Waki' ibn al-Jarrah

Waki' ibn al-Jarrah
Personal
Born745–747
Died812 (aged 65–66)
ReligionIslam
ChildrenSufyan
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi[1][2]
Main interest(s)Hadith
Notable work(s)al-Sunan, al-Marifa Wa al-Tarikh, al-Zuhd

Abū Sufyān Wakīʿ ibn al-Jarrāḥ ibn Malīḥ al-Ruʾāsī al-Kilābī al-Kufī (745/47–812) was a prominent hadith scholar based in Kufa. He was one of the principal teachers of the major Sunni Muslim jurist Ahmad ibn Hanbal.

  1. ^ M. Fethullah Gülen (2009). The Messenger of God: Muhammad. Tughra Books. p. 316. ISBN 9781597846394. Waki' ibn Jarrah, who was brought up in the school of Abu Hanifa and was a tutor of Imam Shafi'i
  2. ^ Nimrod Hurvitz (2002). The Formation of Hanbalism: Piety into Power. Routledge. p. 51. ISBN 9781136753138. For example, Yahya b. Sa'id al-Qattan and Waki' b. al-Jarrah (d. 196) are referred to as Hanafis

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