Abū ʿAbdallāh al-Ḥalīmī al-Qāḍī al-Ḥusayn b. al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Ḥalīm al-Bukhārī al-Jurjānī al-Shāfiʿī () also known as Al-Halimi (338 AH/949–50 CE - 403 AH/1012–3 CE), was a highly influential Sunni scholar and regarded as the foremost leading faqih, muhaddith, and kalam in Transoxiana. He was one of the hadith masters who wrote significant works and was a prominent figure in the Shafi'i school of law and among the early Ash'aris.
Biography
Al-Halimi was born in the year (338/949–50 AH) to a free woman from
Gorgan and his half-brother, Abū l-Faḍl al-Ḥasan, was born the same year to a female
Turkic peoples slave. The place where Al-Halimi was born is disputed. It was said that he was born in
Gorgan and was raised in
Bukhara. Other narration states he was born and raised in
Bukhara. He studied
Hadith studies under several masters, including Abū Bakr b. Khanb (not Ḥabīb) and others. He studied jurisprudence under Abu Bakr al-Qaffal al-Marwazi and Abu Bakhr al-Udani. After mastering these sacred sciences, he became an
alim of high consideration and authority in Transoxiana. He was known for his brilliant researching skills and treating points of the Shafi'i law. When he moved to
Nishapur, he taught hadith scholars and others who gave narrations under his authority such as Al-Hakim and other hadith narrators.
Death
He died in the year of 403 (1012 CE).
Influence
Many scholars who came after him would often quote him pertaining matters on creed and Usul al-dín (principles of the faith).
frequently transmitted his scholarship in his Shu'ab al-Iman and Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat.
Reception
The Shafi'i historian,
Al-Dhahabi refers to Imam al-Halimi as the "
Head of the Mutakallimīn and Muḥaddithīn" indicating his leadership among the practitioners of
Kalam and scholars of
Hadith.
Al-Dhahabi also calls him "
Shaykh al-Shāfiʿiyyah" indicating his leadership among the jurists in the Shafi'i school.
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