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ABŪ IS'HĀQ, IBRĀHĪM IBN-E HILĀL THAQAFĪ
Birth
Abū Is'hāq Ibrāhīm son of Muhammad son of Sa'eed
son of Hilāl Thaqafī Isfahānī was a great Shi'a scholar and a narrator of
Hadīths (Traditions or Quotes of the holy Prophet and his succeeding infallible
Imams A.S.). His exact date of birth is not known; however, it is clear that he
belonged to the early third century Hegira, and that he was born in Kufah. The
city of Kufah was famous for the devotees of the household of Imam Ali (A.S.)
who lived therein. Abū Is'hāq, in his early age, followed the Zaidi
School of Thought and later he chose the Imamiyah (Shi'a) School of Thought as
the rightful one.
Quotes
of Great Islamic Ulamā (Scholars) on Abū Is'hāq:
Wahīd Behbahānī in his annotations to
the book "Minhāj-ul-Maqāl" writes: "Invitation of Ibrāhīm Ibn-e Muhammad Thaqafī
by Ulamā of Qum and Kufah, also his numerous writings, and the Sheikh's
invocation for Allah's blessings on him, as well as reposing of confidence in
him by Ibn-e Tāwūs, all are in justification of his excellence and high esteem."
Muhaddith Nūrī says: "He is a great
Shi'a narrator and author of many works; great personalities like Saffār, Sa'd
Ibn-e Abdullah, and Ahmad Ibn-e Abdullah have quoted narrations from him".
Travel
to Isfahan:
The reason why Abū Is'hāq left Kufah
for Isfahan was his book "Al-Ma'rifah" which he wrote on acclamation of the
Ahl-ul-Bayt (A.S.) virtues as well as on refutation of the enemies of the
Ahl-ul-Bayt (A.S.). Some of the wise men of Kufah asked him not to publish it
because of its contents that spoke out against the enemies of Ahl-ul-Bayt
(A.S.), which could probably provoke the latter. However, the writer (Abū
Is'hāq) had so much confidence in the truthfulness of what he wrote that he did
not refrain from publishing the book. He went a step further by swearing to
publish it in Isfahan, a city that was farther from the school of thought of
Shi'a on those days and generally showed more opposition to Shiite ideas. For
this purpose he shifted himself to Isfahan and arranged to publish his book.
Invitation
to Qum:
A group of distinguished Shi'a Ulamā
of Qum, including Ahmad Ibn-e Abī Abdullah Barqī, a senior ālim (Islamic
scholar) who wrote the esteemed book: "Al-Mahāsin", came to Abū Is'hāq and
requested him to shift himself to the city of Qum, but he did not accede to
their request. He spent the rest of his life in Isfahan and devoted himself to
propagating the Ja'fari School of thought in that area. Prominent narrators of
Isfahan such as Hasan Za'farānī and Ahmad Ibn-e Alawiyeh Isfahānī got a lot out
of his residence in Isfahan. For the same reason he is also known as Ibrāhīm
Ibn-e Sa'eed Isfahānī.
His
Teachers And Students:
Ibrāhīm Ibn-e Hilāl Thaqafī's
teachers in Kufah belonged to the circle of great Shi'a Ulamā and
highly-esteemed narrators like Abū Na'eem Fazl Ibn-e Dakīn, Ismā'eel Ibn-e Abān,
Yūnus Ibn-e Ubaid, Abul Hasan Madāenī, Ibn-e Abī Saif, and Ibrāhīm Ibn-e Uyūn.
His students were numerous too; they
included Abbās Ibn-e Sarmī, Muhammad Ibn-e Zaid Rattāb, Ahmad Ibn-e Alawiyeh
Isfahānī (alias Abul Aswad), Abdul Rahmān Ibn-e Ibrāhīm Musta'lī, Ibrāhīm Ibn-e
Hāshem, Muhammad Ibn-e Hasan Saffār, Sa'd Ibn-e Abdullah, Ahmad Ibn-e Abī
Abdullah Barqī, among many other bright figures and narrators of Shi'a.
His
writings:
Ibrāhīm Ibn-e
Hilāl Thaqafī written nearly fifty books. Unfortunately almost all his books
have been lost because of unpleasant and destructive events, as it has occurred
to many other valuable ancient works. Going over the bibliographies of the
available books, only one book entitled "Al-Ghārāt" was saved; and it is today
by the Grace of the Almighty - made available to the interested ones. This is
the only book that has served to immortalize the name of the author and to
contribute to rest his soul in peac.However, all we know about other writings of
Ibn-e Hilāl Thaqafī is the list of their titles, namely: "Al-Maghāzī",
"Al-Saqīfah" "Al-Raddah," "Maqtal-e Uthmān", "Al-Shūrā", "Bay'at-e
Amir-ul-Mu'menīn (A.S.)", "Qiyām-e Hasan Ibn-e Alī (A.S.)", "Maqtal-ul-Hussain
(A.S.)", etc.
His
Death:
Abū Is'hāq died in Isfahan in the
year 283 A.H.
