Ibrahim Hamadani: Difference between revisions

His full name was not mentioned in old sources close to his time. [[Afandi]] has mentioned him twice inattentively which caused misunderstanding of the following authors. Ibrahim Hamadani is a descendants of [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]]. Although he was counted as one of the descendants of [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]] in ''[[Jami' al-ruwat]]'', '''Alam Ara'' and ''[[Rawzat al-Jannat]]'', he has introduced himself as a descendant of Imam al-Husayn (a).  

During the reign of [[Shah Tahmasb Safavi]], his father was the judge and in charge of [[Shari'a|Shar'i]] affairs in [[Hamadan]]. Therefore, Ibrahim was also known as Qadi Zadi (offspring of judge). [[Hazin Lahiji]] has mentioned one of his descendants by the same name "Ibrahim Hamadani," the brother of Najaf Khan Sadr, and due to the similarity of his name to that of his grandfather, he was called "Ibrahim Hamadani the second".

For a while he studied rational sciences under Mir Fakhr al-Din Sammaki Astar Abadi in [[Qazvin]]. Sammaki wrote a certification (Ijaza) for him, in which he praised him. Then he studied under Mirza Makhdum Isfahani for a while. He learned [[hadith]] from [[al-Shaykh al-Baha'i]] and al-Shaykh gave him a certification of narration (Ijazat al-Riwaya). Shaykh Muhammad b. Shahab al-Din Ahmad b. Ni'mat Allah b. Khatun al-'Amili is another Shaykh al-Ijaza who gave Ibrahim a certification of carration in 1008/1599-1600 in [[Mecca]].

After the death of Shah Tahmasb, Ibrahim Hamadani was appointed as the judge of Hamadan. However, Iskandar Munshi reported that he less frequently judged and most suits were judged by his deputies, as he spent most of his time for reading, discussing and teaching. After that [[Shah 'Abbas the first]] was enthroned, Ibrahim became very close to Shah and according to his saying he went to Shah's courts many times and he was honored and respected by Shah.

The followings are some of his eminent students:

* Murad b. Ali Khan Tafrishi: the author of ''al-Ta'liqat al-Sajjadiyya'' a commentary on ''[[Man la yahduruh al-faqih]]''.

Ibrahim Hamadani traveled to [[Gilan]], Mecca and [[Georgia]]. In 999/1591 by the order of Shah 'Abbas, he along with a delegation traveled to Gilan for participation in the wedding ceremony of Shahzade Muhammad Baqir to Khan Biygum, the daughter of Khan Ahmad Gilani. In 1007/1598-99, he headed to Mecca for performing [[Hajj]]. It was in Mecca that he met Shaykh Muhammad b. Khatun al-'Amili, the author of glosses on ''Alfiyya'' written by [[Shahid al-Awwal]], and received a certification of narration from him.

Hamadani was so expert in rational sciences that his views were regarded by his contemporaries as valid and reliable. He was praised by titles like: "'Aql al-Hadi 'Ashar" (the eleventh intellect), "Ustad al-Bashar" (the teacher of humankind), "Sultan al-'Ulama'", "Sayyid-i Hukama' Mutakalim" (the master of theologian philosophers), "'Allama-i Zaman" (polymath of the time), "Plato" and "Avicenna of the time." Shaykh Muhammad b. Khatun says that he was a polymath. Mentioning his expertise in rational sciences, Afandi says, "Some of the surprising points that are attributed to him are that he did not know [[fiqh]] or he has killed a group of Shah 'Abbas's elite commanders". However, some other biographers praised him for his asceticism, piety, modesty and peace. In his letter to Ibrahim Hamadani, al-Shaykh al-Baha'i addressed him as "the knower of the secretes of mystical secretes."

* Glosses on ''[[Sharh al-Tajrid]]'': in Arabic. A manuscript of this work is kept in the library of [[Astan Quds Razavi]]. Afandi mentioned this work by the title ''al-Hashiya 'ala l-sharh l-jadid li l-Tajrid''.