Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn al-'Abbas al-Fakihi (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن إسحاق بن العباس الفاكهي, born 215–220 AH;[1] died 272-279 AH[2]) was an eminent 9th-century historian and hadith scholar of Mecca. He narrated hadiths from preeminent hadith scholars such as Muhammad Ibn Ismail al-Bukhari, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, Abu Hatim al-Razi and Abu Zur'ah Jurjani.
Al-Fakihi Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn al-'Abbas al-Fakihi | |
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أبو عبد الله محمد بن إسحاق بن العباس الفاكهي | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 215–220 AH |
| Died | 272–279 AH |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age (Abbasid era) |
| Region | Abbasid Caliphate |
| Main interest(s) | Islamic History |
| Occupation | Arab historian |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Creed | Sunni |
Works
edit- Akhbār Makkah fī qadīm al-dahr wa-ḥadīthih (أخبار مكة في قديم الدهر وحديثه): The book, of which only the second half survived to the present day, was praised by Ibn Hajar and Taqi al-Din al-Fasi.[3] A small portion of the work was edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld.
References
edit- ^ Al-Fakihi, Muhhammad (1994), Ibn Duhaysh, 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Abd Allah (ed.), Akhbar Makkah fi qadim al-dahr wa-hadithih, vol. 1 (2nd ed.), Dar Khidr, p. 11
- ^ Al-Fakihi, Muhhammad (1994), Ibn Duhaysh, 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Abd Allah (ed.), Akhbar Makkah fi qadim al-dahr wa-hadithih, vol. 1 (2nd ed.), Dar Khidr, p. 32
- ^ Al-Fakihi, Muhhammad (1994), Ibn Duhaysh, 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Abd Allah (ed.), Akhbar Makkah fi qadim al-dahr wa-hadithih, vol. 1 (2nd ed.), Dar Khidr, p. 33
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