Abà « ÿAbd al-RaḥmÃÂn Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak (; âÂÂ797) was an 8th-century traditionalist Sunni Muslim scholar and Hanafi jurist. Known by the title Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith, he is considered a pious Muslim known for his memory and zeal for knowledge who was a muhaddith and was remembered for his asceticism.
His father, named Mubarak, was of Indian or Turkic descent from Khurasan and became a Mawla or "client" of an Arab trader from the tribe of Banë HanáºÂala in the city of HamadhÃÂn. His mother was said to have been from KhwÃÂrizm. Mubarak later married Hind, a trader's daughter. Ibn al-Mubarak was born during the reign of Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik.
It is said that ÿAbdullÃÂh left his hometown of Merv, and while living in HamadhÃÂn, went on to visit and speak often in Baghdad. Ahmad ibn Hanbal commented that there was no one more eager to travel to seek knowledge than Abdullah ibn Mubarak. His teachers included SufyÃÂn al-Thawrë and Abà « Hanëfa. He wrote KitÃÂb al-JihÃÂd, a collection of hadëth and sayings of the early Muslims on war, and KitÃÂb al-Zuhd wa al-RÃÂqaâÂÂiq, a book on asceticism. Ibn al-Mubarak is also one of the leading poets of his era. His poems are rather about zuhd, jihad, and the life of the religious elders. He was also known for defending Islamic borders (see ribat) on the frontiers of Tarsus and al-Massisah. He was born at Marw in the year 118 (A.D. 736). He died in 797 at Hët, near the Euphrates, during the reign of Harun al-Rashid. He studied jurisprudence under SufyÃÂn al-Thawrë, and Malak Ibn Anas from whom he learned by heart the Muwatta, and then taught it to others. He was the first scholar to give the hadiths in the Khorasan region, where many great scholars grew up, especially in Merv, is one of the reasons that increase the fame of Ibn al-Mubarak.
Described as a prolific writer, his works, most are now lost, include: