Ar-Rabi' ibn Sulayman al-Muradi
Egyptian Shafi'i jurist and hadith transmitter
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Abū Muḥammad al-Rabīʿ ibn Sulaymān al-Murādī (c. 790–884 CE) was an Egyptian Muslim jurist, hadith scholar, and one of the foremost transmitters of the works and teachings of Imam al-Shāfiʿī. He is considered among the most important early authorities of the Shafi'i school because much of al-Shāfiʿī's later doctrine was preserved through his narrations.[1]
Al-Rabiʿ ibn Sulayman al-Muradi | |
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أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ ٱلرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ٱلْمُرَادِيُّ | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | c. 790 or 791 CE |
| Died | 884 CE |
| Era | Abbasid Caliphate |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh, Hadith |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Muslim leader | |
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Life
Al-Rabīʿ was born in Egypt. He became a close student of Imam al-Shāfiʿī during the latter's final years after the imam settled in Egypt. He carefully transmitted al-Shāfiʿī's teachings, legal opinions, and books and became one of the principal authorities through whom the Egyptian recension of Shāfiʿī doctrine was preserved.[2]
Biographical scholars describe him as reliable, precise in transmission, and devoted to scholarship.[3]
Role in transmitting al-Shafiʿi’s works
Al-Rabīʿ is especially known as a primary narrator of:
- Al-Umm — al-Shāfiʿī's major legal compendium
- al-Risāla — foundational treatise on legal theory
Many surviving manuscripts and chains of transmission of these works pass through him, which made his narrations central to the formation of later Shāfiʿī jurisprudence.[4]
Students
Among those who transmitted from or studied with him were Egyptian jurists and hadith scholars who continued spreading Shāfiʿī doctrine after the first generation of the school.[5]
Legacy
Within the Shāfiʿī tradition, al-Rabīʿ is regarded as one of the most trustworthy transmitters of the school's foundational texts. Later jurists frequently relied on his narrations when determining the authentic positions of al-Shāfiʿī.[6]
