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…

^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…

ABU DAWUD, Sulaiman bin Al-Ash^ath 220-275 H Abu Dawud, Sulaiman bin Al-Ash^ath bin Ishaq Al-Azdi As-Sijistani, who was one of the eminent Imam of Hadith, was born in 202H. He studied Hadith under Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal along with Al-Bukhari and taught many of the later scholars of Hadith, like At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa‘i. Though Abu Dawud collected 5,00,000 Hadith, he…

ABU HATIM AR-RAZI, Muhammad bin Idris                                            B 195 H Abu Hatim, Muhammad bin Idris bin Al-Mundhir Al-Handhali Ar-Razi was born in the year 195 H. He was an eminent Hafidh and an Imam and one of the prominent scholars who excelled in the methodology of Hadith. He was also one of the most respected scholars in the knowledge Al-Jarh…

ABU YA^LA, Ahmad bin ^Ali 210-307 H Al-Hafidh Ahmad bin ^Ali bin Al-Muthanna bin Yahya bin ^Isa bin Hilal At-Tamimi was born in Shawwal, 210 H. He authored AI-Musnad AI-Kabir and was considered as the scholar of Hadith (Muhaddith} of Al-Jazira. He was truthful, trustworthy, tolerant and religious. As-Sam^ani said, ‘I heard Isma^il bin Muhammad bin Al-Fadl Al-Hafidh say: ‘I…

ترجمة إمام أهل السنة أبي الحسن الأشعري رضي الله عنه The biography of the leader of Ahl Assunnah Abu Al Hasan Al Ash^ariyy May Allah accept his deeds. (260 – 324 هـ.AH ) The Hafidh Ibn ^Asakir (571 AH) the author of the well known book of “Tarikh Dimashq) in his book “Tabyin Kadhib al Muftari fima nusiba ila al…