25.10.2021

AL-HAKIM AS-SAMARQANDI

AL-HAKIM AS-SAMARQANDI

(Died in 953)

The full name of the scholar known as Sheikh ul-Islam al-Hakim as-Samarqandi was Abu-l-QasimIs’haq ibn Muhammad ibn Ismail ibn Ibrahim ibn Zayd al-Hakim as-Samarqandi. He was a famous expert in the sciences of Hadiths, law and kalam. He was also known as a vaiz[1] in the Islamic world. In the historical sources written in the Arabic language, no information is given about his date of birth but his date of death. In some additional sources, his date of death is said to be 953. He was buried in the famous Chakardiza graveyard in Samarkand.

Al-Hakim as-Samarqandi was born in Samarkand, the center of science and education, in its very period of high development. From his early ages, he was devoted to the science and knowledge. He was engaged in this field, received lessons from famous scholars and highly experienced specialists in different fields of the Islamic science. His estimated teachers and masters in his endeavors were the most famous scholars of his time as Abu-l-Hasan Ali ar-Rustughfani, Muhammad ibn Fazl al-Balkhi, Abu Mansur al-Maturidi, Abu Bakr al-Varraq, Muhammad ibn Khuzaym al-Qallas, Abu Nasr al-Iyadi, Abdullah ibn Sahlar-Razi, etc. He received lessons from these experts on tafsir, hadith, especially law and kalam. He studied these sciences deeply and with great interest, and reached the highest level of estimation and appreciation.

A German expert in the Islamic sciences Ulrich Rudolf provided much information about Al-Hakim as-Samarqandi in his book “Al-Maturidi and religious Sunnah climate of Samarkand”. As is written in his above-mentioned book, the ruler of that time in Samarkand (892-907) Ismail ibn Ahmad summoned the experienced scholars of Samarkand, Bukhara and other cities of Maveraunnahr and called the to compile a perfect manual discussing the Islamic problems and showing the right way of using these rules in real life. The main purpose from this call was to give a right definition of the Islamic rules and liquidate the supporters of different separations and parties in religion, which had already spread to the vast territory of the Islamic world.

On the one hand, such a classification of questions to be discussed and defined in the book makes it easier to understand its meaning and the essence of the idea it carries. However, on the other hand, such an approach to the structure and essence of the problems discussed in this book might lose some of its peculiarities, which makes it a special kind of investigation on the urgent problems of Islam. Nevertheless, the author created a very important and precious manual for common Muslims of Maveraunnahr. As is mentioned in some sources, al-Hakim as-Samarqandi also created another book called “Al-e’tiqad” which attracted the attention of experts to the problems of Islam throughout the world.

  ✍️ Farrux Saydullaev, 

International scientific research centre of

Imam Termizi Head of International Relations

 

[1]vaiz — a person who calls people to be faithful.

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