1. Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi received criticism from other traditionalists, however al-Dhahabi defended him, saying, "Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi is a leader in Hadith".
13 Facts About Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi
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Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi speaks about his life in his book Bad'u Shaani Abu Abdullah, published in Beirut in 1965 by Yakh'ya Ismail Usman, together with the work of the scientist in Khatm Al-Awliya.
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Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi's father was a scholar of hadith and a jurist; his early education appears to have been very orthodox.
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Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi was reared as a scholar of hadith and fiqh, more specifically, the Hanafi school of law that was dominant in eastern territories of Iran.
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Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi's works, containing a variety of content, cannot be considered entirely in the category of mystical works, or in the category of hadith sciences, nor in the category of philosophical works, or in the category of kalam or jurisprudence.
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Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi's father Ali bin Hassan was a leading scholar, a hadith specialist, who, looking for knowledge, went to Baghdad and took an active part in scientific discussions with prominent scholars of the time on various problems of hadith.
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Consequently, Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi grew up in the circle of educated and scientific people, which influenced greatly on his ideology.
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Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi's teacher was his father Ali bin Al-Hassan at Tirmidhi "History of Baghdad" by Khatib Al-Bagdhadi contains some information.
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Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi had many of students, including: Abu Muhammad Yahya bin Mansur Al-Kadi, Abu Ali Mansur bin Abdullah bin Khalid Al-Zuhli Al Hiravi; Abu Ali Al-Hassan bin Ali Al-Jurjani.
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Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi visited Balkh, Nishapur, and Baghdad, where science and culture reached its zenith, and he met famous scholars and took part in discussions.
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Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi expounds on the concept of Caliphate itself, and who is eligible for it.
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Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi thus argued that it was a matter of perspective which group was correct and that the group who said faith does increase can be interpreted to be correct for they are referring to the effects of the faith.
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Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi further said that God was not answerable for his character, but that man was answerable for his deeds.