Ibn Battah

Ibn Battah al-Ukbari
Personal life
Born	c. 917 (304 AH) 'Ukbara
Died	997 (387 AH)
Era	Medieval era
Region	Iraqi scholar
Notable idea(s)	Al-Ibanah al-Kubra
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanbali
Muslim leader
Influenced by Ahmad bin Hanbal and al-Barbahaaree
Influenced Abu al-Fath al-Fawaris, Ibn Taymiyyah, Salafi movement, Ahl al-Hadith

Abu Abdullah `Ubaidullah ibn Muhammad ibn Battah al-`Ukbari al-Hanbali, known as Ibn Battah was a Hanbali theologian and jurisconsult born at 'Ukbara in 304/c. 917. ^[1] He learned from a number of Hanbali scholars of his time and also personally knew al-Barbahari. ^[1]

Ibn Batta was severely attacked by al-Khatib al-Baghdadi though he was defended by Ibn al-Jawzi who was much influenced by him. ^[2]

Books

• Al-Ibāna (Al-Kubra/Al-Sugra); Kitab al-Sharh wa al-Ibanah Ala Usul al-Sunnah wa al-Dinayah in Henry Laoust, La Profession de foi d'Ibn Batta. Damascus: Institut Francais de Damas, 1958.
• Al-Sunna
• Al-Manāsik
• Taḥrīm al-Namīma
• Ibṭāl al-Ḥiyal

See also

• Hanbali Scholars

References

1. Lewis, B.; Menage, V.L.; Pellat, Ch.; Schacht, J. (1986) [1971]. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. III (H-Iram) (New ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 734. ISBN   9004081186.
2. Lewis, B.; Menage, V.L.; Pellat, Ch.; Schacht, J. (1986) [1971]. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. III (H-Iram). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 735. ISBN   9004081186.

External links

• Ibn Baṭṭa, ʿUbayd Allāh b. Muḥammad Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿUkbari / Laoust, H. // Encyclopaedia of Islam. 2 ed. — Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1960–2005.