Aḥmad B. al-Ṣalt and His Biography of Abū Ḥanīfa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3959763 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eerik Dickinson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 406 |
| Publication date | 1996-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/605146 |
| OpenAlex | W2505349688 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
In the third/ninth century the adherents of hadith attacked Abu Hanifa for his apparent neglect of the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad in the formulation of doctrine. Around the beginning of the fourth/tenth century some Hanafites, including Ahmad b. al-Salt, started to write biographies and musnads which were aimed at establishing the credentials of the eponym of their school in the discipline of hadith. During his own lifetime, Ibn al-Salt was regarded as an unreliable scholar and this view was held by most later authorities. The Hanafites, however, found his representation of Abu Hanifa attractive and sought to preserve it by concealing its connection to him and by trying to salvage his reputation. Although these efforts were not successful, material from Ibn al-Salt continued to appear in the biographies of the imam
Art · Biography · Literature · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2025 (26) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |