Abu Bakr al-Ajurri
Imam al-Ajurri was an Islamic scholar from 10th century. He came from Darb al-Ajurr in western Baghdad, after studying with many scholar in Iraq he moved to Mecca and start teaching there. He lived in Mecca for 30 years until he died there in 970 / 320 AH. Among his teacher is Al-Hafiz Abul Muslim Ibrahim bin Abdillah bin Muslim Al-Bashri Al-Kajji and also Abu Bakr Abd-allah bin Sulayman bin Al-Ash’ath As-Sijistani one of sheikh in Baghdad, the son of Imam Abu Dawud of Sunan Abu Dawud. While one of his famous students is Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani who transmitted hadith from him.
Al-Ajurri wrote many books, even many of them were lost, some surviving work still published today. Some of his writing are:
Al-Dhahabi says:" The Imam, the Muhaddith, he was the Imam of the grand Mosque in Makkah (Imam al-Haram); a truthful, charitable and a pious man, a man of exemplary character."[citation needed]
