Abd-al-Rahman ibn Ali ibn Muhammad (508-597H) (Arabic: عبد الرحمن بن علي بن محمد) also known as Abu-al-Faraj Ibn Al-Jawzi was a scholar whose family traces their lineage back to that of Abu Bakr, the famous companion of the prophet Muhammad. He was of the Hanbali school of jurisprudential thought.

He was known for his works in exegesis of the Qur'an (Arabic:Tafsir) as well as his numerous hadith writings. One of the more famous of the latter is his "Tahqiq", a compendium of both the hadith evidences used by the Hanbali school of jurisprudential thought and a work of compartive law (Arabic: فقه Fiqh).

Works

• Al Tahqiq (Arabic: التحقيق) mentioned above
• A Great Collection of Fabricated Traditions (Al-Mawdu'at al-Kubrah) (Arabic: الموضوعات الكبرى)
• Al-Mutazim fi Tarikh al-Umam translates as: A categorical collection of the history of the nations (Arabic: المنتظم في تأريخ الأمم)
• Provision of the journey(Arabic: زاد المسير ) the second of his three works of exegesis on the Quran. The third in the series, entitled "al-Mughni fi Al tafsir" (المغني في التفسير) is lost. The first has recently been published.

See also

• Sibt ibn al-Jawzi
• Notable Hanbali Scholars

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