Ishaq ibn Rahwayh

Muslim jurist and theologian (c. 777–852)

Jurisprudence^[5]
hadith^[6]
exegesis^[7]
theology

Notable work(s)Al-MusnadArabic namePersonal
(Ism)Isḥāq
إِسْحَاقPatronymic
(Nasab)Ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Mukhallad
ٱبْن إِبْرَاهِيم بْن مُخَلَّدTeknonymic
(Kunya)Abū Yaʿqūb
أَبُو يَعْقُوبToponymic
(Nisba)Al-Ḥanẓalī
ٱلْحَنْظَلِيّ Muslim leader

Influenced by

- Yahya ibn Yahya^[8]
- Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak^[8]
- Sufyan ibn Uyayna
- al-Shafi'i

Influenced

- Muhammad al-Bukhari^[9]
- Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj^[9]
- Ibn Khuzayma
- al-Darimi
- al-Nasa'i
- Dawud al-Zahiri

Ishaq ibn Rahuyah (Arabic: إسحاق بن رَاهَوَيْه/رَاهُوْيَه, romanized: Isḥāq ibn Rāhūyah/Rāhawayh; b. 161 AH - d. 238 AH / b. 777 CE - d. 852 CE)^[2]^[4] was a classical Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, muhaddith, exegete, and theologian. He was a close friend of Ahmad ibn Hanbal and accompanied him on his travels to seek knowledge.^[10]

Origin of the Name

His nickname "Ibn Rāhūyah" is said to have originated from his father who was born on a road towards Mecca:

Aḥmad ibn Salama said: I heard Isḥāq ibn Rāhūyah say: The Emir Abd Allah bin Ṭāhir said to me: Why were you called Ibn Rāhūyah? And what does it mean? And do you dislike being called by that? He (Isḥāq) said: Know that O' Emir that my father was born on a road towards Mecca, so the people of Marw called him: Rāhūyah, for he was born upon the road (to Mecca), and my father disliked that. As for me, I do not dislike it.^[11]

The nickname is pronounced Rāhūyah in classical Persian is Arabized as Rāhawayh.

Influence

Ibn Rahuyah inspired Muhammad bin Ismail al-Bukhari to compile Sahih al-Bukhari. Al-Bukhari stated, "We were with our teacher Ishaq ibn Rahuyah when he said, 'If only someone would compile a compact book for the authentic hadith of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.' That stirred something in my heart, so I set out in compiling al-Jami' al-Sahih".^[12]

Works

Ibn Rahuyah's books on tafsir, hadith and fiqh include:^[13]

Al-Musnad (المسند)
Al-Jāmiʻ al-Kabīr (الجامع الكبير)
Al-Jāmiʻ al-Ṣaghir (الجامع الصغير)
Al-Muṣannaf (المصنف)
Al-ʻIlm (العلم)
At-Tafsīr al-Kabīr (التفسير الكبير)

References

Notes

Citations

^ Al-ʻAsqalānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī Ibn Ḥajar. Fath al-Bari sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī. p. 6.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ibn Rāhwayh, Isḥāq (1990), Balūshī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn (ed.), Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh (1st ed.), Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān, pp. 57–59
^ Melchert, Christopher (1997). "Chapter 1: The Traditionalists of Iraq". The Formation of the Sunni Schools of Law, 9th-10th Centuries C.E. Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Publishers. p. 6. ISBN 90-04-10952-8.
^ ^a ^b Ibn Rāhwayh, Isḥāq (1990), Balūshī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn (ed.), Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh (1st ed.), Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān, p. 208
^ Ibn Rāhwayh, Isḥāq (1990), Balūshī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn (ed.), Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh (1st ed.), Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān, pp. 104–109
^ Ibn Rāhwayh, Isḥāq (1990), Balūshī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn (ed.), Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh (1st ed.), Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān, pp. 78–103
^ Ibn Rāhwayh, Isḥāq (1990), Balūshī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn (ed.), Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh (1st ed.), Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān, pp. 77–78
^ ^a ^b Ibn Rāhwayh, Isḥāq (1990), Balūshī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn (ed.), Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh (1st ed.), Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān, pp. 110–137
^ ^a ^b Ibn Rāhwayh, Isḥāq (1990), Balūshī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn (ed.), Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh (1st ed.), Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān, pp. 150–165
^ Ibn Rāhwayh, Isḥāq (1990), Balūshī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn (ed.), Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh (1st ed.), Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān, pp. 67–70
^ https://shamela.ws/book/10906/7305 Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' vol.11, p.366 by Al-Dhahabi
^ قال البخاري : كنا عند إسحاق بن راهويه فقال : لو جمعتم كتاباً مختصراً لصحيح سنة النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم . قال : فوقع ذلك في قلبي فأخذت في جمع الجامع الصحيح^{[citation needed]}
^ Ibn Rāhwayh, Isḥāq (1990), Balūshī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Ḥusayn (ed.), Musnad Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh (1st ed.), Tawzīʻ Maktabat al-Īmān, pp. 211–215