Al-Darimi

For the 8th-century Athari scholar, see Uthman ibn Sa'id al-Darimi.

Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Darimi (Arabic: عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن الدارمي, romanized: Abd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Dārimī; 797–869 CE) was a Muslim scholar and Imam of Arab ancestry.^[6] His best known work is Sunan al-Darimi, a book collection of hadith,^[7] considered one of the Nine Books (Al-Kutub Al-Tis’ah).^[8]

al-Darimi الدارمي
Personal life
Born	181 AH (797 CE) Samarkand, Abbasid Caliphate
Died	255 AH (869 CE) Muscat, Abbasid Caliphate
Era	Islamic Golden Age
Region	Abbasid Caliphate
Main interest(s)	Hadith studies
Notable work(s)	Sunan al-Darimi
Occupation	Muhaddith[broken anchor], Hadith compiler, Islamic scholar
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni[1]
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i
Creed	Athari[2][3][4][5]

Biography

Al-Darimi came from the family tribe of Banu Darim ibn Malik ibn Hanzala ibn Zayd ibn Manah ibn Tamim, or the Arab Banu Tamim tribe.^[9] He is also known as al-Tamimi, in relation to Tamim ibn Murr, who was one of the ancestors of Banu Darim.^[10]

Al-Darimi stated, "I was born in the same year Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak died, and Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak died in 181 AH."^[11][verify]

Al-Darimi narrated hadith from Yazid ibn Harun [ar], Abd Allah ibn Awn, and others. A number of scholars also narrated hadiths from him, including Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, and Abu Zur'a al-Razi.

Works

• Sunan al-Darimi: a collection of Muhammad's hadith
• Tafsir al-Darimi: an exegesis mentioned by al-Dhahabi^[12]
• Al-Jami'a: mentioned by al-Khatib al-Baghdadi^[13]

See also

• List of pre-modern Arab scientists and scholars
• List of Atharis