Abu Hatim Muhammad ibn Idris al-Razi
Abu Hatim Muhammad ibn Idris al-Razi (811–890) was a notable hadith scholar and Athari theologian born in Ray. He was the father of Ibn Abi Hatim.
His full name was Abū Ḥātim Muḥammad ibn Idrīs ibn al-Mundhir ibn Dāwūd ibn Mihrān al-Rāzī al-Ḥanẓalī al-Ghaṭafānī. Some sources suggest that he was originally from Isfahan and was a mawla of the Ghatafan tribe. Other sources suggest that he acquired his nisba from a street of Ray called "Darb Ḥanẓalah". He died in the month of Sha’bân in the year 277H/890 CE.
The better known narrators Abū Ḥātim narrated from:
The better known narrators who narrated from Abū Ḥātim:
The Scholars’ and Imams’ commendations of him: Jonathan A. C. Brown identifies him as one of the three most important hadith critics of his generation, alongside al-Bukhārī and Abū Zurʿah al-Rāzī (Hadith, 81).
