حضرة ابو بكر سلطنتیں

Badr Al-Din Ali Ibn Al-Jawzi (1): The Honorable Sheikh, scribe, and musannid (one who ascribes hadiths), Abu Al-Qasim and Abu Al-Hasan Badr Al-Din Ali Bin Sheikh Imam Abi Al-Faraj Abdel-Rahman Bin Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Ali Ibn Al-Jawzi of Baghdad, was from the tribe of Quraysh and a descendant of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq. He was born on the 20th of Shawwal (or Ramadan, according to some sources) in 551 AH. He received hadiths from his father, as well as from Abi Al-Fath Ibn Al-Bati, Yahya Bin Thabit, Abi Zara’, Ahmed Bin Al-Muqarab, and the vizier Ibn Hubaira. He preached for some time and was known for his great wit and sense of humor. 

Al-Saif, Al-Ezz Abdel-Rahman Al-Hafith, Al-Taqi Ibn Al-Wasiti, Al-Kamal Ali Bin Waddah, Abu Al-Faraj Ibn Al-Zain, Abu Al-Abbas Al-Farouthi, and Shams Al-Din Muhammad Bin Hubaira of Bilbeis all narrated on his authority. Those who narrated with approval include Abu Nasr Ibn Al-Shirazi and Al-Qadhi Al-Hanbali. It was reported, however, that he had the tendency to waste time and commit immoral acts. Eventually, he left preaching, instead occupying himself with impermissible matters and befriending the corrupt.

Al-Safadi mentioned him, saying that he had become consumed with wasting time, having fun, and associating with the corrupt, so his father sent him away and had nothing to do with him until he died. He also used to speak poorly of his father. The scholars wrote about him, with Muhib Al-Din Ibn Al-Najjar saying that he’d heard his father say: I supplicate against him every night before dawn.

Badr Al-Din was a scribe who received wages for his work. It was reported that he used to produce ten booklets each day from available writing paper cuts. Although he had minimal knowledge and was of average intelligence, he was also clever and kind. He was known to be trustworthy, and his narrations are considered reliable.

He died on the last night of Ramadan in 630 AH and was buried the next day in Bab Harb in Baghdad.

Source: Kitab Al-Sulala Al-Bakria As-Siddiqia – Part II, by Ahmed Farghal Al-De’abassi Al-Bakri

Date of Publication

1 Ramadan 1438 AH / May 26, 2017 AD

(1) Siyar A’lam Al-Nubala’, Al-Hadith Ed. 16/ 256, Tarikh Al-Islam, Bashar Ed. 13/ 925, Al-Takmila li Wafayat Al-Naqala 3/ 350-351, Al-Wafi Belwafiat 21/ 146-147, Shatharat al-Thahab Fi Akhbar Min Dahab 7/ 241