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Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī () (853 – 5 November 933), commonly known as at-Tahawi (), was an Egyptians Arabs Hanafi fiqh and Athari aqidah. He studied with his uncle al-Muzani and was a Shafi'i jurist, before then changing to the Hanafi school. He is known for his work al-'Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah, a summary of Sunni Islamic creed which influenced Hanafis in Egypt.
Aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī then studied under the head of the Ḥanafīs in Egypt, Aḥmad ibn Abī ʿImrān al-Ḥanafī, who had himself studied under the two primary students of Abu Hanifa, Abu Yusuf and Muḥammad ash-Shaybānī. Aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī then travelled to Syria in 882 (268 AH) for further studies in Ḥanafī jurisprudence and became pupil to Abū Khāzim ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, the chief Qadi of Damascus.Ibn Asakir, Tariqh Madinat Dimashq, 5.367
Aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī gained a vast knowledge of Hadith in addition to Hanafi and his study circles consequently attracted many students of knowledge who related Hadith from him and transmitted his works. Among them were al-Da'udi, the head of the in Khurasan, and al-Tabarani, well known for his biographical dictionaries of Hadith transmitters.Kawthari, al-Hawi, 238
Aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī was famed for his expertise in both ḥadīth and Ḥanafī jurisprudence even during his own lifetime, and many of his works, such as Kitāb Maʿāni al-Āthār and ʿAqīdah aṭ-Ṭaḥāwīyyah, continue to be held in high regard by Sunni Muslims today.
He died on the 14th day of Dhu al-Qadah, 321 AH (5 November 933 CE), and was buried in al-Qarāfah, Cairo.
Legacy
Many of aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī's contemporaries praised him and noted him as both a reliable scholar and narrator of ḥadīth. He was widely held as a distinguished and prolific writer and became known as the most learned fiqh amongst the Ḥanafīs in Egypt, despite having knowledge of all the madhab. Over fifteen commentaries have been produced on his creedal treatise, ʿAqīdah aṭ-Ṭaḥāwīyyah, including shuruh by the Hanafi jurist Ismail ibn Ibrahim al-Shaybani and the Ibn Taymiyyah-inclined Ibn Abi al-Izz.
Works
He authored many other works, close to forty different books, some of which are still available today, including:
See also
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