al-Baihaqī
Abū Bakr Ahmad ibn Husain ibn ʿAli ibn Mūsā al-Chusraudschirdī al-Baihaqi ( Arabic أبو بكر أحمد بن الحسين بن علي بن موسى الخسروجردي البيهقي, DMG Abū Bākr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥusain b. ʿAlī b. Mūsā al-Ḫusrauǧirdī al-Baihaqī , b. 994 in the small town of Khusraugird near Baihaq, today's Sabzevar, in Khorasan ; died 1066 ) was a Sunni traditional scholar of the Shāfiʿite teaching direction.
Works
Al-Baihaqī has written several works, including:
- the “Book of Great Traditions” ( Kitāb as-Sunan al-kubrā ) in ten volumes.
- His work "The Evidence of Prophethood and Knowledge of the Affairs of the Lord of the Sharia" ( Dalāʾil an-nubūwa wa-maʿrifat aḥwāl ṣāḥib aš-šarīʿa ) in seven volumes was of great importance in relation to the life story of the Prophet Mohammed . The volumes give an overview of all events that took place before and after the birth of Muhammad and indicate his existence as a prophet, including his ancestry, his external characteristics and stories about people, animals and jinn who recognized him as a prophet.
- "The excellent qualities of ash-Shāfidīs " ( Manāqib aš-Šāfiʿī ). The book was edited in two volumes by Aḥmad Ṣaqr (Dār at-Turāṯ, Cairo, 1970). Digitized
literature
- J. Robson: Art. "Al-Bayhaqī" in The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition Vol. I, p. 1130.
- Biography and work of Al-Bayhaqi ( Jibril Haddad )
supporting documents
- ↑ See Annemarie Schimmel : And Muhammad is His Prophet. Worship of the Prophet in Islamic Piety . 3rd edition Munich 1995. pp. 28f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Al-Baihaqī in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | al-Baihaqī |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Imam al-Bayhaqi; Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Husain ibn 'Ali Ibn al-Musa Al Khusrujirdee al-Bayhaqi (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sunni scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 994 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | at Chusraugird Bayhaq, Khorasan |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1066 |