AN-NASA‘I, Abu ^Abdur-Rahman Ahmad bin Shu^aib 215-303 H Abu ^Abdur-Rahman Ahmad bin ^Ali bin Shu^aib bin ^Ali Al-Hafidh was born in 215H. In Nisa‘, a city in Khurasan. He became famous for the study of the methodology of Hadith, memorizing and mastering it. His book known as Sunan An-Nasa‘i is third to Sahih Al-Bukhari in terms of containing the least…
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ABU NU^AIM, Al-Asfahani 334-430 H Ahmad bin ^Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Ishaq bin Musa bin Mahran Al-Asfahani was born in Rajab 334 H. He was a famous Hafidh, one of the eminent Muhaddithin and one of the great Huffadh. He studied under the celebrated scholars and himself taught many virtuous ^Ulama. He authored many books, among them Al-Mustakhraj ^Ala Al-Bukhari,…
IBN AL-QATTAN, ^Ali bin Muhammad 562-628 H Abul-Hasan, ^Ali bin Muhammad bin ^Abdul-Malik Al-Fasi was born in Qurtuba in Spain in 562 H. And lived in Fas in Morocco. He was a Hafidh, an Imam and a learned critic of the Hadith methodology. Moreover, he was more knowledgeable about the Hadith methodology and the mastery of the names and history…
^ABDUR-RAZZAQ bin Humam D 211 H Abu Bakr, ^Abdur-Razzaq bin Humam bin Nafi^ Al-Himyari (by clientship) As–San^ani was considered as one of the strongholds of knowledge. Ahmad, Ishaq, Ibn Ma^in and Adh-Dhuhli narrated Hadith from him. He became blind in his old age and became senile. ^Abdur-Razzaq died in 211 H. At the age of 85 years.
SA^ID bin Mansur Al-Marwazi D 227 H Sa^id bin Mansur bin Shu^bah Al-Marwazi or At-Taliqani then Al-Balkhi lived near Makkah. He authored the book As-Sunan. Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal praised him immensely. Harb Al-Karmani said, ‘He (Sa^id) dictated to me about ten thousand Hadith from his memory.’ Sa^id bin Mansur died in Makkah in Ramadan 227 H, while in his…
AT–TABARANI, Sulaimman bin Ahmad 260-360 H Abul-Qasim, Sulaiman bin Ahmad bin Ayyub bin Mutair Al-Lakhmi At–Tabarani was born in 260 H. in Tabariya As-Sham. He was an authoritative Imam and narrated Hadith from more than one thousand scholars. He left Ash-Sham to acquire the knowledge of Hadith and spent thirty-three years of travelling in its pursuance. He authored many interesting…
AHMAD (Ibn Hanbal) 164-241 H He is Abu ^Abdullah, Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Hanbal Ash-Shaibani, known by the name Ibn Hanbal. He was a celebrated theologian, jurist and a Hadith scholar. He is also one of the four Imams of Fiqh. Imam Ahmad was born at Baghdad in Rabi^-ul-‘ula, 164 H. He studied the Hadith and Fiqh together with…
IBN ^ADIYY, ^Abdullah 279-365 H Abu Ahmad, ^Abdullah bin ^Adiyy Al-Jurjani was born in 279 H.He was a famous Imam, an eminent Hafidh and one of the celebrated scholars (^Ulama) . He was also nicknamed Ibn Al-Qisar. Ibn ^Adiyy died in Jumada-ul-Akhirah, 365 H.
ABU ZUR^AH AR-RAZI, ^Ubaidullah bin ^Abdul-Karim 200-264H ^Ubaidullah bin ^Abdul-Karim bin Yazid bin Farukh, Abu Zur^ah Ar-Razi Al-Qurashi by clientship was a Hafidh and an eminent scholar of the Hadith. He was also considered among the Imam of ‘Al-Jarh wat-Ta^dil (the critical study of the Hadith narrators). Muslim, At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa‘i, Ibn Majah and others narrated Hadith from him. Adh–Dhahabi…
IBN^ABDUL-BARR, Yusuf bin ^Abdullah 368-463 H Abu ^Umar, Yusuf bin ^Abdullah bin Muhammad bin ^Abdul-Barr bin ^Asim An-Namari Al-Qurtubi was born in Rabi^-ul-Akhirah, 368 H. He was a celebrated learned Imam and was the Sheikh-ul-lslam and Hafidh of Al-Maghrib (North West Africa). He was considered as the master of his time in the memorization and accurate rendering of the…