A forgotten Islamic scholar from what is today Pakistan during the Islamic Golden age was a man named Rija Al-Sindhi.
After studies in Kufa and settling in Khorasan, his exemplary work won him the title ‘Rukn min arkan al Hadith’ (One of the Pillars of Hadith).
After studies in Kufa and settling in Khorasan, his exemplary work won him the title ‘Rukn min arkan al Hadith’ (One of the Pillars of Hadith).
Apologies for not being able to write more at that time.
As the nisbah indicates, Rija or possibly Raja was a man originally from Sindh who travelled far in the Abbasid caliphate for the studies of Hadith. In Kufa he was tutored by the likes of Abubakar bin Ayash.
As the nisbah indicates, Rija or possibly Raja was a man originally from Sindh who travelled far in the Abbasid caliphate for the studies of Hadith. In Kufa he was tutored by the likes of Abubakar bin Ayash.
Muhammad Ishaq writes that during his life he is said to have tutored the likes of Ahmed Ibn Hanbal. After his studies he returned to the city of Isfarain in today’s Persia and after an illustrious scholarly life, he died in 837 CE.
What most Pakistanis don’t know is that the country’s Islamic history is just as underrated as its Pre-Islamic one. For this Saturday’s thread we shall be covering a sage from Sindh whose works in Baghdad made grand contributions to various sciences.
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