ABU AL-HASAN AL-MAWARDI (362-448 H) Abu al-Hasan Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn Habib al-Mawardi was born at Basrah in 972 C.E. (~362H). He was educated at first in Basrah where, after completion of his basic education, he learned Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) from the jurist Abu al-Wahid al-Simari. He then went to Baghdad for advanced studies under Sheikh Abd al-Hamid and Abdallah…
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^ABDUL-HAQ bin ^Abdur-Rahman 510-581 H Abu Muhammad, ^Abdul-Haq bin ^Abdur-Rahman bin ^Abdullah bin Husain bin Sa^ id Al-Azdi Al-Ishbili was born in 510 H. He was a Hafidh and an authority in the knowledge of Hadith. He resided in Bijaya in Spain where he spread his knowledge and authored books. He was famous and a celebrated ^Alim (scholar) and was…
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…
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.