Ali ibn Umar al-Daraqutni

الدارقطني (Known as "Imam al-Daraqutni")

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Born c. 918 CE

Daraqutn (Baghdad), Irak

Passed Away Dec 08, 0995 Baghdad, Irak

Lifespan 77 years old

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"O inhabitants of Baghdad, do not imagine that anyone can fabricate a single word about the Messenger of God while I am alive."

Archival Overview

Supreme Hadith critic and master of Ilal (hidden defects in chains of narration) whose 'Sunan al-Daraqutni' and 'Kitab al-Ilal' set the technical peak of Hadith analysis.

Biographical Record

Ali ibn Umar al-Daraqutni (918–995 CE) was celebrated as the unrivaled authority of his era on the biographical evaluation of Hadith transmitters and Quranic readings.

His Sunan explored disputed legal traditions, while his Ilal demonstrated superhuman memory by identifying micro-discrepancies across dozens of transmission chains.

Key Life Milestones

970

Compilation of Sunan al-Daraqutni

Produced his critical Sunan focusing on rare, disputed, and supporting legal narrations.

985

Dictation of Kitab al-Ilal

Dictated his massive 11-volume work on hidden Hadith defects entirely from memory without notes.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

Bab al-Dayr Cemetery
Baghdad, Iraq

                         GPS: 33.3152, 44.3661                    

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