Ahmad Bayhaqi

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| name = Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Husayn al-Bayhaqi| title= Imam al-Bayhaqi| birth = 384 AH 994| death = 458 AH 1066| Maddhab = Shafi'i| school tradition= | Ethnicity =
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influences = Imam al-Hakim [Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam, By Scott C. Lucas, pg. 98] | influenced = | works = Sunana al-Kubra, commonly known as Sunan al-Bayhaqi|

Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Husayn al-Bayhaqi, البيهقي also known as Imam Al-Bayhaqi was born 384AH (994) in the small town of Khusraugird near Bayhaq in Khurasan [ [http://www.sunnah.org/history/Scholars/imam_bayhaqi.htm Imam Bayhaqi ] ] . During his lifetime, he became a famous Sunni hadith expert, following the Shafi'i school in Fiqh.

Biography

His full name is Abu Bakr Ahmad Ibn al-Husayn Ibn 'Alee Ibn Moosaa al-Khusrujirdee. He was a scholar of Fiqh as well as Hadith.

Al-Bayhaqi studied fiqh from Abu al-Fath Nasir ibn al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Naysaburi, among others. He also studied hadith from Hakim al-Nishaburi and was his foremost pupil, among others in that subject as well.

Bayhaqi died in 1066 CE.

Works

* Al-Sunan al-Kubra (commonly known as Sunan al-Bayhaqi)
* Ma`arifa al-Sunan wa al-Athar
* Bayan Khata Man Akhta`a `Ala al-Shafi`i (The Exposition of the Error of Those who have Attributed Error to al-Shafi`i)
* Al-Mabsut, a book on Shafi`i Law.
* Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat (The Divine Names and Attributes)
* Al-I`tiqad `ala Madhhab al-Salaf Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jama`a
* Dala'il al-Nubuwwa (The Signs of Prophethood)
* Shu`ab al-Iman (The branches of faith)
* Al-Da`awat al-Kabir (The Major Book of Supplications)
* Al-Zuhd al-Kabir (The Major Book of Asceticism)

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