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أبو بكر البيهقي

al-Bayhaqi (RH)

Abu Bakr al-Bayhaqi

384–458 AH · 994–1066 CE

Hadith Shafi'i Fiqh

Shafi'i hadith master, author of al-Sunan al-Kubra and Shu'ab al-Iman.

Al-Bayhaqi was a student of al-Hakim and spent most of his life in the Bayhaq region of Khurasan, producing a huge body of work. Al-Juwayni said that every Shafi'i owes a debt to al-Shafi'i except al-Bayhaqi, to whom al-Shafi'i owes a debt, because al-Bayhaqi had so thoroughly supported the school with hadith evidence.

His al-Sunan al-Kubra gathers the evidence for Shafi'i law, Shu'ab al-Iman explains the branches of faith, and Dala'il al-Nubuwwah collects the signs of prophethood.

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Life journey

  1. 994 CE Bayhaq (Sabzevar) بيهق
  2. 1050 CE Nishapur نيسابور
    Died 1066 CE · 458 AH
    Moved to Nishapur late in life; buried in Bayhaq. The year is approximate.

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Key works

  • al-Sunan al-Kubra السنن الكبرى
    The Great Sunan
    Hadith evidence for law, especially the Shafi'i school.
  • Shu'ab al-Iman شعب الإيمان
    The Branches of Faith
    The seventy-odd branches of faith explained with hadith.

Sources

  • Taj al-Din al-Subki, Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra
  • al-Dhahabi, Siyar A'lam al-Nubala'
Draft, awaiting scholarly review.
Year of moving to Nishapur approximate.