al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan b. Bishr b. Hārūn, a traditionist, Qurʾān-commentator, theologian and mystical theorist of the 3rd/9th century (d. ca. 300/912). His laqab al-Ḥakīm means ‘the Wise’ but he is accorded other honorifics (al-Dhahabī, Siyar, 13/439; al-Subkī, 2/20) such as al-Ḥāfiẓ (the Qurʾān memoriser), al-Muḥaddith (the ḥadīth specialist), al-Zāhid (the ascetic) and al-ʿĀrif (‘the knower’, i.e. someone who has attained mystical knowledge to God). His name, kunya and nisba appear in the majo…