Ibn Manda

**Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad bin Isḥāq Ibn Manda** (d. 395/1004–5) be an eminent Isfahani Sunni Hadith scholar of Persian origin.

## Overview of de Ibn Manda Family

Insyd classical *hadīth* literature, de name "**Ibn Manda**" fi refer to various individuals from a famous Iṣfahānī family dynasty of *ḥadīt̲h̲* scholars den historians wich be active for nearly three centuries. De family descend from a Sassanian official, D̲j̲ahārbuk̲h̲t, dem say to have becam a Muslim at de time of de Islamic Conquest of Persia, while de man after whom dem name de family be Ibrāhīm (Manda) b. al-Walīd b. Sanda b. Buṭṭa b. Ustandār al-Fērōzān b. D̲j̲ahārbuk̲h̲t. Dem place ein death during de caliphate of al-Mutasim. Dem count ein son, Abū Zakariyyāʾ Yaḥyā, as de first prominent scholar insyd de family. Two sons of Yahya be known, Abd al-Rahmān (d. 320/932) den Muhammad (d. 301/913-14). Muhammad ein son Ishāq (d. 341/953) be de poppie of de most renowned member of de family, **Abu ‘Abdullāh Muhammad b. Ishāq Ibn Manda**, wey dem born am insyd 310/922.

Abū 'Abdullāh Ibn Mandah focus on attaining religious education since ein kiddie time wey he go on to receive instructions from venerable scholars as Ja'fer b. Muhammad ibn Musa `Alawi, Ahmad b. Zakariyya Maqdisi, `Abdullah b. Ahmad b. Hanbal den Ibn Hibban (d. 965). Dem say ein travels span a period of thirty years wey he take am to places such as Marw, Bukhara, Egypt, Tarāblus, Nisapur den Mecca. He collect an extraordinary amount of *hadith* insyd ein travels during wich he supposedly encounter 1,700 *shuyūkh* (teachers) wey he return to Isfahān plus roughly forty loads of books. De Imām Abu Ishāq ibn Hamzah comment sat he no find a peer among scholars of de stature of Ibn Mandah. De Sheikh of Herat, Isma`il Ansari (d. 375 A.H) say Ibn Mandah be de chief scholar of ein age.

## Legacy

Ibn Manda marry late insyd life wet he get four sons, ‘Abdallah (d. 1070), ‘Abdal-Rahmān (d. 1078), ‘Abdal-Wahhāb (d. 475/1082) den de little dem know as ‘Abdal-Rahīm. Sam of Abū Abdullāh ein notable students be Al-Hakim Nishapuri den Ibn Mardaway (Mardūya) (323-410/935-1019). Abu-Abdullāh die insyd Dhul-Hijja insyd 395 A.H (September 1005 CE). Wat follows be a list of sam of de individual scholars dem associate plus de Ibn Manda family:

* Abū Zakariyya, Yahyā ibn Manda (great-grandpoppie)
* Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Mandah (d. 301 AH: 914 CE) (grandpoppie)
* Ishāq ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Mandah (d. 341 AH: 952 CE) (poppie)
* Abū Abdullah, Muhammad ibn Ishāq ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Mandah (310–395 AH: 922–1005 CE)
* Abu l-Qasim, ‘Abdal Rahman b. Muhammad b. Ishaq (381–470 AH: 991–1078 CE) (son). 
* Abū Zakariyyā’, Yahyā ibn ‘Abdal Wahhab ibn Mandah (b. 434–511 AH/1043-1118 CE) (grandson).

## Academic works

Ein academic publications primarily be concerned history, biography den hadīth. He wrep on de history (seerah) of de Prophet Muhammad den, like ein grandson, Yahyā b. ‘Abdal-Wahhāb, compose a *History of Isfahan*. Of ein works der survive ein comments on certain verses of de Quran den sam prophetic traditions, under de title of *ar-Radd ' ala al-Jahmiyya* (Refutation of the Jahmites), buh e fi be noted say ein son, ‘Abdal-Rahmān, be credited plus a similar if, apparently different work. Oda additional works dey include *at-Tawhīd wa-Ma’rifat Asmā’ Allah* den parts of ein *Ma’rifat al-sahāba*, wich both be preserved insyd Damascus, den a treatise on "The men around Muhammad who lived 120 years’.

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