Ishaq ibn Rahwayh

Imam
Ishaq ibn Rahuyah
Imam Ishaq ibn Rahuyah
إِسْحَاق بْن رَاهُوْيَه
Title	Shaykh al-Mashriq ('Shaykh of the East') - Sayyid al-Huffaz ('master of the Huffaz') - Shāhanshāh al-Hadith ('King of Hadith')
Personal life
Born	161 AH / 777–778 CE; Merv, Khorasan, Abbasid Caliphate
Died	14 Sha'ban 238 AH / 29 January 853 CE (aged 74-75); Nishapur, Khorasan, Tahirid Dynasty (De jure governate of Abbasid Caliphate)
Children	Yaqub Ibn Ishaq; Muhammad Ibn Ishaq; Ali Ibn Ishaq;
Era	early Abbasid era
Region	Khorasan
Main interest(s)	Jurisprudence; hadith; exegesis; theology;
Notable work(s)	Al-Musnad
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Independent
Creed	Athari
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Qattan; Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak; Sufyan ibn Uyayna; al-Shafi'i; ;
	Influenced Muhammad al-Bukhari; Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj; Ibn Khuzayma; al-Darimi; al-Nasa'i; Dawud al-Zahiri; ;
	Arabic name
Personal; (Ism)	Isḥāq; إسحاق
Patronymic; (Nasab)	bin Ibrahim bin Makhlad bin Rahwayh; بن إبراهيم بن مخلد بن راهويه
Teknonymic; (Kunya)	Abū Yaʿqūb; أَبُو يَعْقُوب
Toponymic; (Nisba)	Al-Ḥanẓalī al-Marwazi; ٱلْحَنْظَلِيّ المَرْوَزِيّ

Ishaq bin Ibrahim bin Makhlad bin Rahwayh Abu Ya'qub al-Hanzali al-Marwazi (Arabic: إسحاق بن إبراهيم بن مخلد بن راهويه أبو يعقوب الهَنْظَليّ المَرْوَزِيّ, 777-778 - 855 CE) commonly known as Ishaq ibn Rahwayh (romanizated: Ishāq ibn Rāhawayh) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, muhaddith, exegete, and theologian. A close friend of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, he accompanied him on his travels to seek knowledge, and he was also a teacher of Bukhari and inspired him to compile the Sahih al-Bukhari.