Ahmad Bayhaqi

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Muslim scholar
Name:	Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Husayn al-Bayhaqi
Title:	Imam al-Bayhaqi
Birth:	384 AH 994
Death:	458 AH 1066
Maddhab:	Shafi'i
Main interests:	Hadith
Works:	Sunana al-Kubra, commonly known as Sunan al-Bayhaqi
Influences:	Imam al-Hakim[1]

Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Husayn al-Bayhaqi, البيهقي also known as Imam Al-Bayhaqi was born 384AH (994) in the small town of Khusraugird near Bayhaq in Khurasan ^[2]. During his lifetime, he became a famous Sunni hadith expert, following the Shafi'i school in Fiqh.

[edit] Biography

His full name is Abu Bakr Ahmad Ibn al-Husayn Ibn 'Alee Ibn Moosaa al-Khusrujirdee. He was a scholar of Fiqh as well as Hadith.

Al-Bayhaqi studied fiqh from Abu al-Fath Nasir ibn al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Naysaburi, among others. He also studied hadith from Hakim al-Nishaburi and was his foremost pupil, among others in that subject as well.

Bayhaqi died in 1066 CE.

[edit] Works

• Al-Sunan al-Kubra (commonly known as Sunan al-Bayhaqi)
• Ma`arifa al-Sunan wa al-Athar
• Bayan Khata Man Akhta`a `Ala al-Shafi`i (The Exposition of the Error of Those who have Attributed Error to al-Shafi`i)
• Al-Mabsut, a book on Shafi`i Law.
• Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat (The Divine Names and Attributes)
• Al-I`tiqad `ala Madhhab al-Salaf Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jama`a
• Dala'il al-Nubuwwa (The Signs of Prophethood)
• Shu`ab al-Iman (The branches of faith)
• Al-Da`awat al-Kabir (The Major Book of Supplications)
• Al-Zuhd al-Kabir (The Major Book of Asceticism)

[edit] References

1. ^ Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam, By Scott C. Lucas, pg. 98
2. ^ Imam Bayhaqi