Al-Hakim at-Termiziy hayoti va ijodi

Meanwhile, the famous Egyptian scholar Abdulfattah Abdullah Baraka Hakim al-Termizi, who wrote Al-Hakim at-Termizi and the Theory of Elephants 30 years ago, was born in 820 AD, lived 112 years and died in 932. The sources do not provide detailed information about the childhood and adolescence of the scientist. According to his biography, he was seriously engaged in religious studies from the age of eight, and at the age of twenty-eight he went on a pilgrimage to Mecca. After returning from the journey, Hakim al-Termizi followed the path of Sufism: he went to the desert, overcame his desires and studied Sufi treatises.

• Meanwhile, the famous Egyptian scholar Abdulfattah Abdullah Baraka Hakim al-Termizi, who wrote Al-Hakim at-Termizi and the Theory of Elephants 30 years ago, was born in 820 AD, lived 112 years and died in 932. The sources do not provide detailed information about the childhood and adolescence of the scientist. According to his biography, he was seriously engaged in religious studies from the age of eight, and at the age of twenty-eight he went on a pilgrimage to Mecca. After returning from the journey, Hakim al-Termizi followed the path of Sufism: he went to the desert, overcame his desires and studied Sufi treatises.

His father, Ali ibn Hasan, was a learned muhaddith scholar who went to Baghdad in search of knowledge and took an active part in scientific discussions with well-known scholars of the time on various issues of hadith. Both his parents and his uncle were considered to be true scholars of hadith. Consequently, Hakim al-Termizi grew up in an educated and scientific environment that had a profound effect on his worldview.

• His father, Ali ibn Hasan, was a learned muhaddith scholar who went to Baghdad in search of knowledge and took an active part in scientific discussions with well-known scholars of the time on various issues of hadith. Both his parents and his uncle were considered to be true scholars of hadith. Consequently, Hakim al-Termizi grew up in an educated and scientific environment that had a profound effect on his worldview.