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Al-Fakihi

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Al-Fakihi
Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn al-'Abbas al-Fakihi
أبو عبد الله محمد بن إسحاق بن العباس الفاكهي
Personal
Born215–220 AH
Died272–279 AH
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
(Abbasid era)
RegionAbbasid Caliphate
CreedSunni
Main interest(s)Islamic History
OccupationArab historian

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.

Works

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  • 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

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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