Abu Tahir al-Silafi

Abu Tahir as-Silafi ( Arabic أبو طاهر السلفي, DMG Abū Ṭāhir as-Silafī ; born 1079 in Isfahan , Iran ; died 1180 in Alexandria , Egypt ) was an Islamic scholar. He was considered the most important teacher in 12th century Egypt.

life and work

In his native city of Isfahan he acquired extensive knowledge of the Hadith and the Koran . Around 1117 he traveled via Baghdad and Tire to Alexandria, where, apart from a trip to Cairo in 1121–1122, he lived until his death. Soon after arriving in Alexandria, al-Silafi became the most famous and sought-after scholar of his time. He gained a reputation as a literary expert throughout Egypt and issued the Ijāza , i.e. the Ijāza , to hundreds of books . H. he confirmed its authenticity. Ibn as-Sallar , vizier of the Fatimid Caliph al -Zafir , had the first Shafiʿite madrasa built for him in Egypt around 1150 , which he directed until his death and which was named as-Silafiyya after him . The scholar as-Sachawi wrote in the 15th century that as-Silafi revived the science of hadith in Alexandria in his day.

The Mu'jam as-safar ("travel dictionary",معجم السفر). This is a personal directory of the teachers and students this author has encountered throughout his career. It spans the period from his arrival in Alexandria to 1164 and provides an overview of intellectual life in the Egyptian port city during the fading Fatimid era before Saladin overthrew this dynasty in 1171.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SM Zaman: Hafiz Abu Tahir al-Silafi. In: Islamic Studies. Vol. 25. No. 2 (summer 1986). Pp. 151-159. Online partial view
2. ↑ Al-Kashshaf: Al-Zamakhshari's Mu'tazilite Exegesis of the Qur'an. Online partial view
3. ↑ digitized version (Arabic)
4. ↑ Delia Cortese: Transmitting Sunni learning in Fatimi Egypt: the Female Voices . Middlesex University, 2012. Digitized

literature

• Ferdinand Wüstenfeld : The historians of the Arabs. Dieterichsche Vlgs-Buchhdlg., Göttingen, 1882. P. 93. Digitized