IBN MANDA, Muhammad bin Ishaq: Abu ‘Abdullah, Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Muhammad bin Yahya bin Manda was born in 310 H. And was a Hafidh, an Imam and a traveller. He was also one of the eminent scholars, who mastered many Hadeeth. It is said that he travelled all over the Muslim world of his time and returned with about…
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IBN RAHWAIH, Ishaq bin Ibrahim: Abu Ya’qub, Ishaq bin Ibrahim At-Tamimi Al-Hanzali Al-Marwazi was an eminent and great Haafidh, who was a resident and the ‘Aalim of Nishapur. He was also considered as the Sheikh of the east of his time and was known as Ibn Rahawaih. Imam Ahmad said, ‘I don’t know an ‘Aalim equal to Ishaq in Iraq….
. IMAM MALIK, Malik bin Anas: Abu ‘Abdullah, Malik bin Anas bin Malik bin Abu ‘Aamir AI-Asbahi (Dhi Asbah, his ninth grandfather was from one of the noblest tribes of Yemen) was born in 93 H. or 94 H. He was the Imam of Dar Al-Hijra (Al-Madina), the Faqih of the Ummah and the leader of Ahl al-Hadeeth. He studied…
AL-ISMA’ILI, Ahmad bin Ibrahim: Abu Bakr, Ahmad bin Ibrahim bin Isma’il bin Al-‘Abbas Al-Isma’ili Al-Jurjani was born in 277 H. He was considered as an Imam and a Hafidh, and was given the title Sheikh-ul-lslam due to his wide knowledge and because he was the leader of the Shafi’ees in his region.
‘ALI bin Al-Madini: Abul-Hasan: ‘Ali bin ‘Abdullah bin Ja’far bin Najih As-Sa’di by clientship – Al-Madini was born in 161 H. And was considered as the most knowledgeable person regarding the Hadeeth of the Prophet and Al-Bukhari said in this context, I never belittled myself before anyone else except before ‘Ali Al-Madini. He was considered to be the Imam of…
MUSLIM bin Hajjaj: Muslim’s full name is Muslim bin Al-Hajjaj Al-Qushairi An-Nishapuri. He was born in 204 H., in the city of Nishapur near the city of Mashhad in present Iran. Muslim is considered second only to Al-Bukhari in the science of the methodology of Hadith. He started the study of Hadith at an early age and travelled to Iraq,…
^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-TAHAWI, Ahmad bin Muhammad: Abu Ja’far, Ahmad bin Muhammad Salama bin Salama Al-Azdi Al-Misri At-Tahawi Al-Hanafi was born in the year 228 H. or 227 H. He was nicknamed after a village called Taha in Egypt. He was a follower of the Shafi’ee Madhaab (school of jurisprudence) and a student of Al-Muzni. At-Tahawi then became a follower of the Hanaf…
AT-TIRMIDHEE, Abu ‘Iesa Muhammad bin ‘Iesa: Abu ‘Iesa, Muhammad bin ‘lesa bin Sura At-Tirmidhee was born in 209 H. In a town called Tirmiz in Uzbekistan near the northern border of Afghanistan. He was a student of Al-Bukhari, and compiled 4,000 Hadeeth in his book called Al-Jami which later came to be known as Sunan At-Tirmidhi. He also contributed tremendously…