Ishaq ibn Rahwayh

Imam
Ishaq ibn Rahuyah
Imam Ishaq ibn Rahuyah
إِسْحَاق بْن رَاهُوْيَه
Title	Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith ('Leader of the Believers in Hadith')
Personal
Born	c. 777 CE (161 AH); Merv, Persia
Died	c. 852 CE (Sha'ban 238 AH); Nishapur
Religion	Islam
Era	Islamic Golden Age (early Abbasid era)
Region	Khorasan
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Independent
Creed	Athari
Main interest(s)	Jurisprudence; hadith; exegesis; theology;
Notable work(s)	Al-Musnad
	Arabic name
Personal; (Ism)	Isḥāq; إِسْحَاق
Patronymic; (Nasab)	Ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Mukhallad; ٱبْن إِبْرَاهِيم بْن مُخَلَّد
Teknonymic; (Kunya)	Abū Yaʿqūb; أَبُو يَعْقُوب
Toponymic; (Nisba)	Al-Ḥanẓalī; ٱلْحَنْظَلِيّ
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Yahya ibn Yahya; Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak; Sufyan ibn Uyayna; al-Shafi'i; ;
	Influenced Muhammad al-Bukhari; Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj; Ibn Khuzayma; al-Darimi; al-Nasa'i; Dawud al-Zahiri; ;

Ishaq ibn Rahuyah (Arabic: إسحاق بن رَاهَوَيْه/رَاهُوْيَه, romanized: Isḥāq ibn Rāhūyah/Rāhawayh; b. 161 AH - d. 238 AH / b. 777 CE - d. 852 CE) was a classical Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, muhaddith, exegete, and theologian. He was a close friend of Ahmad ibn Hanbal and accompanied him on his travels to seek knowledge.

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