Scholars between Anbar and the Islamic world

Scholars between Anbar and the Islamic world

A.M.D. Abdulaziz Khader Abbas Al Jassim

Al-Anbar occupies a distinguished scientific position among the metropolises and cities of the Arab Islamic state, and through this distinguished position, many scholars, linguists, modernists and jurists have emerged, and there is no doubt that it is one of the requirements for practical advancement, and scientific trips in the pursuit of knowledge cannot be ignored, and Anbar has known this type of activity since the beginnings of the era. Al-Abbasid, being the first capital of the Caliphate of Bani Al-Abbas in the year 132 AH, which is before Baghdad, many scholars departed from it and to it to seek knowledge and knowledge. It is noticeable that some of the departed scholars from Anbar set out to seek knowledge and returned, while another section remained in the places they had traveled to, especially Baghdad, which had a great share in their journey for its scientific fame on the one hand and its proximity to Anbar on the other. The scholars’ journey to Al-Anbar demonstrates its scientific status and is a source of pride for it that scholars from the far west and east of the Islamic world come to it, and they are called Al-Anbari in relation to the status of Al-Anbar. Among the most prominent scholars who left Anbar and contributed to the transfer and dissemination of science and knowledge to other cities, they are numerous and cannot be enumerated in this article. The most famous of them are:

Scholars of Hadith: Ya`qub bin Ishaq bin Al Bahloul (187-251 AH/801-865 AD): He was one of the people of readings and hadiths who transferred his knowledge to Baghdad and died there. Basra, Medina, and Makkah Al-Mukarramah, and he narrated it and carried the jurisprudence as well. And Ahmad bin Mahmoud bin Ahmed Al-Anbari: It was narrated in Baghdad on the authority of many people and he died in the year (321 AH / 933 AD). of the Qur’an and it happened in Baghdad and he was a scholar of Yemen’s genealogy. And Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Al-Azhar bin Zuhair bin Saeed bin Abi Burda bin Abi Musa Al-Ash’ari from the people of Anbar: he moved from Anbar to Jouz Janan and happened in the city of Bukhara, he died in Jawzjanan in the year (341 AH / 952 AD) and Abu Talib Muhammad bin Ahmed bin Ishaq moved : To Baghdad, and it was said that he assumed the judiciary in the year (296 AH / 908 AD), he died in the year 348 AH / 959 AD, and he is one of the hadith scholars. And Ahmed bin Muhammad Al-Muqri’, known as Ibn Abzon: he moved to Baghdad and happened there, and he died in the year (364 AH / 974 AD). This is Sahl Abu Al-Fadl Abu Taher Al-Anbari: He is one of the hadiths /1015 AD) and Ibn Abi Abaya al-Hiti (321-416 AH/933-1025 AD): He came to Baghdad and narrated it. And Ibn Al-Mu'amil Abu Taher Al-Anbari (336-451 AH / 976-1509 AD): lived in Baghdad and transmitted hadith. And Abu Taher bin Abi Al-Saqr Al-Anbari (376-476 AH / 986-1083 AD): He was a wanderer in the horizons and heard hadiths in the Hijaz, the Levant and Egypt. And Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Marwan Abu Jaafar Al-Lakhmi: He moved to Baghdad and narrated it on the authority of many people. And Ishaq bin Ibrahim bin Hatim Al-Anbari: It happened in Baghdad. And Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Muzaffar: He moved to Khurasan and lived in Herat. And Abd al-Wahhab ibn al-Wadah ibn Hassan al-Anbari: He came to Egypt and narrated the hadith there.

Among the linguists and grammarians: Ahmad ibn Ishaq ibn al-Bahlul (231-318 AH / 845-930 AD) was famous for the judiciary and moved to Baghdad and appointed its governor for twenty years, and he is one of the modernists and poets.

Abu Bakr Muhammad al-Qasim al-Anbari (271-328 AH/884-939 AD) moved to Baghdad and was one of the most famous scholars of Anbar.

Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim ibn Sadid al-Dawla (507-575 AH / 113-1179 AD) happened in Baghdad and worked as a construction clerk in the Diwan of the Caliph al-Musta’i (556-575 AH / 1170-1180 AD) until his death.

Abu al-Barakat Kamal al-Din al-Anbari (513-577 AH/1119-1181 AD) moved to Baghdad and became a deliberate in the regular school and took place in preaching councils. He was abundant in knowledge and had sixty-four books.

Ali ibn al-Haytham, the writer al-Anbari: He was a linguist and worked as a writer in the Diwan of Caliph al-Ma’mun (198-218 AH/813-833 AD) in Baghdad.

Among the people of poetry: Among the poets who came out of Anbar, Abdullah bin Muhammad Al-Nas’ih, a collector of several sciences and also a poet, he moved to Baghdad and then moved to Egypt and died there in the year (293 AH / 905 AD).

Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Wadhahi, one of the poets, moved to Khorasan and lived in Nishapur, and it was said that he died in the year 355 AH / 965 AD. This is Nasr Al-Hiti Al-Dimashqi: He was called Al-Dimashqi because he moved from Hit to Damascus and lived there, and he is one of the prominent poets. And Abdullah bin Muhammad Abu Al-Abbas, the young poet: He left for Baghdad and lived there for a long time, then went to Egypt and spoke there. Through the foregoing, it becomes clear to us that Anbar is of scientific importance among scholars, office holders and ministers, as it is the first capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and its distinguished location on the banks of the Euphrates River and the link between the Levant and Baghdad, in addition to being a station for commercial caravans. To download the article, click here