرابلسي
864 CE · 250 AH – 954 CE · 343 AH
The traditionist and hafiz Abu al-Hasan Khaythama ibn Sulayman al-Qurashi of Tripoli in Syria, a leading transmitter of Syria in his age; he travelled widely in search of hadith and died at Tripoli.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Hasan Khaythama ibn Sulayman ibn Haydara al-Qurashi al-Atrabulusi, a hadith scholar and memoriser, whom the encyclopaedia describes as the chief narrator (musnad) of Syria in his age. He was born in 250 AH and died in 343 AH. 1
He travelled in search of hadith among the frontier towns, Iraq and the Hijaz, and died in Tripoli in Syria. 1
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. “Khaythama ibn Sulayman al-Atrabulusi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/khaythama-ibn-sulayman-al-atrabulusi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.