Ibn Abi Shaybah
Imam Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Shaybah امام أبو بكر ابن أبي شيبة | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 159 A.H. (775 CE) |
| Died | 235 A.H. (849 CE) |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith studies |
| Notable work(s) | Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah |
| Occupation | Muhaddith, Hadith compiler, Islamic scholar |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Muslim leader | |
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Ibn Abī Shaybah or Imām Abū Bakr Ibn Abī Shaybah or Abū Bakr ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad Ibn Abī Shaybah Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUthmān al-ʿAbsī al-Kūfī (Arabic: امام أبو بكر عبد الله بن محمد بن أبي شيبة إبراهيم بن عثمان العبسي الكوفي) (159H – 235H / 775–849 CE) was an early Muslim scholar of hadith. He authored a musannaf work commonly known as Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah that is one of the earliest extant works in that genre.
Alongside Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ali ibn al-Madini and Yahya ibn Ma'in, Ibn Abi Shaybah has been considered by many Muslim specialists in hadith to be one of the four most significant authors in the field.