and His Messenger, then his emigration is truly to Allah and His Messenger. But whoever’s emigration was for some worldly gain he sought to obtain, or for a woman he wished to marry, then his emigration is to whatever he emigrated for.” (1)
130 – al-Karmānī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Amīrwayh
The shaykh of the Ḥanafīs and Mufti of Khurasan, Abū al-Faḍl ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Amīrwayh ibn Muḥammad al-Karmānī.
He studied jurisprudence in Marw under the judge Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, excelled in it, and learned from him the standard texts. His pupils spread throughout the land and his fame became widespread.
Among those from whom he transmitted were his father and Abū al-Fath ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ardashīr al-Hishāmī.
Al-Samʿānī heard from him, praised him profusely, and said (2): “He was born in the year 457 AH and died in Dhū al-Qaʿdah, 543 AH.”
(1) Al-Baghawi also records the hadith in Sharh al-Sunnah, p. 197, through the isnad of al-Qanabi from Malik. It is likewise found in the Muwattaʾ, p. 341, in the narration transmitted by Imam Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani. This refutes Hafiz Ibn Hajar’s statement in Fath al-Bari and in al-Talkhis that the hadith is not in the Muwattaʾ. The hadith is cited by al-Bukhari (1, 54, 2529, 3898, 5070, 6689, 6953), Muslim (1907), Abu Dawud (2201), al-Tirmidhi (1647), Ibn Majah (2447) and al-Nasaʾi 1/58–60.
(*) Al-Ansab 10/401; al-Tahbir 1/405–406; al-Lubab 3/93; al-Kamil 11/137; al-Jawahir al-Mudiyyah 2/388, 390; Taj al-Tarajim, 33; Suyuti, Tabaqat al-Mufassirin, 18; al-Dawudi, Tabaqat al-Mufassirin 1/281–282; Miftah al-Saʿadah 2/283–284; al-Tabaqat al-Saniyyah, no. 1191; al-Adnawi, Tabaqat al-Mufassirin, fol. 44/1; Kashf al-Zunun, 96, 211, 345; al-Fawaʾid al-Bahiyyah, 91–92; Hadiyyat al-ʿArifin 5/519; Brockelmann, Geschichte 6/298–299.
(2) Al-Tahbir, 1/406.
(3) Al-Samʿani, in al-Ansab, dates his death to Marw in 544 AH, a view followed by Ibn al-Athir in al-Lubab. Al-Jawahir al-Mudiyyah, 2/389, erroneously lists among his works a book entitled al-Jamiʿ al-Kabir; in fact he composed a commentary on Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani’s al-Jamiʿ al-Kabir entitled Nukat al-Jamiʿ al-Kabir, also known as Isharat al-Jamiʿ al-Kabir. For manuscript copies see Brockelmann, Geschichte, 3/250.