Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Juzajani

**Al-Juzajani**
Al-Juzajani
Title	Al-Hafiz
Jurisprudence	Hanbali
Main interest(s)	Hadith
Senior posting
	Influenced by Ibn Ma'in, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ali ibn al-Madini, Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh;
	Influenced Abu Dawood, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, Abu Hatim al-Razi;

Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Sa'di al-Juzajani (Template:Lang-ar, born around 180 AH^[1] - died 872 CE/259 AH^[2]) was a Muslim hadith scholar^[3], one of the imams of al-jarh wa al-ta'deel and a student of Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Some of the hadith scholars that transmitted his narrations include Abu Dawood, al-Tirmidhi and al-Nasa'i.

Biography

He was born and raised in Jowzjan but moved to Damascus where he lived until his death^[2].

The following is a list of works by al-Juzajani^[4]:

Aḥwāl al-rijāl (أحوال الرجال) also known as Al-Shajarah fī Aḥwāl al-rijāl (الشجرة في أحوال الرجال): Modern editors of Al-Juzajani's works believe that this book was also called Al-jarḥ wa-al-taʻdīl (الجرح والتعديل), Al-ḍuʻafāʼ (الضعفاء), Maʻrifat al-rijāl (معرفة الرجال ) or Al-mutarjam (المترجم) by early Islamic scholars.^[5]
Imārāt al-Nubūwah (أمارت النبوة)
Masāʼil al-Imām Aḥmad (مسائل الإمام أحمد)
Al-Tārīkh (التاريخ)

^ ^a ^b ^c Al-Bastawī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlīm ʻAbd al-ʻAẓīm (1990). Al-Imām al-Jūzajānī wa-manhajuhu fi al-jarḥ wa-al-taʻdīl. Maktabat Dār al-Ṭaḥāwī. pp. 9–10.
^ ^a ^b Al-Juzajani, Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub (1985), Sāmarrāʼī, Ṣubḥī al-Badrī (ed.), Aḥwāl al-rijāl, Muʼassasat al-Risālah, pp. 10–17
^ al-Dihlawī, Walī Allāh (1996), Hermansen, Marcia K. (ed.), The Conclusive Argument from God, Brill Academic Publishers, p. 394
^ Al-Bastawī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlīm ʻAbd al-ʻAẓīm (1990). Al-Imām al-Jūzajānī wa-manhajuhu fi al-jarḥ wa-al-taʻdīl. Maktabat Dār al-Ṭaḥāwī. pp. 35–37.
^ Al-Bastawī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlīm ʻAbd al-ʻAẓīm (1990). Al-Imām al-Jūzajānī wa-manhajuhu fi al-jarḥ wa-al-taʻdīl. Maktabat Dār al-Ṭaḥāwī. pp. 135–138.