# Al-Tabarani

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{{Short description|Muslim scholar and traditionist (c. 873–970)}}
{{distinguish|at-Tabari}}
{{infobox religious biography
| name           = Aṭ-Ṭabarānī<br>{{lang|ar|ٱلطَّبَرَانِيّ}}
| birth_date     = 873/874 [CE](/source/Common_Era) / 260 [AH](/source/Islamic_calendar)
| death_date     = 970/971 CE / 360 AH
| religion       = [Islam](/source/Islam)
| era            = [Islamic Golden Age](/source/Islamic_Golden_Age)
| creed  = 
| denomination   = [Sunni](/source/Sunni)
| jurisprudence  = 
| main_interests = [Narrations](/source/Hadith)
| works          = {{ubl| ''[Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir](/source/Al-Mu'jam_al-Kabir_(Al-Tabarani))'' | ''[Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat](/source/Al-Mu'jam_al-Awsat)'' | ''[Al-Mu'jam as-Saghir](/source/Al-Mu'jam_as-Saghir)'' }}
| occupation     = {{ubl| [Scholar](/source/Ulama) | traditionist }}
| influenced     = [Abu Nu'aym al-Bazzar](/source/Abu_Nu'aym_Al_Bazzar)<ref name="EI2">{{EI2|title=Al-Ṭabarānī|last=Fierro|first=Maribel|volume=10|page=10}}</ref>
}}

'''Abū al-Qāsim Sulaymān ibn Aḥmad ibn Ayyūb ibn Muṭayyir al-Lakhmī ash-Shāmī aṭ-Ṭabarānī''' ({{langx|ar|أَبُو ٱلقَاسِم سُلَيْمَان بْن أَحْمَد بْن أَيُّوب بْن مُطَيِّر ٱللَّخْمِيّ ٱلشَّامِيّ ٱلطَّبَرَانِيّ}}) (873/874–970/971 [CE](/source/Common_Era)/260–360 [AH](/source/Islamic_calendar)),<ref name="EI2"/> commonly known as '''at-Tabarani''' ({{langx|ar|ٱلطَّبَرَانِيّ|aṭ-Ṭabarānī}}), was a [Sunni](/source/Sunni) [Muslim](/source/Islam) [scholar](/source/ulama) and [traditionist](/source/hadith) known for the extensive volumes of narrations he published.

==Biography==
At-Tabarani was born in 260 AH in [Tiberias](/source/Tiberias), a city in [Sham](/source/Syria_(region)). He travelled extensively to numerous regions to quench his thirst of knowledge, including [Syria](/source/Syria), [Hejaz](/source/Hejaz), [Yemen](/source/Yemen), [Egypt](/source/Egypt), [Baghdad](/source/Baghdad), [Kufa](/source/Kufa), [Basra](/source/Basra), and [Isfahan](/source/Isfahan).<ref>Tazkirah al-Huffaz, v. 3, p. 85</ref> He [narrated](/source/hadith) from more than one thousand scholars,{{citationneeded|date=January 2024}} and authored a multitude of books on the subject. Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Mansur stated, "I have narrated 300,000 narrations from at-Tabarani."<ref>Siyar A'lam an-Nubala', v. 12, p. 268</ref> For most of the final years of his life, he lived in Isfahan, [Iran](/source/Iran), where he died on Dhu al-Qa'dah 27, 360 AH.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.darulfatwa.org.au/en/brief-biographies-of-the-eminent-scholars-of-hadith|title=AT-TABARANI, Sulaimman bin Ahmad|website=www.darulfatwa.org.au|access-date=Jun 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.dawateislami.net/magazine/en/achievements-of-revolutionary/religious-services-of-imam-tabarani|title=Religious Services Of Imam Tabarani|website=www.dawateislami.net|access-date=Jun 10, 2019}}</ref>

==Students==
At-Tabarani, being a teacher of narrations, taught many students. Among them were Ahmad ibn Amr ibn Abd al-Khaliq al-Basri and Abu Bakr al-Bazzar.{{citationneeded|date=January 2024}}

==Works==
At-Tabarani is primarily known for three works on narrations:<ref name="EI2"/>
*''[Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir](/source/Al-Mu'jam_al-Kabir_(Al-Tabarani))''
*''[Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat](/source/Al-Mu'jam_al-Awsat)''
*''[Al-Mu'jam as-Saghir](/source/Al-Mu'jam_as-Saghir)'', which provides a narration from each of his masters
*Mukarramu al-Akhlaaq- a collection of ahadith revolving around beautiful and chivalrous character

==See also==
*[Al-Tabari (disambiguation)](/source/Al-Tabari_(disambiguation))
*[Majma al-Zawa'id](/source/Majma_al-Zawa'id)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.muslimscholars.info/manage.php?submit=scholar&ID=40016 Biodata at MuslimScholars.info]

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