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(Born- 118 A.H/736CE – Died- 181 A.H/797CE)
The Beginning of his quest
Qadi Abu’l-Fadl said that as-Sadafi mentioned, “When Ibn al-Mubarak came of age, his father sent him 50,000 to use for commerce. He sought after knowledge until he had spent the money. When it was gone, his father met him and said, ‘What have you bought?’ He brought out his books for him and said, ‘This is my trade.’ His father went into the house and gave him 30,000 dirhams more and said, ‘Take this and follow your trade with them,’ and he spent them.”
Ibn al-Mubarak said, “I studied adab {Manners} for thirty years and I studied ‘Ilm (knowledge) for twenty years.”
Ibn Hanbal said, “In the time of Ibn al-Mubarak, there was no one who sought after knowledge more than him. He went to the Yemen, Egypt, Syria, the Hijaz, Basra and Kufa, and whoever related knowledge and was worthy of it. He wrote from young men and old men. He omitted what was rare. He gave hadiths from books.”
Ibn Waddah said, “Ibn al-Mubarak related about 25,000 hadiths.
