Imam al-Baghawi born in the village Baghsyur also called Bagh, a small village located between the fertile and Marwarrudz Herat. From this village is pretty much born great scholars.
Imam al-Baghawi Jumadil Ula was born in the year 433 H (according to history Yaqut ibn Abdullah al-Hamawiy in Mu'jam al-Buldan) while according to Ayaziy Ali, Imam al-Baghawi born in the year 438 H without mentioning the month.
His full name is Abu Muhammad al-Husain ibn Mas'ud ibn Muhammad al-Baghawi as-Shafi'i.
As for his name given by his parents was al-Husayn, and after he became leader, he was known as Abu Muhammad al-Husain ibn Mas'ud ibn Muhammad al-Baghawi along with a number of titles which show that he is a person who 'alim, as al-Imam al-Hafiz, Shaykh al-Islam, al-Allama.
Imam al-Baghawi a cleric who called on ummah persistent enough to stick fast to the Qur'an and Sunnah in any case, he got laqab as Rukn ad-Din , also dubbed Muhyi Sunnah , this is because Imam al-Baghawi confessed that after they finish writing the book Sharh as-Sunnah he dreamed encountered by the Prophet and said: "Ahyayta sunnati bi Syarh ahaditsiy".
Father Imam al - Baghawi named Mas'ud who went by the nickname al - Farra ' ibn Muhammad , who works as a salesman and skin .
Brother Imam al - Baghawi also there have been great in his time , called al - Allama al - Muftiy Abu Ali al - Hasan ibn Mas'ud ibn al - Farra 'al - Baghawi who died in 529 H.
Imam al - Baghawi start studying in Bagh village to learn to the hufadz , then became an expert in the field of fiqh and hadith after learning to al - Qadli Husain . after that , in the year 460 H or when the 27-year -old , Imam al - Baghawi move to Marwarrudz . here , he learned by reading books of tafsir tafsir al - Kilaby before his teacher , Muhammad Ibn al - Hasan al - Marwarziy . in this country , the Imam settled and spent her age to study with the scholars until his death .
The teachers of Imam al-Baghawi
As other scholars, Imam al-Baghawi also have many teachers, including:
1. Qadhiy Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Muhammad al-Marwarruziy as-Shafi'i (d. 462 H), author of the at-large syafi'iyah Ta'liqah and scholars of his time. Al-Baghawi studied fiqh and hadith to him before the year 460 H.
2. Abu Umar Abd al-Wahid ibn Ahmad ibn Abi al-Qasim al-Malihiy al-Haruwiy (d. 463 H), an expert on hadith Marwa.
3. Abu al-Hasan Abd ar-Rahman Muhammad ad-Dawudiy, hadith expert
4. Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Ya'qub as-Shairafiy, hadith expert
5. Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Yusuf al-juwainiy, Shaykh al-Hijaz, Expert hadith is the uncle of Imam al-Haramain al-Juwainiy, teaching in Khorasan and died in 463 H.
6. Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Muhammad as-Syiraziy.
7. Abu Fadhal Ziyad ibn Muhammad al-Hanafiy.
8. Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Kufaniy.
9. Hassan al-Mani'iy.
10. Abu Bakr al-Hutsaim at-turabiy. al-Baghawi learn jepadanya at the end of the year 460 H.
11. Abi Salih Ahmad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Ali ibn Ahmad an-Nisaburiy, an expert on hadith Hafiz and tsiqah
12. Abu Turab al-baqiy Abd ibn Yusuf ibn Ali ibn Salih ibn Abd al-Malik al-Maraghiy, Mufti Nisabur and scholars Shafi'ites (d. 492 H).
That among some teachers of Imam al-Baghawiy.
Students imam
As a scholar, of course Imam al-Baghawi scored scholars were quite instrumental in Islamic sciences. among his students are:
1. Abu al-Ghana'im As'ad ibn Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Bamanjiy al-Khatib;
2. Al-Hasan ibn Mas'ud al-Baghawi, his own brother;
3. Umar ibn al-Hasan ibn al-husainar-Raziy, father of Fakhruddin ar-Raziy;
4. Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn As'ad al-'Aththariy;
5. Abu al-Fatuh Muhammad ibn Muhammad at-Tha'iy;
6. Abu al-Makarim Fadhlullah ibn Muhammad an-Nauqaniy, narrated the hadith from Imam al-Baghawiy as diplomas and lived until the Count in 600 H;
7. Abu al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Abd al-Wahid al-Muqaddasiy Fakhruddin Ahmad as-Shalihaniy al-Hanbaliy al-Bukhari (d. 690 H).
Works of Imam al-Baghawi
Imam al-Baghawi known as a scholar who has created numerous written works that are very useful for the development of Islamic sciences, including:
1. Al-Arba'un Haditsan;
2. Al-Anwar or Atsar al-Anwar fi Syama'il-nabiy an al-Mukhtar;
3. Tarjamah al-Ahkam, about the law furu 'written in Persian;
4. At-Tahdheeb, fiqh schools Shafi'ites quite famous;
5. Al-Jam 'bain as-Shahihain;
6. Syarh al-jami 'li at-Tirmidziy;
7. Sharh as-Sunnah;
8. Fataawa al-Baghawi;
9. Fataawa al-Marwarrudziy, a collection of fatwas teacher
10. Al-Kifayah fi al-Furu ';
11. Al-Kifayah fi al-qirâ'ah;
12. Al-Madkhal Mashabih ila as-Sunnah;
13. Mashabih the Sunnah;
14. Milestones at-Tanzil fi Tafsir al-Qur'an (tafsir book that is better known as the Tafsir al-Baghawi)
15. Mu'jam as-shuyukh.
The death of the Imam.
on the anniversary of the death of Imam al - Baghawi there are differences of opinion among the experts . some argue that Imam al - Baghawi died in the month of Shawwal 516 AH / December 1122 M ( in the opinion of Yaqut al - Hamawiy in the book Mu'jam al - Buldan , Ali Ayazi in Mufassirun and Umar al - Ridha Kahhalah in Mu'jam al - Muallifin ) .
While others mentioned that Imam al - Baghawi died in the month of Shawwal 510 AH / February 1117 M , ( in the opinion of Muhammad Husain adh- Dhahabi in at- Tafsir wa al - Mufassirun ) .
there is even a mention in 551 H.
Regarding the place died , historians meyebutkan commentators agree that Imam al - Baghawi Marwarrudz died and was buried beside the grave of his master al - Husayn Qadhiy in the cemetery of al - Thaliqaniy , Marwarrudz.