Ibn al-Dubaythi

Ibn al-Dubaythī
TitleJamal al-Din
Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal life
Born(558 AH/1163 AD)
Died(637 AH/1239 AD)
EraLate Abbasid era
RegionIraq
Main interest(s)Hadith, History
Notable work(s)History of Baghdad
OccupationMuhaddith, Scholar, Historian
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari
Muslim leader
Influenced

Jamāl al-Dīn Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad b. Saʿīd b. Yaḥyā b. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥajjāj al-Wāsiṭī (Arabic: ابن الدبيثي), commonly known as Ibn al-Dubaythī, was an Iraqi muhaddith (hadith scholar), historian and an expert in ilm al-rijal who composed, among other major works. He was one of the major historians of the late Abbasid era, and considered one of the best scholars of his time in hadith and its sciences.