Al-Khattabi

Al-Khaṭṭābī
الخطابي
TitleAl-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal life
Born931 CE
Died998 (aged 6667)
EraIslamic golden age
RegionSijistan
Main interest(s)Hadith, Fiqh, Aqidah, Philology, Lexicography, Poetry
OccupationMuhaddith, Scholar, Jurist, Philologist, Lexicographer, Poet
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari
Muslim leader

Abū Sulaymān, Ḥamd b. Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. al-Khaṭṭāb Abū Sulaymān al-Khaṭṭābī, al-Bustī, commonly known as Al-Khaṭṭābī (Arabic: الخطابي), was a Sunni Islamic scholar from Sijistan. He is unanimously regarded as the leading figure in the sciences of Hadith and Shafi'i jurisprudence. He was widely considered to be one of the most intelligent and authoritative scholars of his time, renowned for his trustworthiness and reliability in transmitting narrations, and the author of a many famous works. Moreover, he was famously known as the man of letters, philologist, and lexicographer, as well as a master in poetry.