| Arabic name | |
|---|---|
| Personal (Ism) | Nu‘aym نعيم |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | Ibn Ḥammād ابن حماد |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū ‘Abd Allāh أبو عبد الله |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Marwazī المروزي |
Abū ‘Abd Allāh Nu‘aym bin Ḥammād al-Khuzā‘ī al-Marwazī (Arabic: أبو عبد الله نعيم بن حماد الخزاعي المروزي; d. 13 Jumada al-Awwal 228 AH / 18 February 843 CE in Samarra) was a traditionist from Marw al-Rudh and was later based in Egypt and Baghdad. He was nicknamed Farid or Faradi due to his reputation in the field of succession law (farā’iḍ).
Life
Allamah Dhahabi (rahimahullah) states, "Nu’aym (rahimahullah) was a senior in knowledge, however I am not inclined to his narrations ."
Hafiz Ibn Rajab Al Hanbali writes: "Nu’aym (rahimahullah), although some have declared him reliable, having good thoughts regarding him on account of his firmness on Sunnah and his rigidness on refuting the innovators. They have said that he would err . When the Muhaddithun realised that he has erred in many Hadiths, they declared him weak."
His scientific work as a collector of hadith falls within the period before the drafting of the first major canonical collections . He was followed by, among others, al-Bukhari in hadith. Nu'aym ibn Hammad studied and taught first in Basra, then moved to Egypt, where he lived for forty years. In theological questions he followed the mainstream Islamic theology.
Consequently, he refused during the Mihna the createdness of the Qur'an, al-Khalq Qur'an (خلق القرآن) and other teachings that the Mu'tazilah recognized and therefore he was exiled from Egypt to Baghdad. He died in prison in Samarra in Baghdad.
Works
His magnum opus is Kitab al-Fitan, a comprehensive work on the signs before the day of Qiyamah.
References
- Pellat, Ch. "Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād". Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.). Leiden: Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_5960. ISBN 9789004161214.
- Mizanul I’tidal, vol. 5, pg. 29,.
- Siyar A‘lām al-Nubalā’ vol.10, pg.600.
- Jami’ul ‘Ulumi Wal Hikam, vol. 2, pg. 270.