Abdullah ibn Mubarak

Training under Abū Ḥanīfa, Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i and Shu'ba Ibn al-Ḥajjāj is recorded. Yahya ibn Ma'in, Ibn Abī Shaiba and Abu Dawud al-Sijistani are recorded as having studied under Abdullah ibn Mubarak. The recorded working language is Arabic. The field of work recorded is history, fiqh and science of hadith. Works named in the authority record are Zuhd wa-al-raqāʾiq.

• Religion — Islam • Name — Abd Allah Ibn al-Mubarak • Nocat Wdimage — yes • Era — Islamic Golden Age • Region — Caliphate • Born — c. 726 • Birthplace — Merv Umayyad Caliphate • Died — 797 726 • Place of death — Hit, Abbasid Caliphate • Notable Works — Kitab al-Zuhd wa al-Raqaiq • Jurisprudence — Hanafi • Native Name — عَبْد اللَّه ٱبْن الْمُبَارَك • Honorific Prefix — * Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith • Teacher — * Abu Hanifa • Sufyan al-Thawri

His father, named Mubarak, was of Indian or Turkic descent from Khurasan and became a Mawla or "client" of an Arab trader from the tribe of Banī Hanẓala in the city of Hamadhān. His mother was said to have been from Khwārizm. Mubarak later married Hind, a trader's daughter. Ibn al-Mubarak was born during the reign of Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik. It is said that ʿAbdullāh left his hometown of Merv, and while living in Hamadhān, went on to visit and speak often in Baghdad. Ahmad ibn Hanbal commented that there was no one more eager to travel to seek knowledge than Abdullah ibn Mubarak. His teachers included Sufyān al-Thawrī and Abū Hanīfa. He wrote Kitāb al-Jihād, a collection of hadīth and sayings of the early Muslims on war, and Kitāb al-Zuhd wa al-Rāqa’iq, a book on asceticism. Ibn al-Mubarak is also one of the leading poets of his era. His poems are rather about zuhd, jihad, and the life of the religious elders. He was also known for defending Islamic borders (see ribat) on the frontiers of Tarsus and al-Massisah. He was born at Marw in the year 118 (A.D. 736). He died in 797 at Hīt, near the Euphrates, during the reign of Harun al-Rashid. He studied jurisprudence under Sufyān al-Thawrī, and Malik Ibn Anas from whom he learned by heart the Muwatta, and then taught it to others. He was the first scholar to give the hadiths in the Khorasan region, where many great scholars grew up, especially in Merv, is one of the reasons that increase the fame of Ibn al-Mubarak.

Described as a prolific writer, his works, most are now lost, include: • Kitab al-Arba'een – كتاب اﻷرﺑﻌﻴﻦ • Kitab al-Jihad – كتاب الجهاد • Kitab al-Isti'dhan – كتاب الإستئذان • Kitab al-Birr & al-Silah – كتاب البر والصلة (Book on the virtues of piety, etiquettes and keeping ties) • Kitab al-Tarikh – كتاب اﻟﺘﺎرﻳﺦ (Book on History) • Kitab al-Daqa'iq fi al-Raqa'iq – كتاب الدﻗﺎﺋﻖ في اﻟﺮﻗﺎﺋﻖ (Book on the heart-softeners) • Kitab Riqa' al-Fatawa – كتاب رقاع اﻟﻔﺘﺎوى (Book on Islamic verdicts) • Kitab al-Zuhd wa al-Raqaiq – كتاب اﻟﺰهﺪ واﻟﺮﻗﺎﻖ • Kitab al-Sunan fil-Fiqh – كتاب اﻟﺴﻨﻦ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻔﻘﻪ • Kitab al-Musnad – كتاب المسند • Kitab Tafsir al-Qur'an – كتاب تفسير القرآن