Ibn Rajab

Zain ad-Din, Abu al-Faraj, 'Abd ar-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn

'Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Abi al-
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
Barakat Mas'ud as-Sulami, al-Baghdadi, al-Hanbali, also known Personal
as Ibn Rajab, which was a nickname he inherited from his grandfather Born AH 736
who was born in the month of Rajab, was a Muslim scholar. (1335/1336)
Baghdad[1][2]
Died AH 795
Contents (1392/1393)[4]
Biography Religion Islam
Death Era Medieval era
Comments from other Muslim scholars
Region Iraqi Syrian
Works scholar
Tafsir and Qur'anic studies
Jurisprudence Hanbali
Hadith studies and explanations
Creed Hanbali[3]
Fiqh
Biographical and historical accounts Main Hadith, Fiqh,
Other interest(s) Aqidah
Muslim leader
See also
Influenced by
References
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
External links
Al-Hasan ibn 'Ali al-Barbahari
an-Nawawi

Biography Ibn Qudama

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
Imam Ibn Rajab was born in Baghdad in 1335 (736H). His Influenced
grandfather was a scholar of Islam with a focus in Hadith. His father, Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
also born in Baghdad, studied under a number of scholars. At the age
of five Ibn Rajab's family moved to Damascus, then traveled to
Jerusalem where he studied under al-Alla'i, then back to Baghdad and from there to Mecca. While in Mecca
his father arranged for him to study Islam as well. He then traveled to Egypt before returning to Damascus,
where he taught students of his own. Some of the scholars he studied under were Ibn an-Naqeeb (d. 769H),
as-Subki, al-Iraqi (d. 806H), and Muhammad Ibn Ismail al-Khabbaz. He also studied with Ibn Qayyim al-
Jawziyyah up to Ibn al-Qayyim's death. Ibn Rajab's commentary on the forty hadith of Nawawi (Jami' al-
Ulum wa al-Hikam) is one of the largest and is generally considered the best commentary available. Near the
end of his life, Ibn Rajab began composing a commentary on Sahih Bukhari, but unfortunately only reached
the chapter on the funeral prayers before he died. He had named his work Fath al-Bari and what he did write
has been published by Dar Ibn al-Jawzi in seven volumes. This amounts to less than a sixth of Sahih Bukhari.
Twenty years after Ibn Rajab's death, Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani began his commentary on Sahih Bukhari and gave
his own work the same title in honour of Ibn Rajab.

Death
Ibn Rajab died on a Monday night 4th of Ramadhan 795AH (1393), at the age of fifty-nine, in a garden area
he had rented in Damascus. His funeral prayer was performed the next day and he was buried in the Baab as-
Sagheer graveyard.[5]

Comments from other Muslim scholars

Ibn Qadi Shuhbah said of him in his biography: "He read and became proficient in the various fields of
science. He engrossed himself with the issues of the (Hanbali) maddhab until he mastered it. He devoted
himself to the occupation of knowledge of the texts, defects and meanings of the Hadith. And he withdrew
himself in seclusion in order to write."[6]

Al-Hafidh ibn Hajr al-Asqalani said of him: "He was highly proficient in the scientific disciplines of Hadith in
terms of the names of reporters, their biographies, their paths of narration and awareness of their meanings."[7]

Imaam ibn Muflih al-Hanbali said of him: "He was the Shaikh, the great scholar, the Hafidh, the one who
abstained from the worldly life. He was the Shaikh of the Hanbali maddhab and he wrote many beneficial
books."

Works

Tafsir and Qur'anic studies

Tafsir Surah al-Ikhlaas
Tafsir Surah al-Faatihah
Tafsir Surah an-Nasr
I'raab al-Bismillah
Al-Istighnaa bil-Qur'an

Hadith studies and explanations

Sharh Jaami' al-Tirmidhi of which only the last portion of remains – Sharh 'Ilal at-Tirmidhi
Fath al-Bari bi Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari
Jami' al-'Uloom wal-Hikam fi Sharh khamsina Hadithan min Jawami al-Kalim (published in
English translation as The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom by Turath Publishing Ltd.,
London, July 2007)
Maa Dhi'bani Ja'iaan ursilaa fi Ghanam
Ikhtiyaar al-Awlaa fi Sharh Hadith Ikhtisaam al-Mala al-A'alaa
Noor al-Iqtibas fi Mishkaat Wasiyyat an-Nabi Libn Abbas
Ghayat an-Nafa fi Sharh Hadith Tamthil al-Mu'min bi Khamat az-Zara
Kashf al-Kurbah fi Wasfi Hali Ahl al-Ghurbah

Fiqh
Al-Istikhraj fi Ahkam al-Kharaj
Al-Qawa'id al-Fiqhiyyah
Kitab Ahkam al-Khawatim wa ma yat'alaqu biha
Biographical and historical accounts
Adh-Dhayl 'alaa Tabaqat al-Hanabilah
Mukhtasar Sirah Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz
Sirah 'Abd al-Malik ibn Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz

Other
Lata'if al-Ma'arif fima li Mawasim al-Aam min al-Wadha'if
At-Takhweef min an-Naar wat-Ta'reef bi Hali Dar al-Bawar
Al-Farq bayna an-Nasihah wat-Ta'yir
Ahwal Ahl al-Quboor

See also
Ahmad bin Hanbal
Hanbali Scholars

References
1. Shaikh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah [Rahimahullah] (http://www.studentofknowledge.com/ibnrajab.ht
m)
2. IslamWeb (http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/archive/article.php?lang=E&id=37699)
3. Spevack, Aaron (2014). The Archetypal Sunni Scholar: Law, Theology, and Mysticism in the
Synthesis of Al-Bajuri. State University of New York Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-4384-5370-5.
4. Laoust, Henri (2012). " "Ibn Taymiyya." Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition" (http://referenc
eworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/ibn-taymiyya-SIM_3388). BrillOnline.
BrillOnline. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
5. "Saleem al-Hilaali, Eeqaadh-ul-Himam (An abridgment of Jami' Ulum wa al-Hikam)" Pages 8–
11
6. Al-Jawhar-ul-Munaddad Page # 48
7. Inbaa-ul-Ghamr

External links
Biodata at MuslimScholars.info (http://www.muslimscholars.info/manage.php?submit=scholar&
ID=80045)
Books by Ibn Rajab (http://balagha.net/authors/ibn-rajab-al-hanbali)
(in French) Ibn Rajab (https://web.archive.org/web/20110723021203/http://www.at-tawhid.net/a
rticle-ibn-rajab-al-hanbali-m-795-45910227.html) From At-tawhid.net

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