

Muhammad ibn al-Mu’tamir said, “When ath-Thawri died, I asked my father, ‘Who is the faqih of the Arabs?” He replied, “Ibn al-Mubarak.”Īl-Awza’i said to Abu ‘Uthman al-Kalbi about him, “If I had seen him, I would have been delighted.”Īn-Nasa’i said, “There was not known in the time of Ibn al-Mubarak anyone more glorious or excellent than him nor anyone who had more virtues than he possessed.” He also said, “No one has come to us like Ibn al-Mubarak and Ibn Abi Ziyada.” He was a man of fiqh, knowledge, worship, asceticism, and generosity. When Sufyan ibn ‘Uyayna was told that Ibn al-Mubarak had died, he said, “May Allah have mercy on him. He said, “Ibn al-Mubarak related to us, and he was unique.” I have not see the like of Ibn al-Mubarak.” He was asked, “And if the people disagree with you?” He replied, “The people have not made any tests. Ibn Mahdi was asked about him and and ath-Thawri and which of them was better. If Ibn al-Mubarak did not acknowledge a hadith, we would not acknowlege it.” (One of them had ‘Hammad’ in place of Shu’ba.) I did not see anyone with better counsel for the community than Ibn al-Mubarak. Ibn Mahdi said, “I met four fuqaha’: Malik, Shu’ba, Sufyan and Ibn al-Mubarak. Ibn Waddah said, “In the end, he avoided mentioning Abu Hanifa in his books, and he did not read his work to people.”Ĭoncerning his position in knowledge and praise of himĪbu Ishaq al-Fazzari said, “Ibn al-Mubarak was the Imam of the Muslims.” Al-Fazzari used to sit in front of him and ask him questions.” Then he left him and abandoned his madhhab.” Ibn Wahb said, “Ibn al-Mubarak listened to all our shaykhs except ‘Amr ibn al-Harith.”Īsh-Shirazi said, “He learned fiqh with Malik and ath-Thawri, and he was the first of Abu Hanifa’s companions. Ibn Mahdi, ‘Abdu’r-Razzaq, Yahya ibn al-Qattan, Ibn Wahb and others related from him.
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He listened to Ibn Abi Layla, Hisham ibn ‘Urwa, al-A’mash, Sulayman at-Tamimi, Humayd at-Tawil, Yahya ibn Sa’id, Ibn ‘Awn, Musa ibn ‘Uqba, the two Sufyans, al-Awza’i, Ibn Abi Dhib, Malik, Ma’mar, Shu’ba, and Haywa ibn Shurayh, and he studied with Abu ‘Amr ibn al-‘Ala’, al-Layth and others. He was the client of the Banu Tamim, then the Banu Hanifa. (118/736 – 181/797), a renowned Khorasani scholar from Qadi ‘Iyad’s Tartib al-Madarik In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate
