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Muslim scholar
Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn
Abdullah al-Hakim Nishapuri
Title al-Hakim
Born 933 (321 AH)
Died 1012 (403 AH)
Ethnicity Persian
Era Islamic golden age
Jurisprudence Shafi'i
Main interest(s) Hadith
Notable work(s) Mustadrak al-Hakim
Abu Abdullah al-Hakim Nishapuri
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abu Abd-Allah Muhammad ibn Abd-Allah al-Hakim al-
Nishaburi (Arabic: ... ,.- ,..,. _ ..-' ,..,. )
(933 - 1012), and also known as Ibn Al-Baiyi.
[2]
) was a
Sunni scholar and the leading traditionist of his age, frequently
referred to as the "Imam of the Muhaddithin" or the
"Muhaddith of Khorasan."
Contents
1 Biography
2 Death
3 Legacy
3.1 Criticism
4 Works
5 See also
6 References
Biography
Al-Hakim, who hailed from Nishapur, had vast amounts of teachers
[3]
in Khurasan, Iraq, Transoxiana and
elsewhere. He had scores of notable students, including Imam al-Bayhaqi
[4]
who was a scholarly giant in his own
right.
Al-Hakim gained a substantial reputation for writing Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain. He started writing al-
Mustadrak in the year when he was 72 years old. Al-Hakim is quoted to have said: "I drank water from Zamzam
and asked Allh for excellence in writing books".
Death
On the 3rd of Safar 405 al-Hakim went into the bath, came out after bathing, said "Ah" and died wearing but a
waist-cloth before he had time to put on a shirt. Later, one of al-Hakim's students, Al-Hasan ibn Ash`ath al-
Qurash said: "I saw al-Hkim in my dream riding a horse in a handsome appearance and saying: 'Salvation.' I
asked him: `Al-Hakim! In what?' He replied: 'Writing hadith.'"
[5]
Legacy
Shah Waliullah, a 18th century Sunni Islamic scholar stated:
[6]
Influenced

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A mujaddid appears at the end of every century: The mujaddid of the 1st century was Imam of Ahlul
Sunnah, Umar bin Abdul Aziz. The mujaddid of the 2nd century was Imam of Ahlul Sunnah
Muhammad Idrees Shafi'i. The mujaddid of the 3rd century was Imam of Ahlul Sunnah Abu Hasan
Ash'ari. The mujaddid of the 4th century was Abu Abdullah Hakim Nishapuri.
Criticism
Al-Hakim drew criticism for mildly adhering to Shi`ism.
[7]
Ibn al-Subk rejects the label of Shi`i as baseless because
Ibn `Asakir includes al-Hakim among the Asharis, who consider the Shias as innovators. Yet this label is still
branded as a blemish today at the hands of those who oppose his positions if they weaken theirs, and those who
oppose him for being a follower of al-Ashari, or for being a Sufi. Others noted to al-Hakim's sincerity in narrating
hadith as the first hadith of Muhammad al-Hkim narrated is:
May Allah make radiant the face of one who heard one of my sayings and then carried it to others. It may be
that one carries understanding without being a person of understanding; it may be that one carries
understanding to someone who possesses more understanding than he.
Works
He authored the following works among others:
Al-Abwb ("The Chapters")
Al-Aml ("The Dictations")
Aml al-`Ashiyyt ("Night Dictations")
Fad'il al-Shfi` ("The Immense Merits of al-Shfi`")
Faw'id al-Nusakh ("Benefits of the Copies")
Faw'id al-Khursniyyn ("Benefits of the People of Khursn")
Al-Ikll f Dal'il al-Nubuwwa ("The Diadem: The Marks of Prophethood")
Al-`Ilal ("The Defects of Hadth")
M Tafarrada bi Ikhrjihi Kullu Whidin min al-Immayn ("Reports Found Only in al-Bukhr or Only
in Muslim")
Al-Madkhal il `Ilm al-Sahh ("Introduction to the Science of Sound Reports")
Ma`rifat Anw` `Ulm al-Hadth ("Knowledge of the Different Types of the Hadth Sciences")
Al-Mustadrak `al al-Sahhayn ("Supplement for What is Missing From al-Bukhr and Muslim")
Muzakk al-Akhbr ("Verified Reports")
Al-Sahhn ("The Two Books of sahh Hadths")
Al-Talkhs ("The Summary")
Tarjim al-Musnad `al Shart al-Sahhayn ("The Reports of Ahmad's Musnad That Match the Criteria of
the Two Books of Sahh")
Tarjim al-Shuykh ("Biographies of the Shaykhs")
Trkh `Ulam' Ahl Naysabr ("History of the Scholars of Naysabr")
See also
Islamic scholars
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Hakim (title)
Mujaddid
References
1. ^ Constructive Critics, adth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunn Islam, By Scott C. Lucas,pg. 98
2. ^ Islamtoday.Com - Al-Hakims Mustadrak & al-Dhahabs Talkhis
(http://www.islamtoday.net//english/show_detail_section.cfm?q_id=839&main_cat_id=11)
3. ^ Brief Biographies of the Eminent Scholars of Hadeeth (http://members.cox.net/ameer1/bioschol.html)
4. ^ Constructive Critics, adth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunn Islam, by Scott C. Lucas, pg.98
5. ^ http://www.livingislam.org/n/6sch_e.html
6. ^ Izalat al-Khafa p. 77 part 7
7. ^ Constructive Critics, adth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunn Islam, By Scott C. Lucas, pg.98.
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