Full Name: ‘Abdur Rahmaan ibn Abee Haatim, Muhammad ibn Idrees ibn al Mundhir ibn Dawood ibn Mahraan ar Raazee.
He stated: ‘My father did not allow me to study Hadeeth until I memorized the Qur-aan under Afdal ibn Shadhaan.’
He then studied Hadeeth under his father Abu Haatim ar Raazee and Abu Zur’ah ar Raazee and others from the scholars in his area before traveling. He travelled to seek knowledge with his father, after this he started authoring books.
Al Haafidh al Qazweenee stated: ‘He studied under his father and Abu Zur’ah ar Raazee, he was an ocean of knowledge, in knowing the narrators and knowing the authentic Ahaadeeth from the inauthentic. He authored books that need not be described as they are well known…’
Amongst the books he authored:
ثم شرع في الطلب على ابيه الامام ابى حاتم الرازي والامام ابى زرعة عبيد الله بن عبد الكريم الرازي وغيرهما من محدثي بلده الرى.
ورحل في طلب الحديث إلى البلاد مع أبيه وبعده وصنف التصانيف
الحافظ القزويني قال "أبو محمد عبد الرحمن بن أبي حاتم الرازي أخذ علم أبيه وأبي زرعة وكان بحرا في العلوم ومعرفة الرجال والحديث الصحيح من السقيم وله من التصانيف ما هو أشهر من ان يوصف "
بعض مؤلفاته :