Ibn Babawayh
Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi مُحَمَّد ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱبْن بَابَوَيْه ٱلْقُمِيّ | |
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| Title | Al-Shaykh Al-Saduq ٱلشَّيْخ ٱلصَّدُوق |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Muhammad c. 923 AD / 310 A.H. |
| Died | 991 AD / 380 A.H. (aged c. 68) |
| Resting place | Ray, Tehran, Iran |
| Era | Islamic golden age |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh and Hadith |
| Notable work(s) | Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih |
| Other names | Ibn Babawayh |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Shia |
| Jurisprudence | Ja´fari - Usuli |
| Creed | Twelver |
| Muslim leader | |
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Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi (Persian: محمد بن علی بن بابَوَیْهِ قمی Arabic: أَبُو جَعْفَر مُحَمَّد ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱبْن بَابَوَيْه ٱلْقُمِيّ; c. 923–991), commonly referred to as Ibn Babawayh (Persian: ابن بابویه Arabic: ٱبْن بَابَوَيْه) or al-Shaykh al-Saduq (Persian: شیخ صدوق Arabic: ٱلشَّيْخ ٱلصَّدُوق, lit. 'the truthful scholar'), was a Shia Muslim scholar, jurist (faqīh), theologian and hadith collector of Persian descent. He is part of the first generation of fuqaha (jurists) after the Major Occultation in 941, and is known to have extensively traveled between Baghdad, Iran and Transoxiana, where he met with established Shi'i communities and circles. His work, entitled Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih (مَنْ لَا یَحْضُرُهُ ٱلْفَقِیهُ), forms part of The Four Books of the Shia Hadith collection.