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Ala’ ad-Din Al-Bistami (Musannifak) ⁽¹⁾: Ala’ ad-Din Ali Bin Muhammad Majd Al-Din Bin Muhammad Mas’ud Bin Mahmud Bin Fakhr Al-Din Ahmed Bin Umar Al-Shahrudi Al-Bistami Al-Rumi Al-Umari of Herat was a descendant of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq. His lineage could also be traced back to Fakhr Al-Din Al-Razi, another descendant of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq whose ancestry could be traced to the tribe of Quraysh.

Ala’ ad-Din Al-Bistami was born in Khorasan in 803 AH and grew up in Herat. He then moved to Konya, Turkey as a teacher, and later to Astana. A Hanafi scholar who made important contributions to different fields of knowledge, he was a man of great prestige who used to wear a cloak and a small crown on top of his head.

Ala’ ad-Din traveled with his brother to Herat in 823 AH. He began to write and compile knowledge when he was young, giving rise to his nickname, “Musannifak,” which means “the little writer.” He provided commentary on Al-Misbah, Al-Adab, Al-Lubab, Al-Mutawwal, Sharh Al-Miftah, Al-Talwih, Al-Burdah, Al-Qasidah Al-Ruhiyah, Al-Wiqayah, and Al-Hidayah. He also authored the book Hada’iq Al-Iman li Ahl Al-‘Irfan.

In 848 AH, Ala’ ad-Din went to Anatolia. He provided commentary on Al-Masabih and wrote Hashiat Sharh Al-Miftah, Hashiat Sharh Al-Matali’, Sharh Al-Kashshaf, and some of Usul Fakhr Al-Islam. In Persian, he compiled the books Anwar Al-Ahdaq; Tuhfat Al-Salatin; Al-Tuhfah Al-Mahmudiah, by Mahmud Basha; and—under the orders of Sultan Muhammad Khan (Mehmed II)—Al-Tafsir Al-Kabir, which he called Al-Muhammadiyyah. He also made annotations on Sharh Al-‘Aqa’id and Sharh Al-Wiqayah, by Sadr Al-Shari’ah. He learned the literary sciences under the supervision of Al-Jalal Al-Awbahi and Al-Qutb Al-Imami, Shafi’i jurisprudence under the supervision of Abdul-Aziz Al-Abhari, and Hanafi jurisprudence under the supervision of Fasih Al-Din.

When he went to Anatolia, Ala’ ad-Din became a teacher in Konya. He later became deaf and went to Constantinople, where he received a pension of eighty dirhams until he died there in 871 AH at the age of 68. He was buried next to Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him. Some reports place his death in 875 AH, but 871 is more likely.

Another reason Ala’ ad-Din was known as “Musannifak” is that he authored an exegesis of the Qur’an called Musannifak, which he wrote at the request of Sultan Mehmed II (Mehmed the Conqueror) in 863 AH. He wrote another exegesis called Multaqa Al-Bahrayn.

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) Sullam Al-Wusul ila Tabaqat Al-Fuhul 2/ 390-391, Kashf Al-Zunun ‘an Asami Al-Kutub wa Al-Funun 1/ 458, Mu’jam Al-Mu’allifin 7/ 240, Al-A’lam, by Al-Zarkali 5/ 9, Hadiyyat Al-‘Arifin 1/ 735, Al-Kuna wa Al-Alqab 3/ 186