Al-Tabarani

{{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 / 260 AH | death_date = 970/971 CE / 360 AH | religion = Islam | era = Islamic Golden Age | creed = | denomination = Sunni | jurisprudence = | main_interests = Narrations | works = {{ubl| ''Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir'' | ''Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat'' | ''Al-Mu'jam as-Saghir'' }} | occupation = {{ubl| Scholar | traditionist }} | influenced = 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/260–360 AH),<ref name="EI2"/> commonly known as '''at-Tabarani''' ({{langx|ar|ٱلطَّبَرَانِيّ|aṭ-Ṭabarānī}}), was a Sunni Muslim scholar and traditionist known for the extensive volumes of narrations he published.

==Biography== At-Tabarani was born in 260 AH in Tiberias, a city in Sham. He travelled extensively to numerous regions to quench his thirst of knowledge, including Syria, Hejaz, Yemen, Egypt, Baghdad, Kufa, Basra, and Isfahan.<ref>Tazkirah al-Huffaz, v. 3, p. 85</ref> He narrated 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, 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'' *''Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat'' *''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

==References== {{Reflist}}

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tabarani}} Category:870s births Category:971 deaths Category:Year of birth uncertain Category:9th-century Arab people Category:10th-century Arab people Category:Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam Category:Hadith compilers Category:10th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Category:9th-century Islamic philosophers