Qawwam al-Sunna, Isma'il ibn Muhammad
قوام السنة إسماعيل بن محمد
1064 CE · 457 AH – 1140 CE · 535 AH
From Isfahan and descended from Talha ibn Ubayd Allah. He was learned in tafsir, hadith, jurisprudence, the readings, language and literature.
At a glance
- Roles
- muhaddith · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Scripture and its sciencesLiterature
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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People and things also explored
Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)· Seeking knowledge· Connectedness of the isnad and proven hearing· The Qur'an as the speech of God (in the Tahawi creed)· The pause of revelation (Fatra)
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. “Qawwam al-Sunna, Isma'il ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/qawwam-al-sunna-ismail/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.