Abdullah ibn Mubarak

Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak (; –797) was an 8th-century traditionalist Sunni Muslim scholar and Hanafi jurist. Known by the title Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith, he is considered a pious Muslim known for his memory and zeal for knowledge who was a muhaddith and was remembered for his asceticism.

Biography His father, named Mubarak, was of Indian or Turkic descent from Khurasan and became a Mawla or "client" of an Arab trader from the tribe of Banī Hanẓala in the city of Hamadhān. His mother was said to have been from Khwārizm. Mubarak later married Hind, a trader's daughter. He was also known for defending Islamic borders (see ribat) on the frontiers of Tarsus and al-Massisah. He was born at Marw in the year 118 (A.D. 736). He died in 797 at Hīt, near the Euphrates, during the reign of Harun al-Rashid. He studied jurisprudence under Sufyān al-Thawrī, and Malik Ibn Anas from whom he learned by heart the Muwatta, and then taught it to others. his works, most are now lost, include: Kitab al-Arba'een – كتاب اﻷرﺑﻌﻴﻦ Kitab al-Jihad – كتاب الجهاد Kitab al-Isti'dhan – كتاب الإستئذان Kitab al-Birr & al-Silah – كتاب البر والصلة (Book on the virtues of piety, etiquettes and keeping ties) Kitab al-Tarikh – كتاب اﻟﺘﺎرﻳﺦ (Book on History) Kitab al-Daqa'iq fi al-Raqa'iq – كتاب الدﻗﺎﺋﻖ في اﻟﺮﻗﺎﺋﻖ (Book on the heart-softeners) Kitab Riqa' al-Fatawa – كتاب رقاع اﻟﻔﺘﺎوى (Book on Islamic verdicts) Kitab al-Zuhd wa al-Raqaiq – كتاب اﻟﺰهﺪ واﻟﺮﻗﺎﻖ Kitab al-Sunan fil-Fiqh – كتاب اﻟﺴﻨﻦ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻔﻘﻪ Kitab al-Musnad – كتاب المسند Kitab Tafsir al-Qur'an – كتاب تفسير القرآن