Abū al-Qāsim Sulaymān ibn Aḥmad ibn Ayyūb ibn Muṭayyir al-Lakhmī ash-Shāmī aṭ-Ṭabarānī () (873/874–970/971 CE/260–360 AH), commonly known as at-Tabarani (), was a Sunni Muslim scholar and traditionist known for the extensive volumes of narrations he published.
Biography At-Tabarani was born in 260 AH in Tiberias, a city in Sham. He travelled extensively to numerous regions to quench his thirst of knowledge, including Syria, Hejaz, Yemen, Egypt, Baghdad, Kufa, Basra, and Isfahan.Tazkirah al-Huffaz, v. 3, p. 85 He narrated from more than one thousand scholars, and authored a multitude of books on the subject. Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Mansur stated, "I have narrated 300,000 narrations from at-Tabarani."Siyar A'lam an-Nubala', v. 12, p. 268 For most of the final years of his life, he lived in Isfahan, Iran, where he died on Dhu al-Qa'dah 27, 360 AH.
Students At-Tabarani, being a teacher of narrations, taught many students. Among them were Ahmad ibn Amr ibn Abd al-Khaliq al-Basri and Abu Bakr al-Bazzar.
Works At-Tabarani is primarily known for three works on narrations: Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat Al-Mu'jam as-Saghir, which provides a narration from each of his masters Mukarramu al-Akhlaaq- a collection of ahadith revolving around beautiful and chivalrous character
See also Al-Tabari (disambiguation) Majma al-Zawa'id
References
External links Biodata at MuslimScholars.info