al-D̲j̲aṣṣāṣ
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, Aḥmad b. ʿAlī Abū Bakr al-Rāzī , famous Ḥanafī jurist and chief representative of the aṣḥāb al-raʾy [q.v.] in his day. He was born in 917/305, went to Bag̲h̲dād in 324, and there studied law under ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan al-Kark̲h̲ī. He also worked on the Ḳurʾān and ḥadīt̲h̲ , handing down the ḥadīt̲h̲s of al-Āṣim, ʿAbd al-Bāḳī Ḳāniʿ (the teacher of the famous al-Dāraḳuṭnī [q.v.]), ʿAbd Allāh b. D̲j̲aʿfar al-Iṣfahānī, Ṭabarānī, and others. Following the advice of his teacher Kark̲h̲ī, he went to Nīs̲h̲āpūr, in order to study uṣūl al-ḥadīt̲h̲ under al-Ḥākim al-Nīsābūrī. During This time, Kark̲h̲ī died, whereupon he returned to Bag̲h̲dād (in 344). Later, D̲j̲aṣṣāṣ became the head of the Ḥanafīs in Bag̲h̲dād. According to reports, he was twice nominated for the office of judge but he declined. He mediated between the traditionists and the lawyers. Amongst his pupils were Ḳudūrī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Mūsā al-K̲h̲wārizmī, and others. He died on 7 D̲h̲u ’l-Ḥid̲j̲d̲j̲a 370/14 August 981 in Nīs̲h̲āpūr.
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al-D̲j̲aṣṣāṣ
in Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English)Search for other papers by O. Spies in
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(455 words)