Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani

**Abu Nuʿaym al-Isfahani** (أبـو نـعـيـم الأصـفـهـانـي; full name: *Ahmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ahmad ibn Ishāq ibn Mūsā ibn Mahrān al-Mihrānī al-Asbahānī* (anaa *al-Asfahānī*) *al-Ahwal al-Ash`arī al-Shāfi`ī*, died 1038 CE / AH 430) be a medieval Persian Shafi'i scholar den one of de leading hadith scholars of ein time. Ein family be an offshoot of de aristocratic House of Mihran.

## Biography

### Birth den Education
Dem born am insyd Buwayhid era Isfahan, ein first teacher be ein grandpoppie wey be a Sufi master, Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Ma;dan al-Banna' (d. 365/976), wey be de spiritual leader of a school of Sufism insyd Isfahan, wich continue to flourish during de lifetime of Abu Nu'aym. Under ein poppie ein lead den guide, he begin ein scholarly career at an early age. As he get older, he go widely travel den visit Hejaz, Iraq, Syria, Khurazan den oda places. He possess ijaza insyd hadith from all major scholars of ein time.

### Teachers
Abu Nu'aym get chaw teachers, ein most famous ones dey include:

* Al-Tabarani (main teacher)
* Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri
* Al-Daraqutni
* Al-Khattabi
* Abu Bakr al-Ajurri
* Abu Zayd Marwazi 

### Transmitting Hadith den Teaching
When he sit down to transmit hadith den teach, de memorizers of hadith gather in droves wey dem crowd around am, wey dem heavily benefit from am secof ein elevated chains of transmission den combined plus ein ample knowledge den precision he possess. He surpass all ein contemporaries. 

### Students
Abu Nu'aym get chaw students, ein most famous ones dey include:

* Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (foremost pupil)
* Abu Muhammad al-Juwayni
* Al-Malini
* Al-Dakhwani
* Abu al-Fadl Hamd bin Ahmed al-Haddad
* Abu Ali al-Hassan (ein younger bro)

### Death
He die insyd Ṣafar 430/November 1038.

## Works
Abû Nu`aym author over a hundred works, among dem:

* De *Hilyat al-Awliya*' 
* Al-Arba`în `alâ Madhhab al-Mutahaqqiqîn min al-Sûfiyya, in print
* Dalâ'il al-Nubuwwa ("The Signs and Proofs of Prophethood")
* Dhikr Akhbâr Asbahân ("Memorial of the Chronicles of Ispahan"), in print
* Al-Du`afâ', in print
* Fadâ'il al-Khulafâ' al-Arba`a wa Ghayrihim, in print
* Fadîlat al-`Adilîn min al-Wulât
* Juz` fî Turuq Hadîth Inna Lillâhi Tis`atun wa Tis`îna Isman, in print
* Al-Mahdî.
* Ma`rifat al-Sahâba wa Fadâ'ilihim ("Knowing the Companions and Their Merits"), in print.
* Musnad al-Imâm Abî Hanîfa, in print
* Al-Mustakhraj `alâ al-Bukhârî ("Additional Narrations Meeting al-Bukhârî's Criterion"), in print
* Al-Mustakhraj `alâ Muslim ("Additional Narrations Meeting Muslim's Criterion"), in print
* Riyâdat al-Abdân, in print
* Al-Shu`arâ' ("The Poets").
* Al-Sifât. Al-Suyûtî mention am insyd ein commentary on Sûrat al-Nâs insyd ein book al-Iklîl fî Istinbât al-Tanzîl.
* Sifat al-Janna ("Description of Paradise"), in print
* Tabaqât al-Muhaddithîn wal-Ruwât ("Biography-Layers of the Hadîth Scholars and Narrators").
* Tasmiyatu mâ Intahâ ilaynâ min al-Ruwât `an al-Fadl ibn Dukayn `Aliyan, in print
* Tasmiyatu mâ Intahâ ilaynâ min al-Ruwât `an Sa`îd ibn Mansûr `Aliyan, in print
* Tathbît al-Imâma wa Tartîb al-Khilâfa, in print, a refutation of Shîasm.
* Al-Tibb al-Nabawî ("Prophetic Medicine").

## References


## Sources

* Norman Calder, Jawid Ahmad Mojaddedi, Andrew Rippin, *Classical Islam: a sourcebook of religious literature*,  Routledge, 2003, , p.&nbsp;237.
* ABU NU`AYM AL-ASBAHANI, *Dr. G.F. Haddad*
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