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More than thirty of the wellknown and eminent Companions of the Prophet (S) have narrated Hadith alThaqalayn from him. Their names as well as those of some authors who have narrated their traditions in their books, are given below:
1. Amir alMu'minin `Ali ibn Abi Talib (A) (23BH40H/600661).
Ibn Rahwayh Ishaq ibn Ibrahim alHanzali,
Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn `Umar alShaybani,
Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn `Abd alKhaliq alBazzaz
Abu Ja`far Muhammad ibn Jarir alTabari,
Abu Bishr Muhammad ibn Ahmad alDulabi,
Abu `Abd Allah Husayn ibn Isma`il alMuhamili,
Abu al`Abbas ibn `Uqdah alKufi,
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn `Umar ibn alJi`abi,
Shams alDin alSakhawi,
Jalal aldin alSuyuti,
Nur alDin alSamhudi,
`Ali Muttaqi alHindi,
Ahmad ibn alFadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir alMakki,
Mahmud ibn Muhammad alShaykhani alQadiri,
Sulayman ibn Ibrahim alQunduzi.
2. Al'Imam alHasan ibn `Ali (A) (350/624670).
AlQunduzi.
3. Salman alFarsi (d. 36/656).
AlQunduzi.
4. Jundab ibn Junadah, Abu Dharr alGhifari. (d. 32/650).
Muhammad ibn `Isa alTirmidhi,
Ibn `Uqdah,
Abu Muhammad Ahmad ibn Muhammad al`Asimi,
Ibn Kathir,
alSakhawi,
alSamhudi,
Ahmad ibn alFadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir.
5. `Abd Allah ibn `Abbas (3 BH68/61987).
Sulayman ibn Ibrahim alQunduzi.
6. Sa`d ibn Malik, Abu Sa`id alKhudri (10 BH74/613693).
`Abd alMalik al'Arzami,
Sulayman ibn Mihran al'A`mash,
Muhammad ibn Ishaq alMadani,
`Abd alRahman alMas`udi,
Muhammad ibn Talhah alYami,
`Abd Allah ibn Numayr alHamadani,
`Abd al Malik al`Uqdi,
Ibn Sa`d alZuhri,
Ahmad ibn Hanbal,
`Abbad ibn Ya`qub alRawajini,
Muhammad ibn Ahmad alRiyahi,
`Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal,
Abu Ya`la alTamimi,
Abu Ja`far alTabari,
Abu alQasim alBaghawi,
Ibn `Uqdah,
Abu alQasim alTabarani,
Abu Tahir alDhahabi,
Abu Ishaq alTha`labi,
Abu Nu`aym al'Isfahani,
Abu Ghalib Muhammad ibn Ahmad alNahwi,
Ibn `Abd alBarr,
Abu Muhammad alGhandajani,
Abu alHasan alJullabi,
Abu alMuzaffar alSam`ani,
Abu alBarakat al'Anmati,
Fakhr alDin alRazi,
Abu Muhammad ibn al'Akhdar,
Abu alFath al'Abiwardi,
Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah alTabari,
alNizam al'A`raj alNishaburi,
Ibrahim alHamawi,
Abu alHajjaj alMizzi,
Muhammad ibn Yusuf alZarandi,
Ibn Kathir alDimashqi,
alSayyid `Ali alHamdani,
Shams alDin alSakhawi,
Jalal alDin alSuyuti,
Shihab alDin alQastallani,
`Abd alWahhab alBukhari,
`Ali alQari alHindi,
Ahmad ibn alFadl ibn Ba Kathir,
Mahmud alQadiri alShaykhani,
Muhammad ibn `Abd alBaqi alZarqani,
alMirza Muhammad alBadakhshani alHarithi,
Muhammad ibn Isma`il alSan'ani,
Sulayman ibn Ibrahim alQunduzi, and others.
7. Jabir ibn `Abd Allah al'Ansari (16 BH78/607697).
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah al`Absi,
Nasr alWashsha' alKufi
alTirmidhi,
Muhammad ibn `Ali alHakim alTirmidhi,
alNasa'i,
Abu al`Abbas ibn `Uqdah,
Muhammad ibn Sulayman alBaghdadi,
alKhatib alBaghdadi,
Abu Bakr alBaghawi,
Ibn al'Athir alJaza'iri,
alKhatib alTabrizi,
Abu alHajjaj alMizzi,
alHasan ibn Muhammad alTayyibi,
Muhammad ibn alMuzaffar alKhalkhali,
Muhammad ibn Yusuf alZarandi,
Ibn Kathir alDimashqi,
Muhammad ibn Muhammad alHafizi alBukhari,
Shihab alDin alDawlatabadi,
Shams alDin alSakhawi,
Jalal alDin alSuyuti,
Nur alDin alSamhudi,
`Ali alQari alHindi,
Ahmad ibn Ba Kathir,
Shihab alDin alKhafaji,
Husam alDin alSaharanpuri,
alMirza Muhammad alBadakhshani,
Muhammad Mubin alLakhnowi,
alMirzi Hasan `Ali Muhaddith alLakhnowi,
alShaykh Sulayman alQunduzi,
alSiddiq Hasan Khan alQannawji.
8. Abu alHaytham Malik ibn alTayhan (d. 20/641).
Abu al`Abbas ibn `Uqdah,
Shams alDin alSakhawi,
Nur alDin alSamhudi,
Ahmad ibn alFadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir,
alShaykh Sulayman alQunduzi.
9. Ibrahim Abu Rafi`, one of the Prophet's mawali (d. after 40/ 661).
Ibn `Uqdah,
alSakhawi,
alSamhudi,
Ibn Ba Kathir,
alQunduzi.
10. Hudhayfah ibn alYaman (d. 36/656).
AlShaykh Sulayman ibn Ibrahim alQunduzi.
11. Hudhayfah ibn Usayd alGhifari.
Nasr ibn `Ali alJahdami,
Abu `Isa alTirmidhi,
alHakim alTirmidhi,
Abu al`Abbas ibn `Uqdah,
Abu alQasim alTabarani,
Abu Nu`aym al'Isfahani,
Abu alQasim ibn `Asakir,
Abu Musa alMadini,
Abu alFutuh al`Ijli,
`Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al'Athir,
alDiya' alMaqdisi,
Ibrahim alHamawi,
Ibn Kathir alDimashqi,
Muhammad ibn Muhammad alBukhari,
Shams alDin alSakhawi,
Nur alDin alSamhudi,
`Ata' Allah alShirazi,
Ahmad ibn alFadl ibn Ba Kathir,
alShaykhani alQadiri,
Muhammad Sadr al`Alam.
12. Khuzaymah ibn Thabit Dhu Shahadatayn (d. 37/657).
Abu al`Abbas Ibn `Uqdah,
Shams alDin alSakhawi,
Nur alDin alSamhudi,
Ahmad ibn alFadl ibn Ba Kathir,
alShaykh Sulayman alQunduzi.
13. Zayd ibn Thabit (11 BH45/611665).
AlRukayn ibn alRabi` alFazari,
Muhammad ibn Ishaq,
Sharik alQadi,
Abu Ahmad alZubayri,
Aswad ibn `Amir alShami,
Ahmad ibn Hanbal,
`Abd ibn Hamid alKashshi,
Ahmad ibn `Amr alShaybani,
`Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal,
Abu Ja`far alTabari,
Abu Bakr ibn al'Anbari,
Abu alQasim alTabarani,
Abu Mansur al'Azhari,
Abu `Abd Allah alKanji alShafi`i,
Nur alDin `Ali alHaythami,
Shams alDin alSakhawi,
Jalal alDin alSuyuti,
`Ali alQari alHindi,
`Abd alRa'uf alMunawi,
`Ali ibn Ahmad al`Azizi,
alMirza Muhammad alBadakhshi,
Sulayman ibn Ibrahim alQunduzi,
Hasan alZaman alHindi.
14. Abu Hurayrah, `Abd alRahman ibn Sakhr (d. 59/679).
Abu Bakr alBazzaz,
Shams alDin alSakhawi,
Jalal alDin alSuyuti,
Ahmad ibn alFadl ibn Ba Kathir,
Nur alDin alSamhudi,
Mahmud ibn Muhammad alShaykhani alQadiri.
15. `Abd Allah ibn Hantab.
Abu alQasim alTabarani,
`Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al'Athir,
Jalal alDin alSuyuti.
16. Jubayr ibn Mut`im (d. 59/679).
Abu Nu`aym al'Isfahani,
alSayyid `Ali alHamadani,
alShaykh Sulayman alQunduzi.
17. AlBara' ibn `Azib (d. 71/690).
Abu Nu`aym al'Isfahani.
18. Anas ibn Malik (10 BH93/612712).
Abu Nu`aym al'Isfahani.
19. Talhah ibn `Ubayd Allah alTaymi (28 BH36/596656).
AlShaykh Sulayman alQunduzi.
20. `Abd alRahman ibn `Awf (44 BH32/580652).
AlQunduzi.
21. Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas (d. 23BH55/600675).
AlQunduzi.
22. `Amr ibn al`As (50 BH43/574664).
AlMuwaffaq ibn Ahmad alKhwarazmi.
23. Sahl ibn Sa`d al'Ansari (d. 91/710).
Ibn `Uqdah alKufi,
Shams alDin alSakhawi,
Nur alDin alSamhudi,
Ahmad ibn alFadl ibn Ba Kathir,
Sulayman alQunduzi.
24. `Adi ibn Hatim (d. 68/687).
Ibn `Uqdah,
alSakhawi,
alSamhudi,
Ibn Ba Kathir,
alQunduzi.
25. `Uqbah ibn `Amir (d. 58/678).
Ibn `Uqdah,
alSakhawi,
alSamhudi,
Ibn Ba Kathir,
alQunduzi.
26. Abu Ayyub al'Ansari, Khalid ibn Zayd (d. 52/672).
27. Abu Shurayh alKhuza`i, Khuwaylid ibn `Amr (d. 68/687).
28. Abu Qudamah, al'Ansari (martyred 37/657).
29. Abu Layla al'Ansari (martyred 37/657).
30. `Umayrah al'Aslami.
Hadith alThaqalayn has been narrated from all the above five (26 30) by:
Ibn `Uqdah,
alSakhawi,
Samhudi,
Ibn Ba Kathir,
alQunduzi.
31. `Amir ibn Layla ibn Damrah.
Ibn `Uqdah,
Abu Musa alMadini,
Abu alFutuh al`Ijli,
`Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al'Athir,
Ibn Hajar al`Asqalani,
Shams alDin alSakhawi,
Nur alDin alSamhudi,
Ahmad ibn alFadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir,
alQunduzi.
32. Zayd ibn Arqam (d.68/687).
AlNasa'i,
alHakim,
alTabarani,
`Ali alMuttaqi alHindi
Muhammad Sadr al`Alam,
Muhammad ibn Isma`il alSan`ani
alShaykhani alQadiri,
alHafiz alZarandi,
alSamhudi,
Ahmad ibn Ba Kathir, and many others.
33. `Abd Allah ibn `Umar (10 BH73/613692)
34. Fatimah alZahra' (A) (18 BH11/604632)
AlShaykh Sulayman alQunduzi.
35. Umm Salamah, Hind bint Suhayl (28 BH62/596681)
Ibn `Uqdah,
Abu alHasan `Ali ibn `Umar alDarqutni,
alSakhawi,
alSamhudi,
Ahmad ibn Ba Kathir,
alShaykhani alQadiri,
alRazzaz, as in Wasilat alma'al.
36. Umm Hani, Fakhtah bint Abi Talib (d.40/661)
Ibn `Uqdah,
alSakhawi,
alSamhudi,
Ibn Ba Kathir.
Narrators of Hadith alThaqalayn from Among the Tabi`un:
A large number of narrators from among the Tabi`un have narrated this tradition from one or more of the Sahabah mentioned above. Some of them are:
37. Abu alTufayl `Amir ibn Wathilah alLaythi (3100/625718)
38. `Atiyyah ibn Sa`d al`Awfi.
39. Hanash ibn alMu`tamar.
40. AlHarith alHamdani.
41. Habib ibn Abi Thabit.
42. `Ali ibn Rabi`ah.
43. AlQasim ibn Hassan.
44. Husayn ibn Sabrah.
45. `Amr ibn Muslim.
46. Abu alDuha Muslim ibn Sabih
47. Yahya ibn Ju`dah.
48. Al'Asbagh ibn Nubatah.
49. `Abd Allah ibn Abi Rafi`.
50. AlMuttalib ibn `Abd Allah ibn Hantab alMakhzumi.
51. `Abd alRahman ibn Abi Sa`id alKhudri.
52. `Umar ibn `Ali ibn Abi Talib.
53. Fatimah ibnat `Ali ibn Abi Talib.
54. AlHasan ibn alHasan ibn `Ali ibn Abi Talib.
55. Zayn al'Abidin `Ali ibn alHusayn (A).
56. Yazid ibn Hayyan.
57. Malik ibn Damrah.
58. Abu Salih.
Second/Eighth Century:
59. Sa`id ibn Masruq alThawri (d. 126/743).
His narration is recorded in Muslim (Sahih, ii, 238) from Muhammad ibn Bakkar, from Hassan ibn Ibrahim, from him, from Yazid ibn Hayyan, from Zayd ibn Arqam. Is considered thiqah by Ibn Hibban, Ibn alMadini, Ibn Hajar al`Asqalani, and alDhahabi. [1]
60. AlRukayn ibn alRabi` Abu alRabi` alFazari alKufi (d.131/ 748).
In Ahmad ibn Hanbal (Musnad, v, 181,182) from al'Aswad ibn `Amir, from Sharik, from him, from alQasim ibn Hassan, from Zayd ibn Thabit. Is considered thiqah by Ahmad, Ibn Mu`in, alNasa'i, Ibn Hibban and Ibn Hajar. [2]
61. Yahya ibn Sa`id ibn Hayyan, Abu Hayyan alTaymi alKufi (d.145/762).
In Muslim (Sahih, ii, 237 238) and Ahmad ibn Hanbal (Musnad, iv, 371) from Yazid ibn Hayyan from Zayd ibn Arqam. Is considered thiqah by alThawri, Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah al`Ijli, alDhahabi, alYafi`i, al`Asqalani, and Ibn Hibban. [3]
62. `Abd alMalik ibn Abi Sulayman Maysarah al`Arzami alKufi (d.145/762).
In Ahmad (Musnad, iii, 26) from `Atiyyah from Abu Sa`id alKhudri. Is considered thiqah by Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Yahya ibn Mu`in, and also by `Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Sufyan alThawri, alNasa'i, al`Ijli and Ibn `Ammar alMusili. [4]
63. Al'A`mash, Sulayman ibn Mihran al'Asadi alKufi alKahili (61 147/680 764).
In alTirmidhi (Sahih, ii, 220) from `Ali ibn alMundhir, from Muhammad ibn Fudyal from him from `Atiyyah from Abu Sa`id alKhudri and also from Habib ibn Abi Thabit from Zayd ibn Arqam. Is considered thiqah by alDhahabi, alYafi`i, al`Ijli, Yahya ibn Mu`in and alNasa'i. [5]
64. Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar alThaqafi alMadani (d.151/ 768).
His marfu` narrations from Zayd ibn Arqam and Abu Sa`id alKhudri have been recorded by Ibn Manzur (Lisan al`Arab, iv, 530). Is considered thiqah by Ibn Hibban, Shu`bah, Sufyan, Yahya ibn Mu`in, Ibn alMadini and alSubki, and other scholars. [6]
65. Isra'il ibn Yunus alSabi`i, Abu Yusuf alKufi (d. 160/776).
In Ahmad ibn Hanbal (Musnad, iv, 371) from al'Aswad ibn `Amir, from him, from `Uthman ibn alMughirah, from `Ali ibn Rabi`ah, from Zayd ibn Arqam. Considered thiqah by al`Ijli, Abu Hatim, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ibn Hibban, [7] Ibn Hajar, [8] and others.
66. `Abd alRahman ibn `Abd Allah ibn `Utbah ibn Mas`ud alKufi alMas`udi (d.160/776).
AlTabarani (alMu`jam alsaghir, i, 135) records his narration from Kathir alNawa', from `Atiyyah from Abu Sa`id alKhudri. He is considered thiqah by Yahya ibn Mu`in, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Ibn alMadini. [9]
67. Muhammad ibn Talhah ibn Musarrif alYami alKufi (d. 167/ 783).
Ahmad ibn Hanbal in Musnad, Ibn alMaghazili in alManaqib and alHamawi in Fara'id alsimtayn have narrated Hadith alThaqalayn from him. He has been considered thiqah by the authors of the six Sihah all of whom have narrated traditions from him.
68. Abu `Awanah alWaddah ibn `Abd Allah alYashkari alWasiti alBazzaz (d. 176/792).
AlNasa'i in Khasa'is, alHakim in alMustadrak and alKhwarazmi in alManaqib have narrated Hadith alThaqalayn from him. He is considered thiqah by Abu Hatim, [10] Abu Zur`ah, Ibn `Adi, [11] alDhahabi, [12] Ibn Hajar [13] and alSuyuti. [14]
69. Sharik ibn `Abd Allah alQadi (d. 177/793).
In Musnad Ahmad (v, 181, 182) from alRukayn, from alQasim ibn Hassan, from Zayd ibn Thabit. Has been considered thiqah by Yahya ibn Mu`in and al`Ijli. [15]
70. Hassan ibn Ibrahim ibn `Abd Allah alKirmani (d. 176/792).
Muslim in his Sahih and alHakim in alMustadrak. Has been considered thiqah by Ibn Mu`in, Ibn alMadini, Ibn `Adi, Ibn Hibban, [16] and alDhahabi. [17]
71. Jarir ibn `Abd alHamid alDabbi alKufi (d. 188/803).
Muslim in his Sahih mentions his narration of Hadith alThaqalayn. He has been considered thiqah by Ibn Sa`d, Muhammad ibn Hammad, Abu Hatim, al`Ijli, [18] Yusuf ibn `Ammar alMusili, alNasa'i, Ibn Khirash, Abu alQasim alLalika'i, alKhalili and Ibn Hajar. [19] According to the latter two there is unanimity on his tawthiq.
72. Abu Bishr Isma`iI ibn Ibrahim ibn Muqsim al'Asadi alBasri, known as Ibn `Ulayyah (d. 193/808).
His narration of Hadith alThaqalayn is recorded by Muslim in his Sahih and Ahmad in his Musnad. One of the leading traditionists and jurists of Basrah, he has been considered thiqah by Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ibn Mu`in, [20] alDhahabi, [21] alNasa'i, Ibn Sa`d, [22] and alSuyuti. [23]
73. Abu `Abd alRahman Muhammad ibn alFudayl alDabbi alKufi (d. 194/809).
His narration of Hadith alThaqalayn is mentioned by Muslim and alTirmidhi in their books. He has been considered thiqah by Ibn Mu`in and saduq by Abu Zur`ah. [24]
74. `Abd Allah ibn Numayr alHamdani (d. 199/814).
Ahmad ibn Hanbal in his Musnad and Kitab almanaqib. Has been considered thiqah by Yahya ibn Mu`in, al`Ijli and Ibn Sa`d. [25]
75. Habib ibn Abi Thabit (d. 119/737).
His narration is mentioned by alNasa'i (Khasa'is, i, 133) and Ibn Kathir (alBidayah wa alnihayah, v, 209) from Ibn alTufayh from Zayd ibn Arqam. Has been considered thiqah by al`Ijli, Ibn Mu`in, alNasa'i and Abu Hatim. [26]
76. Abu Ishaq `Amr ibn `Abd Allah alSabi`i (d. 129/746).
His narration is mentioned by alDarqutni in Kitab al`Ilal (ii, 78) from Hanash ibn alMu`tamir from Abu Dharr. Has been considered thiqah by Ibn Mu`in, alNasa'i, al`Ijli and Abu Hatim. [27]
77. Muhammad ibn `Umar ibn `Ali ibn Abi Talib.
In alDulabi, alDhurriyyat altahirah, from his father, from his grandfather (A). Regarded thiqah by alDhahabi [28] and mentioned in alThiqat by Ibn Hibban.
78. Hakim ibn Jubayr al'Asadi.
In alTabarani (alMu`jam alkabir, iii, No. 2681), from him, from Abu alTufayl from Zayd ibn Arqam. One of four eminent traditionists of his time. [29]
79. Zakariyya ibn Abi Za'idah (d. 147/764).
In alMuhamili (al'Amali, iii, 38, MS. in Dar alKutub alZahiriyyah, Damascus), from him, from `Atiyyah al`Awfi from Abu Sa`id alKhudri. Tawthiq by Ahmad ibn Hanbal, al`Ijli, Abu Dawud, alNasa'i [30] and Ibn Sa`d. [31]
80. Fitr ibn Khalifah alMakhzumi (d. 153 or 155/770 or 772).
In alSamhudi (Jawahir al`iqdayn, MS., F. 86) and alSakhawi (al'Istijlab, MS., F. 22), from him, from Abu alTufayl. Tawthiq by Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Yahya ibn Mu`in, al`Ijli, alNasa'i, Ibn Sa`d, Abu Nu`aym alFadl ibn Dukayn and Ibn Hibban. [32]
81. Kathir ibn Zayd (d. 158/774).
In Abu Ja`far alTahawi (Mushkil al'athar, ii, 307) and alDulabi (alDhurriyyat altahirah, 168) from him, from Muhammad ibn `Umar ibn `Ali, from `Ali (A). Tawthiq by Ibn `Ammar alMusili and Ibn Hibban. [33]
82. Ma`ruf ibn Kharrabudh alMakki.
In Abu al`Abbas alHasan ibn Sufyan alNasawi (alMusnad alkabir), Abu Nu`aym (Hilyat al'awliya', i, 355), Samhudi (Jawahir al`iqdayn), alTabarani (alMu`jam alkabir), alHafiz alHaythami (Majma` alzawa'id), alKhatib alBaghdadi, Ibn `Asakir, Ibn Hajar and others, from him from Abu Tufayl, from Hudhayfah ibn Asid alGhifari. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat. [34]
83. Abu alJahhaf Dawud ibn Abi `Awf alTamimi.
In Imam Ahmad's Fada'il `Ali, from him, from `Atiyyah, from Abu Sa`id alKhudri. Tawthiq by Ibn Mu`in and Sufyan. Among the rijal of alTirmidhi, Ibn Majah, and alNasa'i. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat. [35]
84. Salih ibn Abi al'Aswad alLaythi.
In alTabarani (alMu`jam alkabir, ii, No. 2679) from al'A`mash from `Atiyyah from Abu Sa`id alKhudri.
85. Abu alJarud Ziyad ibn alMundhir al`Abdi.
In alSamhudi (Jawahir al`iqdayn) and alSakhawi (al'Istijlab) from him, from Abu Tufayl.
86. Hatim ibn Isma`il alMadani (d. 186/802).
In al`Uqayli (Kitab aldu`afa'), from Ja`far ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali (A). Tawthiq by Ibn Sa`d, Ibn Hibban and al`Ijli. [36]
87. Kathir ibn Isma`il alNawa' alKufi.
In alTabarani (alMu`jam alsaghir, i, 131) from him, from `Atiyyah. Among the rijal of alTirmidhi. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat. [37]
88. Abu alHasan `Ali ibn Musahhar alQarashi (d. 189/805).
In alTabarani (al-Mu`jam al-kabir, ii, No. 2678), from Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah alHadrami, from Manjab ibn alHarith from him, from `Abd alMalik ibn Abi Sulayman, from `Atiyyah from Abu Sa`id alKhudri. Tawthiq by Ibn Mu`in, al`Ijli, Abu Zur`ah, alNasa'i, [38] Ibn Sa`d [39] and Ahmad ibn Hanbal. [40]
89. `AIi ibn Thabit alJazari.
In alBazzaz (Musnad, see 136), from him, from Sufyan ibn Sulayman, from Abu Ishaq, from alHarith, from `Ali (A). Tawthiq by Ibn Mu`in, Ibn Hanbal, Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah ibn Numayr, Ibn Sa`d, Ibn `Ammar, Abu Dawud, [41] Abu Zur'ah, al`Ijli and others. [42]
90. `Abd Allah ibn Sinan alZuhri.
In Ibn `Uqdah (alMuwalat) Abu Musa alMadini (Kitab alSahabah), Abu alFutuh al`Ijli (Kitab almu`jiz fi fada'il alKhulafa'), alSamhudi (op. cit.), and alSakhawi (op. cit.), from him, from Abu alTufayl.
91. Harun ibn Sa`d al`Ijli.
In al`Uqayli (Kitab aldu`afa', xii, MS. F.288) from Muhammad ibn Abi Hafs al`Attar, from him, from `Abd alRahman ibn Abi Sa`id alKhudri. Among the rijal of Muslim. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat. [43] Tasdiq by alDhahabi. [44]
92. Yunus ibn Arqam.
In alTabarani (alMu`jam alsaghir, i, 135) and alKhatib (Talkhis almutashabih fi alrasm, MS. F.29), from `Abd alHamid alSabih, from him, from Harun ibn Sa`d, from `Atiyyah. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat. [45]
93. `Uthman ibn Abi Zur`ah alMughirah alThaqafi alKufi.
In alTahawi (Mushkil al'athar, iv, 368) and Ahmad (alMusnad, iv, 37), from Isra'il ibn Yunus alSabi`i, from him, from `Ali ibn Rabi`ah. Among the rijal of alBukhari. Tawthiq by Ibn Hajar, Abu Hatim, alNasa'i, `Abd alGhani ibn Sa`id, al`Ijli and Ibn Numayr. [46]
94. Zayd ibn alHasan alQarashi al'Anmati, Abu alHusayn alKufi.
In alNasawi (alMusnad alkabir), Abu Nu`aym al'Isfahani (Hilyat al'awliya'), alSamhudi (Jawahir al`iqdayn), alTabarani, (alMu`jam alkabir), alHaythami (Majma` alzawa'id), alKhatib alBaghdadi (Ta'rikh Baghdad), Ibn `Asakir (Ta'rikh Dimashq), Ibn Kathir (alBidayah wa alnihayah) and others, from him, from Ja`far ibn Muhammad (A) from Jabir; and from him, from Ma`ruf ibn Kharrabudh, from Abu alTufayl, from Hudhayfah ibn Usayd. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat and alTirmidhi narrates a tradition from him about hajj. [47]
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[1]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, iv, 82; alKashif, i, 272.
[2]. AlKashif, i, 313; Tahdhib alTahdhib, ii, 286; Taqrib alTahdhib, i, 252.
[3]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, M.S.; alKashif, ii, 256; al`lbar, i, 205; Mir`at al-jinan, i, 301; Taqrib alTahdhib, ii, 248; alShaykh `Abd alHaqq al-Dehlawi, Asma' rijal alMishkat.
[4]. Ibn Hibban, al-Thiqat, MS.; alMaqdisi, alKamal fi asma' alrijal, MS.; alDhahabi, Tadhkirat alhuffaz, i, 155; al`Asqalani, Tahdhib alTahdhib, vi, 396.
[5]. al'lbar, i, 209; Mir`at aljinan, i, 305; Tahdhib alTahdhib, iv, 222.
[6]. Ibn Hibban, al-Thiqat; alMizzi, Tahdhib alKamal, MS., Tabaqat alShafi`iyyah, i, 85; alDhahabi, alKashif, iii, 19; see also Mir`at aljinan, i, 313.
[7]. AlMizzi, Asma' rijal alSahihayn, i, 42; AlDhahabi, alKashif, i, 116; Tahdhib alTahdhib, i, 261.
[8]. Taqrib alTahdhib, i, 64.
[9]. AlDhahabi, Tadhkirat alhuffaz, i, 197.
[10]. AlMizzi, Tahdhib alKamal, MS.
[11]. AlDhahabi, Tahdhib alTahdhib, MS.
[12]. Tadhkirat alhuffaz, i, 236, also alKashif, iii, 235.
[13]. Taqrib alTahdhib, ii, 231.
[14]. Tabaqat alhuffaz, 100.
[15]. `Abd alGhani alMaqdisi, alKamal fi asma' alrijal, MS.
[16]. Al`Asqalani, Tahdhib alTahdhib, iii, 245.
[17]. AlKashif, i, 215, and al'lbar, i, 293.
[18]. AlMizzi, Tahdhib alKamal, MS.
[19]. Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib alTahdhib, ii, 75, and Taqrib alTahdhib, i, 127.
[20]. AlMizzi, Tahdhib alKamal, MS.
[21]. AlDhahabi, Tadhkirat alhuffaz, i, 323, alKashif, i, 118, al'lbar, i, 310.
[22]. Al`Asqalani, Tahdhib alTahdhib, i, 275.
[23]. Tabaqat alhuffaz, 133.
[24]. AlDhahabi, Tahdhib alTahdhib, MS.; Tadhkirat alhuffaz, i, 315.
[25]. Al`Asqalani, Tahdhib alTahdhib, vi, 56.
[26]. Ibid., ii, 178.
[27]. Ibid., viii, 63.
[28]. AlKashif, iii, 82.
[29]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, ii, 445.
[30]. Ibid., iii, 329.
[31]. AlTabaqat, vi, 355.
[32]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, viii, 300.
[33]. Ibid, vi, 413.
[34]. Ibid., x, 230.
[35]. Ibid., iii, 196.
[36]. Ibid., ii, 128.
[37]. Ibid, viii, 411.
[38]. Ibid, vii, 382.
[39]. Ibn Sa`d, alTabaqat, vi, 388.
[40]. AlDhahabi, Tadhkirat alhuffaz, 290.
[41]. AlKhatib alBaghdadi, Ta'rikh Baghdad, xi, 356.
[42]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, vii, 288.
[43]. Ibid., xi, 6.
[44]. AlDhahabi, alKashif, ii, 214 and Mizan al'i`tidal, iv, 284.
[45]. Ibid., vi, 331; Ibn Hajar, Ta`jil almanfa`ah, 301.
[46]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, vii, 155.
[47]. Ibid, iii, 406.
Third/Ninth Century:
95. Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah Abu Ahmad alZubayri alHabbal alKufi (d. 203/818).
In Musnad Ahmad (v, 189) from him, from Sharik, from alRukayn, from alQasim ibn Hassan from Zayd ibn Thabit. Tawthiq by Ibn Mu`in and al`Ijli. [1]
96. Abu `Amir `Abd alMalik ibn `Amr ibn Qays al`Aqadi alBasri (d. 204/819).
In Ibn alMaghazili (alManaqib), from him, from Muhammad ibn Talhah, from al'A`mash, from `Atiyyah, from Abu Sa`id alKhudri. Tawthiq by Ibn Mu`in, alNasa'i, Ibn Sa`d, `Uthman alDarimi, Abu Hatim and Ibn Hajar. [2]
97. Ja`far ibn `Awn alMakhzumi alKufi (d. 206/821).
In `Abd ibn Hamid alKashshi (Musnad, MS. 894, F.40, Ayasofia Library), alDarimi (Sunan, x, 113), alBayhaqi (Sunan, ii, 148, vii, 30) and others, from him, from Abu Hayyan alTaymi. Tawthiq by Ibn Mu`in, Ibn Sa`d and Ibn Qani`. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat. [3]
98. Yazid ibn Harun alWasiti (d. 206/821).
In alMuhamili (al'Amali, MS. F.38), from him, from Zakariyya ibn Abi Za'idah. Tawthiq by Ibn alMadini, Ibn Mu`in, al`Ijli, Abu Hatim, Ya`qub ibn Shaybah and Ibn Qani`. [4]
99. Al'Aswad ibn `Amir Shadhan alWasiti (d. 205/820).
In Musnad Ahmad (iv, 371) from him, from Isra'il ibn `Uthman, from `Ali ibn Rabi`ah from Zayd ibn Arqam. Tawthiq by Ibn alMadini, Ibn Hajar and alSuyuti. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat. [5]
100. Ya`la ibn 'Ubayd alTanafisi (d. 209/824).
In alBayhaqi (Sunan, x, 113), from him, from Abu Hayyan alTaymi from Zayd ibn Arqam. Tawthiq and tasdiq by Ibn Mu`in and Abu Hatim. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat. [6]
101. `Ubayd Allah ibn Musa al`Absi alKufi (d. 213/828).
In alBazzaz, alFasawi (alMa`rifah wa alta'rikh, i, 536), Abu Bakr alJi`abi (Kitab alTalibiyyin), alSakhawi (al'Istijlab, MS. F.24), alSamhudi (Jawahir al`iqdayn, ii, F.87), from him, from his father, Isra'il ibn Yunus and Sharik ibn `Abd Allah from Abu Isra'il and Fudayl ibn Marzuq. Tawthiq by Ibn Sa`d, alDhahabi, alJazari, Ibn Mu`in, alQadi Asad, Abu Hatim, al`Ijli and Ibn `Adi. [7]
102. Talid ibn Sulayman alMuharibi alKufi.
In Ahmad ibn Hanbal's alFada'il, `Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal, from Isma`il ibn Musa ibn bint alSadi, from him, from Abu alJahhaf, from `Atiyyah from Abu Sa`id alKhudri.
103. Hashim ibn alQasim Abu alNasr (Nadr) alKinani alBaghdadi (d. 207/822).
In Ibn Sa`d (alTabaqat, ii,194) from him, from Muhammad ibn Talhah, from al'A`mash, from `Atiyyah, from Abu Sa`id. Tawthiq by Ibn Sa`d, Ibn Mu`in and al`Ijli. [8]
104. Yahya ibn Hammad ibn Abi Ziyad alShaybani alBasri (d. 215/830).
In alNasa'i (alKhasa'is), alHakim (alMustadrak), and alKhwarazmi (alManaqib), from Muhammad ibn alMuthanna, from him, Abu `Awanah, from Sulayman, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Abu alTufayl, from Zayd ibn Arqam. Tawthiq by Ibn Sa`d, [9] Abu Hatim, alDhahabi and Ibn Hajar. [10]
105. Abu Ghassan alNahdi Malik ibn Isma`il alKufi (d. 219/834).
In alTahtawi (Mushkil al'athar, iv, 268), from Fahd ibn Sulayman, from him, from Israz ibn Yunus alSabiS. Tawthiq by Ya'qub ibn Shaybah, Ibn Numayr, Abu Hatim and alNasa'i. Mentioned in alThiqat by Ibn Hibban.7s
106. Muhammad ibn Sa`id ibn Sulayman ibn al'Isfahani (d. 220/835).
In al`Uqayli (alDu`afa', vi, MS. F.104) from Muhammad ibn Isma`il, from him, from Hatim ibn Isma`il, from Ja`far ibn Muhammad (A), from his father (A), from Jabir. Tawthiq by alNasa'i, mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat. [12]
107. Muhammad ibn Kathir al`Abdi alBasri (d. 223/837)
In alSamhudi (Jawahir al`iqdayn, ii, MS. F.86) and alSakhawi (al'Istijlab, MS. F.22), from him, from Fitr ibn Khalifah and Abu alJarud, from Abu alTufayl. Tawthiq by Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Abu Hatim. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat. [13]
108. Sa`id ibn Sulayman alWasiti alBaghdadi (d. 225/839).
In alTabarani (alMu`jam alkabir, iii, No. 3052) from Ahmad ibn alQasim, from him, from Zayd ibn alHasan alAnmati, from Ma`ruf ibn Kharrabudh, from Abu alTufayl; from Hudhayfah ibn Usayd. Tawthiq by Ibn Sa`d, Abu Hatim, al`Ijli and Ibn Hibban. [14]
109. `Abd Allah ibn Bukayr alGhanawi.
In alTabarani (alMu`jam alkabir, iii, No. 2681) from Mutayyan, from Ja`far ibn Hamid, from him, from Hakim ibn Zubayr; from Abu alTufayl from Zayd ibn Arqam. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in al-Thiqat. Tasdiq by alSaji. [15]
110. Abu Ja`far Muhammad ibn Habib alHashimi alBaghdadi (d. 215/830).
In his book alMunammaq, p. 9. An eminent scholar and author of several books; has been considered thiqah by alSuyuti. [16]
111. Sa`id ibn Mansur alKhurasani (d. 227/841).
In his Sunan with his isnad from Zayd ibn Thabit, as cited in Kanz al`ummal, i, 47. Tawthiq by Ibn Numayr, Ibn Khirash, Abu Hatim, Ibn Qani` and alDhahabi; alKhalili considers his tawthiq unanimous. [17] A leading traditionist.
112. Dawud ibn `Amr alDabbi alBaghdadi (d. 228/842).
In Abu Bakr alBazzaz (Musnad; see 136) and al`Asqalani (Zawa'id Musnad alBazzaz, see under Ahmad ibn alMansur) from Ahmad ibn alMansur alRamadi, from him, from Salih ibn Musa ibn `Abd Allah, from `Abd al`Aziz ibn Rafi`, from Abu Salih from Abu Hurayrah. Tawthiq by Ibn Qani` and Abu alQasim alBaghawi. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat. [18]
113. `Ammar ibn Nasr alMaruzi alBaghdadi (d. 229/843).
In Abu Nu`aym (Hilyat al'awliya', ix, 64) from `Abd Allah ibn Ja`far, from Ahmad ibn Yunus alDabbi, from him, from Ibrahim ibn alYasa`, from Ja`far ibn Muhammad (A), from his father (A), from his grandfather (A), from `Ali (A). Tawthiq and tasdiq by Abu Hatim and Ibn Mu`in. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat. [19]
114. Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Sa`d alZuhri alBasri (d. 230/844).
In alSuyuti (alDurr almanthur, ii, 60), from him with his isnad from Abu Sa`id alKhudri. A leading historian and scholar, his tawthiq and tasdiq has been done by Ibn Khallikan, Abu Hatim and Ibn Hajar. [20]
115. Abu Muhammad Khalaf ibn Salim alMukharrimi alMuhallabi alSindi alBaghdadi (d. 231/845).
In alHakim (alMustadrak, iii, 109) and alKhwarazmi (alManaqib) from Salih ibn Muhammad alHafiz alBaghdadi, from him, from Yahya ibn Hammad, from Abu `Awanah, from al'A`mash, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Abu alTufayl, from Zayd ibn Arqam. Tawthiq and tasdiq by Ibn Hibban, Ibn Mu`in, Ya`qub ibn Shaybah, alNasa'i and Hamzah alKinani. [21]
116. Minjab ibn alHarith alTamimi alKufi (d. 231/845).
In alTabarani (alMu`jam alkabir, iii, No. 2678) from him, from `Ali ibn Musahhar (88). Among the rijal of Muslim and Ibn Majah. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat. [22]
117. Zuhayr ibn Harb ibn Shaddad, Abu Khaythamah alNasa'i (d. 234/848).
In Sahih Muslim (ii, 237238) from him, and Shuja` ibn Makhlad from Ibn `Ulayyah (72), from Yazid ibn Hayyan (56), from Zayd ibn Arqam. Tawthiq by alSam`ani, Ibn Mu`in, alHusayn ibn Fahm, Abu Bakr alKhatib, alNasa'i, Ibn Qani`, Ya`qub ibn Shaybah, Abu Hatim, Ibn Waddah and Ibn Hibban. [23]
118. Abu alFadl Shuja` ibn Makhlad alFallas alBaghawi alBaghdadi (d. 235/849).
In Sahih Muslim; see 117 above. Tawthiq by alHusayn ibn Fahm, Ibn Qani`; Abu Zur`ah, Ahmad, and alDhahabi. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat. [24]
119. Abu Bakr `Abd Allah ibn Muhammad, known as Ibn Abi Shaybah alKufi (d. 235/849).
In Sahih Muslim from him,from Muhammad ibn Fudayl (73), from
Zayd ibn Arqam. Also in his own Musannaf from Jabir. He is one of the great scholars. Tawthiq and tasdiq by al`Ijli, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ibn Mu`in, Abu Zur`ah and others. [25]
120. `Abd alRahman ibn Salih al'Azdi alKufi (d. 235/849), settled in Baghdad.
In alTabarani (al-Mu`jam al-kabir, ii, no. 2679) from Mutayyan, from him, from Salih ibn Abi al'Aswad (84). Tawthiq by Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ibn Mu`in and Musa ibn Harun. [26]
121. Bishr ibn alWalid alKindi (d. 238/852).
In alKhwarazmi (Maqtal alHusayn, i, 104) and alHamawi (Fara'id alsimtayn, alsimt althani, bab 54). The former from Muhammad ibn alMusili, from him, from Muhammad ibn Talhah (67). The latter from Abu Tahir, from alBaghawi, from him. Tawthiq by Abu Dawud and alDarqutni. [27]
122. Muhammad ibn Bakkar ibn alRayyan alHashimi alBaghdadi (d. 238/852).
In Sahih Muslim from him. See Sa`id ibn Masruq (59). Tawthiq by Ibn Mu`in, alDarqutni and al`Asqalani. [28]
123. Abu Ya`qub Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, known as Ibn Rahwayh (d. 238/852).
In alSakhawi (al'Istijlab), alSamhudi (Jawahir al`iqdayn), Ahmad ibn alFadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir (Wasilat alma'al), Muslim (Sahih) and (alDhurriyyat altahirah), from him, from him, from `Ali (A) and Zayd ibn Arqam. A great scholar, author of a famous Musnad, teacher of alBukhari, Muslim and alTirmidhi. One of the Imams of hadith and fiqh. It was he who inspired alBukhari into writing his Sahih. [29]
124. Abu Muhammad Wahban ibn Baqiyyah ibn `Uthman alWasiti (d. 239/853).
In Ibn alMaghazili's alManaqib. Tawthiq by Ibn Mu`in, al`Ijli, Abu Zur`ah, Ibn Hajar and others. [30]
125. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hanbal alShaybani (d. 241/855).
He has narrated Hadith alThaqalayn through various chains of transmission, with varying wordings from Abu Sa`id alKhudri and Zayd ibn Arqam (Musnad Ahmad, iii, 14, 17, 26, 59, 371, 181, 182). He is one of the Imams of Ahl alSunnah in hadith and fiqh.
126. Ja`far ibn Hamid alQarashi alKufi (d. 240/854).
In alTabarani (al-Mu`jam al-kabir, iii, No. 2681) from Mutayyan, from him, from `Abd 'Allah ibn Bukayr alGhanawi, from Hakim ibn Jubayr, from Abu alTufayl, from Zayd ibn Arqam. Among the rijal of Muslim. Tawthiq by Ibn Hibban alBusti, alDhahabi, and Ibn Hajar. [31]
127. Isma`il ibn Musa alFazari ibn Bint al-Suddi alKufi (d. 245/859).
In Ahmad ibn Hanbal's Fada'il `Ali; see (102). Tasdiq by Abu Hatim and Abu Dawud. [32]
128. Sufyan ibn Waki` ibn alJarrah (d. 247/861).
In alHafiz Abu Ya`la (Musnad), from him, from Muhammad ibn Fudayl, from `Abd alMalik ibn Abi Sulayman, from `Atiyyah, from Abu Sa`id alKhudri. Among the rijal of alTirmidhi and Ibn Majah. Tasdiq by Ibn Hibban. [33]
129. Nasr ibn `Abd alRahman ibn Bakkar alBaji alKufi alWashsha' (d. 248/862).
In alTirmidhi (Sahih), from him, from Zayd ibn alHasan, from Ja`far ibn Muhammad (A); from his father (A), from Jabir. Also in alHakim alTirmidhi (Nawadir al'usul) and alTabarani (see 166) from him.
130. Abu Muhammad `Abd ibn Hamid alKissi (or alKashshi) (d. 249/863).
In his Musnad (see 97) from Zayd ibn Thabit; also as mentioned by alSuyuti (Ihya' almayyit bi dhikr fada'il Ahl alBayt, 12), alSamhudi (Jawahir al`iqdayn), alShaykhani alQadiri (alSirat alsawi), and Mirza Muhammad Khan alBadakhshi (Miftah alnajah). Also from him from Zayd ibn Arqam in alSuyuti (alJami` alsaghir; Sharh by alMunawi, ii, 174175) and `Ali alMuttaqi (Kanz al`ummal). Author of Musnad and Tafsir, he is one of the Imams of the Ahl alSunnah. [34]
131. `Abbad ibn Ya`qub alRawajini al'Asadi (d.250/864).
In alTabarani (alMu`jam alsaghir, i, 131) from alHasan ibn Muhammad ibn Mus`ab al'Ushnani alKufi, from him, from `Abd alRahman alMas`udi, from Kathir alNawa', from `Atiyyah, from Abu Sa`id.
132. Nasr ibn `Ali ibn Nasr ibn `Ali alJahdami alBasri (d. 250/ 864).
In alHakim al-Tirmidhi (alMu`jam alsaghir, i, 131) from him, from Zayd ibn alHassan, from Ma`ruf ibn Kharrabudh alMakki, from Abu alTufayl from Hudhayfah ibn Usayd alGhifari. A leading scholar, his tawthiq has been done by alSam`ani, Ibn Khirash, alNasa'i, alDhahabi and others. [35]
133. Muhammad ibn alMuthanna Abu Musa al`Anzi (d. 252/ 866).
In alNasa'i (alKhasa'is), from him, from Yahya ibn Hammad (see 104). Among the rijal of Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Abu `Isa and alNasa'i. Tawthiq by al-Sam`ani, Muhammad ibn Yahya alNishaburi, Abu Hatim, lbn Hibban, alKhatib, alDhahabi and Ibn Hajar. [36]
134. Muhammad ibn Yazid, Akhu Karkhwayh alWasiti (d. 246/860).
In alMuhamili (al'Amali) from Yazid ibn Harun (98). Tawthiq by alKhatib. [37]
135. Yusuf ibn Musa alQattan (d. 253/867).
In Imam Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Khuzaymah's Sahih (MS. 348, Maktabat Sultan Ahmad, Istanbul) from him, from Jarir ibn `Abd alHamid, from Muhammad ibn Fudayl, from Yahya ibn Sa`id alTaymi, from Yazid ibn Hayyan, from Zayd ibn Arqam. Among the rijal of alBukhari, Abu Dawud, alTirmidhi and Ibn Majah. Tawthiq by Ibn Khuzaymah and others. Mentioned by Ibn Hibban in alThiqat. [38]
136. Ahmad ibn alMansur alRamadi (d. 265/878).
In Abu Bakr alBazzaz (Musnad, MS. 578, Maktabat Murad, Istanbul), from him, from Dawud ibn `Umar, from Salih ibn Musa ibn `Abd Allah from `Abd al`Aziz ibn Rafi`, from Abu Salih from Abu Hurayra. Tawthiq by Abu Hatim and alDarqutni. [39]
137. Abu Muhammad `Abd Allah ibn `Abd alRahman alDarimi alSamarqandi (d. 255/869).
In his Musnad, as mentioned by alSakhawi in al'Istijlab. Author of alMusnad, Tafsir and alJami`. A leading scholar (imam). Tawthiq by al-Sam`ani, alDhahabi and al`Asqalani. [40]
138. `Ali ibn alMundhir alTariqi alKufi (d. 256/870).
In alTirmidhi (Sahih) and Ibn al'Athir (Usd alghabah), from him from Abu Sa`id (see 63). Tawthiq by Ibn Abi Hatim, Ibn Numayr an alDhahabi. [41]
139. Muslim ibn Hajjaj alQushayri alNishaburi (d. 261/874).
In his Sahih narrates it through various chains of transmission. He is one of the imams of the Ahl alSunnah in hadith, and his Sahih has been preferred to alBukhari's by some major scholars, among them Abu `Ali alNishaburi.
140. Ahmad ibn Yunus Abu al`Abbas alDabbi (d. 268/881)
In Abu Nu`aym (Hilyat al'awliya', ix, 64) from `Abd Allah ibn Ja'far, from him, from `Ammar ibn Nasr (see 113). Tawthiq mentioned by alKhatib and Abu Nu`aym. [42]
141. Ibrahim ibn Marzuq ibn Dinar (d. 270/883).
In Abu Ja`far alTahawi (Mushkil al'athar, ii, 307) and alDulabi (al-Dhurriyyat altahirah, 186) from him, from Abu `Amir al`Aqadi (96) from Kathir ibn Zayd (81), from Muhammad ibn `Umar ibn `Ali (77), from his father, from `Ali (A). Tawthiq by alDarqutni, Ibn Yunus, Ibn Hatim, Ibn Hibban and Sa`id ibn `Uthman. [43]
142. AlHusayn ibn `Ali ibn Ja`far.
In alBazzaz (Musnad, MS. F.75), from him, from `Ali ibn Thabit, from Sufyan ibn Sulayman from Abu Ishaq from alHarith from `Ali (A). Among the rijal of Abu Dawud, alNasa'i and alBazzaz. [44]
143. Muhammad ibn `Abd alWahhab Abu Ahmad alFarra' (d. 272/885).
In alBayhaqi (Sunan, ii, 148) from alHakim, from alHasan ibn Ya`qub, from him, from Ja`far ibn `Awn, from Yahya ibn Sa`id, from Yazid ibn Hayyan from Zayd ibn Arqam. Again in alBayhaqi (op. cit., vii, 30) from Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Ibrahim, from Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ya`qub, from him, from Ja`far ibn `Awn. Tawthiq by alNasa'i and Ibn Hibban. Among the rijal of Muslim, alBukhari, Ibrahim, Ibn Abi Talib and Ibn Khuzaymah. [45]
144. Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Yazid ibn Majah alQazwini (d. 273/886).
AIKanji (Kifayat altalib, 53) mentions his narration of Hadith alThaqalayn. He is one of the imams of hadith and his Sunan is counted among the Six Sihah.
145. Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn Ash`ath alSijistani (d. 275/888).
AlKanji (Kifayat altalib, 53) mentions his narration of the hadith. He is also one of the imams of hadith and a leading traditionist of his era.
146. Abu Qalabah `Abd alMalik ibn Muhammad alRaqqashi alBasri (d. 276/889).
In alHakim (alMustadrak, ii, 193), from Abu alHusayn Muhammad ibn Ahmad, from him, from Yahya ibn Hammad, from Abu `Awanah, from al'A`mash, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit from Abu alTufayl from Zayd ibn Arqam. Tawthiq and tasdiq by Ibn Hibban, alDarqutni, and Abu Dawud. [46]
147. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi al'Awwam ibn Yazid ibn Dinar alRiyahi alTamimi (d. 276/889).
In Ibn alMaghazili (alManaqib, 234236). Tasdiq by alDarqutni. [47]
148. AlHafiz Ya`qub ibn Sufyan alFasawi (d. 277/890).
In his alMa`rifah wa alta'rikh, i, 536538, narrates the hadith through 8 chains from four Sahabah: Zayd ibn Arqam, Abu Sa`id, Zayd ibn Thabit and Abu Dharr alGhifari. An eminent historian and traditionist (imam), alTirmidhi, alNasa'i, Ibn Khuzaymah, Abu `Awanah al'Asfara'ini and Ibn Abi Dawud have narrated from him. Ibn Hibban has mentioned him in al-Thiqat. [48]
149. Ibrahim ibn Ishaq, alQadi Abu Ishaq alZuhri (d. 277/890).
In alBayhaqi (Sunan, x, 113), from Abu Muhammad Janah ibn Nadhir, from Abu Ja`far Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn Dahim alShaybani, from him, from Ja`far ibn `Awn (97), from Ya`la ibn `Ubayd (100). Tawthiq by alKhatib. [49]
150. Abu `Isa Muhammad ibn `Isa ibn Sawrah alTirmidhi (d. 279/ 892).
In his Sahih (ii, 219, 220) narrates it through several chains of transmitters from Jabir, Abu Dharr, Abu Sa`id, Zayd ibn Arqam and Hudhayfah ibn Usayd. He is one of the imams of hadith and his Sahih one of the Six Sihah.
151. Abu Bakr `Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn `Ubayd alBaghdadi, known as Ibn Abi alDunya (d. 281/894).
In his book Fada'il alQur'an, MS. Tawthiq and tasdiq by Ibn Abi Hatim, alDhahabi and alKutubi. [50]
152. Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn `Ali alHakim alTirmidhi (d. 285/898).
In his Nawadir al'usul, 68-69, through 2 asanid from Jabir and Hudhayfah ibn Usayd.
153. Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn `Amr ibn Abi `Asim alNabil, known as Ibn Abi `Asim alShaybani (d. 287/900).
In his Kitab alSunnah, as mentioned by alSuyuti in alBudur alsafirah `an umur al'akhirah, from Zayd ibn Thabit; and from `Ali (A), as mentioned in Kanz al`ummal, xv, 122.
154. Abu `Abd alRahman `Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal alShaybani (d. 290/902).
In Ziyadat alMusnad from his father, from Zayd ibn Thabit; in alMustadrak (iii, 109) from his father, from Zayd ibn Arqam; in Yanabi` almawaddah, 32, from him, from Abu Sa`id and Zayd ibn Arqam. Son of Imam Ahmad and an eminent scholar of his era; tawthiq by alKhatib and alDhahabi. [51]
155. Muhammad ibn alFadl, Abu Ja`far alSaqati (d. 288/900).
In alTabarani (al-Mu`jam al-kabir, iii, No. 2680), from him, from Sa`id ibn Sulayman, from Zayd ibn alHasan al'Anmati (93). Tawthiq and tasdiq by alDarqutni and alKhatib. [52]
156. Fahd ibn Sulayman alNahhas alMisri.
In alTahawi (Mushkil al'athar, iv, 368) from him, from Abu Ghassan Malik ibn Isma`il alNahdi.
157. Abu al`Abbas Ahmad ibn Yahya alShaybani alBaghdadi, known as Tha`lab (d. 291/904).
In al'Azhari (Tahdhib allughah, ix, 78). A great traditionist, grammarian and man of letters. Tawthiq by alKhatib. [53]
158. Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn `Umar ibn `Abd alKhaliq alBazzaz (d. 292/905).
In his Masnad through two chains from Abu Hurayrah and `Ali (A) see 89, 112, 136. One of the leading traditionists.
159. Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn Sahl alFaqih alQabbani (d. 292/904).
In alHakim (alMustadrak, iii, 109), from him, from Salih ibn Muhammad, from Khalaf ibn Salim alMukharrimi from Yahya lbn Hammad, from Abu `Awanah, from al'A`mash, from Habib ibn Thabit, from Abu Tufayl, from Zayd ibn Arqam. AlHakim has narrated many traditions from him in alMustadrak and mentions him with great respect.
160. Ahmad ibn alQasim alJawhari (d. 293/905).
In alTabarani (al-Mu`jam al-kabir, iii, no. 3052), from him, from Sa`id ibn Sulayman alWasiti from Zayd ibn alHasan al'Anmati, from Ma`ruf ibn Kharrabudh, from Abu Tufayl from Hudhayfah ibn Usayd. Tawthiq by alKhatib. [54]
161. AlHafiz Salih ibn Muhammad Jazarah (d. 294/906).
In alHakim (alMustadrak, iii, 109) see 159. One of the leading traditionists of his age. Tawthiq by alKhatib. [55]
162. Ahmad ibn Yahya alHulwani (d. 296/908).
In al`Uqayli (Kitab aldu`afa', MS. 362, Dar alKutub alZahiriyyah, Damascus, vi, F. 104), from him from `Abd Allah ibn Dahir, from `Abd Allah ibn `Abd alQuddus, from al'A`mash, from `Atiyyah, from Abu Sa`id alKhudri. Tawthiq by alDhahabi. [56]
163. AlHafiz Abu Ja`far Mutayyan, Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah ibn Sulayman (d. 297/909).
In alTabarani (alMu`jam alkabir, Nos. 2680, 2683, 3052) from him. One of the leading traditionists. Tawthiq by alDarqutni; see alDhahabi, Tadhkirat alhuffaz, 662.
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[1]. AlDhahabi, Tadhhib alTahdhib, MS.
[2]. AlMizzi, Tahdhib alKamal, Ms.; Tahdhib alTahdhib, vi, 409; Taqrib alTahdhib, i, 521.
[3]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, ii, 101; alTabaqat, vi, 396.
[4]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, xi, 366.
[5]. Ibid., i, 304; Taqrib alTahdhib, i, 76; Tabaqat alhuffaz, 155.
[6]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, i, 402.
[7]. AlTabaqat, vi, 400; alKashif, ii, 234; Tahdhib alTahdhib, vii, 50.
[8]. AlTabaqat, vii, 355; Ta'rikh Baghdad, xiv, 64.
[9]. AlMizzi, Tahdhib alKamal
[10]. Tahdhib alTahdhib; alKashif, iii, 253; Taqrib alTahdhib, ii, 346.
[11]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, x, 3.
[12]. Ibid., ix, 188.
[13]. Ibid., ix, 417.
[14]. AlTabaqat, vii, 340; Tahdhib alTahdhib, iv, 43.;
[15]. Lisan almizan, iii, 264.
[16]. Baghyat alwi`a', 2930.
[17]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, iv, 89; Tadhkirat alhuffaz, 416.
[18]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, iii, 195.
[19]. Ta'rikh Baghdad, xii, 255; Tahdhib alTahdhib, vii, 407.
[20]. Wafayat al'a`yan, iii, 473; al'lbar, i, 407; Tabaqat alhuffaz, 183.
[21]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, iii, 152.
[22]. Ibid., ii, 297.
[23]. Ibid., 342; alSam`ani, al-'Ansab, under 'alNasa'i'
[24]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, iv, 312; alKashif, ii, 5.
[25]. AlDhahabi, Siyar a`lam alnubala', MS.
[26]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, vi, 197.
[27]. Ta'rikh Baghdad, vii, 8084.
[28]. Tahdhib alKamal, MS; Taqrib alTahdhib, ii, 147.
[29]. Tabaqat alShafi`iyyah, ii, 83; Tahdhib alTahdhib, i, 216; Huda alsari.
[30]. Tahdhib alKamal, MS; Tahdhib alTahdhib, MS.; Taqrib alTahdhib, ii, 337.
[31]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, ii, 87; alKashif, i, 184; alKhazraji, alKhulasah, i, 166.
[32]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, i, 335.
[33]. Ibid., iv, 123.
[34]. Ibid., vi, 455; Tadhkirat alhuffaz, ii, 534; Mir`at aljinan, ii, 155; Taqrib alTahdhib, i, 529.
[35]. Al-Sam`ani, al'Ansab; alDhahabi, Tahdhib alTahdhib, MS; Tadhkirat alhuffaz, ii, 519; al'lbar, i, 457.
[36]. Al'Ansab, under alGhanzi, Tahdhib alKamal, MS; Tahdhib alTahdhib; Tadhkirat alhuffaz, ii, 152; alKashif, iii, 93; Taqrib alTahdhib, ii, 204.
[37]. Ta'rikh Baghdad, iii, 374.
[38]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, xi, 425.
[39]. Ibid., i, 83.
[40]. Al'Ansab; Tadhkirat alhuffaz, ii, 535; alKashif, i, 103; Taqrib alTahdhib, i, 429.
[41]. Tahdhib alKamal, MS; alKashif, ii, 296.
[42]. Akhbar Isfahan, i, 81; Ta'rikh Baghdad, v, 223.
[43]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, i, 163.
[44]. Ibid., ii, 344.
[45]. Ibid., ix, 319.
[46]. Al'Ansab, under 'alRiqashi'; `Abd alGhani alMaqdisi, alKamal, MS.
[47]. Al'Ansab, under alRiyahi.
[48]. Tahdhib alTahdhib, xi, 385; Tadhkirat alhuffaz, i, 582; al'lbar, ii, 58.
[49]. Ta'rikh Baghdad, vi, 25.
[50]. Tadhkirat alhuffaz, ii, 677; Tabaqat alhuffaz, 294; Fawat alWafayat, ii, 228.
[51]. Tadhkirat alhuffaz, ii, 665; Tahdhib alTahdhib, v, 141; Tabaqat alhuffaz, 288.
[52]. Ta'rikh Baghdad, iii, 153.
[53]. Tabaqat alhuffaz; 290.
[54]. Ta'rikh Baghdad, iv, 349.
[55]. Ibid, ix, 322 328.
[56]. Al'lbar, ii, 106
Fourth/Tenth Century:
164. AI-Hafiz, alHasan ibn Sufyan al-Nasawi (d. 303/915).
In Abu Nu`aym (Hilyat al'awliya', i, 355). Tawthiq by al-Dhahabi. [1]
165. Abu `Abd al-Rahman Ahmad ibn Shu`ayb ibn `Ali al-Nasa'i (d. 303/915).
In his al-Khasa'is, p.95, from Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna (see 104). A leading scholar and traditionist.
166. Al-Hafiz Abu Yahya Zakariyya ibn Yahya al-Saji (d. 306/919).
In al-Tabarani (al-Mu`jam al-kabir, iii, Nos. 2680, 3052), from him, from Nasr ibn `Abd al-Rahman al-Washsha' (see 129). The leading traditionist of Basrah during his days. [2]
167. Abu Ya`la Ahmad ibn al-Muthanna' ibn Yahya' al-Tamimi alMusali (d. 307/919).
In alSuyuti (Ihya' al-mayyit, 12), al-Sakhawi (al-'Istijlab), alSamhudi (Jawahir al`iqdayn), Ahmad ibn al-Fadl ibn Ba Kathir (Wasilat alma`al), and al-Badakhshani (Miftah al-naja). A highly respected scholar. [3]
168. Abu Khubayb al-`Abbas ibn Ahmad al-Birti (d. 308/920).
In Ibn `Asakir (Ta'rikh, i, 45), from Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn alHusayn al-Mazrafi, from Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn alMuhtadi, from Abu al-Hasan `Ali ibn `Umar, from him, from Zayd ibn al-Hasan al-'Anmati (193). Tawthiq by al-Khatib. [4]
169. Abu Ja`far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (d. 310/922).
In `Ali al-Muttaqi al-Hindi (Kanz al-`ummal, xv, 19, xvl, 252, 253) from him, from Zayd ibn Arqam, Abu Sa`id al-Khudri and `Ali (A). He is one of the greatest historians, exegetes and legists.
170. Abu Bishr Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Dulabi (d. 310/922).
In his al-Dhurriyyat al-tahirah, 168 (Qumm, 1407) from Ibrahim ibn Marzuq, from Abu `Amir al-`Aqadi, from Kathir ibn Zayd, from Muhammad ibn `Umar ibn `Ali, from `Ali (A). One of the leading traditionists and historians of his era.
171. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Khuzaymah alNishaburi (d. 311/923).
In his Sahih, as mentioned by al-Sakhawi, op. cit. One of the imams of hadith.
172. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn alHarith, Ibn al-Baghandi al-Wasiti (d. 312/924).
In Ibn al-Maghazili (alManaqib, 234). Tawthiq by al-Khatib. [5]
173. Abu `Awanah Ya`qub ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ibn Zayd alNishaburi al-'Isfarayini (d. 316/928).
In his book al-Musnad al-sahih, as mentioned by al-Shaykhani alQadiri in al-Sirat al-sawi. A leading traditionist of his era. [6]
174. Abu Bakr ibn Abi Dawud `Abd Allah ibn Sulayman alSijistani (d. 316/928).
In al-Tahawi (Mushkil al-'athar, iv, 368), from him. A leading scholar of Iraq in his time. [7]
175. Al-Hasan ibn Musallim ibn al-Tabib al-San`ani.
In al-Tabarani (Mu`jam shuyukhih, i, 135) from him.
176. Abu al-Qasim `Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn `Abd al-`Aziz al-Baghawi (d. 317/929).
In al-Hamawi, Fara'id al-simtayn, ii, 272.
177. Al-Hafiz al-Tahawi, Abu Ja`far Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Salamah (d. 321/933).
In his Mushkil al-'athar, iv, 368, with two chains of transmission from Zayd ibn Arqam. A leading writer and scholar of his era. [8]
178. Abu Ja`far al-`Uqayli, Muhammad ibn `Amr ibn Hammad (d. 322/934).
In his Kitab al-du`afa' (MS. 362 in Dar al-Kutub al-Zahiriyyah, Damascus, F. 104) through three chains from Abu Sa`id and Jabir. A leading scholar of his age. [9]
179. Abu `Umar Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Abd Rabbih alQurtubi (d. 328/939).
In his al-`Iqd al-farid. He is a well-known scholar of a high standing.
180. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Bashshar, known as Ibn al-'Anbari (d. 328/939).
In his al-Masahif, from Zayd ibn Arqam and from Zayd ibn Thabit. An eminent scholar. Tawthiq and tasdiq by Ibn Khallikan and alSam`ani. [10]
181. Abu `Abd Allah Husayn ibn Isma`il ibn alDabbi al-Muhamili (d. 330/941).
In his Amali, where he regards it as sahih, as mentioned by `Ali alMuttaqi in Kanz al-`ummal (xv, 122-123). A great scholar (imam) of Baghdad. [11]
182. Abu al-`Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa`id, known as Ibn `Uqdah (d. 332/943).
In his Kitab al-wilayah, known as Kitab al-muwalat, through 8 chains, as mentioned by alSakhawi (op. cit.), al-Samhudi (op. cit), Ibn Ba Kathir (op. cit.) and al-Shaykhani a1-Qadiri (op. cit). An eminent scholar of his era.
183. Al-Hasan ibn Ya`qub, Abu al-Fadl al-Bukhari (d. 342/953).
In al-Bayhaqi (Sunan, ii, 148) from al-Hakim, from him, from Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Wahhab al-Farra' al-`Abdi. Also in Ibn `Asakir in Mu`jam shuyukhih (MS. F. 11). Tawthiq by alDhahabi. [12]
184. Abu `Abd AlIah Muhammad ibn Ya`qub ibn al-'Akhram alShaybani (d. 344/955).
In al-Bayhaqi (Sunan, vii, 30) from him, from Abu Ahmad alFarra'. Author of a voluminous Musnad. An eminent traditionist from Nishabur.
185. Abu Muhammad `Abd Allah ibn Ja`far al-'Isfahani (d. 346/957).
In Abu Nu`aym (Hilyat al-'awliya', ix, 64) from him, from Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Dabbi. Teacher of Abu Nu`aym, who reports from Abu `Umar al-Qattan that he saw `Abd Allah ibn Ja`far in a dream after his death. When asked, "How did God treat you?" he replied, "He forgave me and put me with the prophets in their station." [13]
186. Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Tamim al-Khayyat al-Qantari (d. 348/959).
In al-Hakim (al-Mustadrak, iii, 90) from him. Al-Hakim considers him thiqah and considers this narration of his as sahih.
187. Abu Ja`far Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn Duhaym al-Shaybani (d.351/962).
In al-Bayhaqi (Sunan, x, 113) from Abu Muhammad Janah ibn Nadhir, from him, from Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Zuhri. Also in alHakim (alMustadrak, iii, 533) from him, where he, and after him al-Dhahabi in his Talkhis, has regarded it as sahih. The qadi and traditionist of Kufah. [14]
188. Abu Muhammad Da`laj ibn Ahmad ibn Da`laj al-Sijzi alMu`addal (d. 315/962).
In alHakim (al-Mustadrak, iii, 109-110) from him, from Zayd ibn Arqam. A leading traditionist and legist of his era and author of alMusnad al-kabir.
189. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn `Umar ibn Muslim al-Tamimi, known as Ibn al-Ji`abi (d. 355/966).
In his book al-Talibiyyin, as mentioned by al-Sakhawi (al-'Istijlab) and al-Samhudi (Jawahir al-`iqdayn). A leading scholar.
190. Abu al-Qasim Sulayman ibn Ahmad al-Tabarani (d. 360/970).
In his works al-Mu`jam al-saghir, al-Mu`jam al-kabir and alMu`jam alawsat with different chains. One of the imams of hadith.
191. Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Ja`far ibn Hamdan ibn Malik ibn Shabib al-Qati`i (d. 368/978).
In al-Hakim (al-Mustadrak, iii, 109) from him, from Zayd ibn Arqam. A famous traditionist. [15]
192. Al-Hafiz Abu al-Shaykh Ibn Hayyan al-Busti al-'Isfahani (d. 369/979).
In his compilation of traditions (MS. No. 3637, F. 60, in Dar alKutub al-Zahiriyyah, Damascus) from Abu Sa`id. Tawthiq by Abu Nu`aym, Ibn al-'Athir, Ibn Mardawayh, Ibn al-`Imad and alDhahabi. [16]
193. Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Talhah al-'Azhari (d. 370/980).
In his Tahdhib al-lughah under `itrah, as mentioned in Lisan al`Arab (iv, 538), and also under habl (Lisan al-`Arab, xi, 137). A legist and leading philologist and lexicographer (imam fi allughah). [17]
194. Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Balwayh (d. 374/984).
In al-Hakim (al-Mustadrak, iii, 109) from him, from `Abd Allah ibn Ahmad. Al-Hakim has considered his narration as sahih. Tawthiq, also, by Abu Bakr al-Barqani. [18]
195. Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Hamdan Abu `Amr al-Hiri (d. 376/986).
In Abu Nu`aym (Hilyat al-'awliya', i, 355) from him, from al-Hasan ibn Sufyan al-Nasawi. Also in al-Khwarazmi (Maqtal al-Husayn, i, 104) from `Abu al-`Ala', from Zahir alShahhani, from Abu Sa`id al-Ganjrudi, from him. Grammarian, legist and traditionist.
196. Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn al-Muzaffar ibn Musa ibn `Isa al-Baghdadi (d. 379/989).
In Ibn al-Maghazili (al-Manaqib, 236) from Abu Talib Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn `Uthman, from him, from Zayd ibn Arqam. Tawthiq by alDhahabi, who calls him 'al-'imam al-thiqah' and alDarqutni, alSafadi, and alSuyuti. [19]
197. `Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hammuyah alHamawi alSarakhsi (d. 381/991).
In Ibn `Asakir, Mu`jam shuyukhih, MS. F. 205.
198. Abu al-Hasan `Ali ibn `Umar ibn Ahmad al-Darqutni (d. 385/ 995).
In Ibn Ba Kathir al-Makki (wasilat al-ma'al, MS.) from him from Umm Salamah. A leading scholar and traditionist (imam) of his era, legist and expert on rijal. [20]
199. Al-Hafiz Abu al-Hasan `Ali ibn `Umar ibn Shadhan alSukkari (d. 386/996).
In Ibn `Asakir (Ta'rikh Dimashq, ii, 45). Tawthiq by al-`Atiqi and alKhatib. [21]
200. Abu Tahir Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Rahman al-Mukhallis alDhahabi (d. 393/1002).
In al-Hamawi (Fara'id al-simtayn, li, 272) from him, from Abu Sa`id al-Khudri. Tawthiq by al-Sam`ani. [22]
201. Abu Muhammad Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Baghdadi
In Manaqib Ahl al-Bayt, MS.
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[1]. Al-`Ibar, i, 355
[2]. Tadhkirat al-huffaz, 709.
[3]. Ibid, ii, 707; at al-`Ibar, ii, 124; Wafayat al-'a`yan, vii, 241; Mir'at aljinan, ii, 243; Tabaqat al-huffaz, 306.
[4]. Ta'rikh Baghdad, xii, 152.
[5]. Tadhkirat al-huffaz, ii, 732.
[6]. Wafayat al-'a`yan, v, 436.
[7]. Ta'rikh Baghdad, ix, 464.
[8]. Tadhkirat al-huffaz, 808.
[9]. Ibid., 833.
[10]. Al-'Ansab, under 'aI'Anbari'; Wafayat al-'a`yan.
[11]. Tadhkirat al-huffaz, iii, 824.
[12]. Al-`Ibar, iii, 259.
[13]. Akhbar Isfahan, ii, 80.
[14]. Al-`Ibar, ii, 293.
[15]. Al-'Ansab, under 'alQati`i'.
[16]. Akhbar Isfahan, ii, 90; al-Lubab, i, 404; Tadhkirat alhuffaz, 945; Shadharat al-dhahab, iii, 69; al-`Ibar, ii, 351.
[17]. Wafayat al-'a`yan; iii, 458.
[18]. Ta'rikh Baghdad, i, 282.
[19]. Tadhkirat alhuffaz, iii, 980; alWafi bi alWafayat, v, 34; Tabaqat al-huffaz, 389.
[20]. Al-`Ibar, iii, 28; al'Asadi, Tabaqat alShafi`iyyah, MS; alQannawji, alTaj al-mukallal, 82.
[21]. Ta'rikh Baghdad, xii, 40.
[22]. Al-'Ansab, under 'alMakhallas'.
Fifth/Eleventh Century:
202. Abu `Ubayd Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Harawi (d. 401/1010).
In his Kitab al-gharibayn, under "thaql". A leading scholar and philologist.
203. Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah al-Hakim alNishaburi (d. 405/1014).
In his Mustadrak (iii, 109, 174) through a sahih chain of transmission from Zayd ibn Arqam. There he also narrates it through another chain. He was the leading traditionist of his age (imam almuhiddithin). [1]
204. Abu Sa`d al-Malik ibn Muhammad al-Wa`iz al-Nishaburi alKharkushi (d. 406/1015).
In his book Sharaf al-nubuwwah, as mentioned in Shihab al-Din alDawlatabadi (Manaqib al-sadat). One of the leading scholars. [2]
205. Yahya ibn Ibrahim Abu Zakariyya al-Muzakki al-Nishabari (d. 414/1023).
In al-Bayhaqi (Sunan, vii, 30) from him, from Zayd ibn Arqam. Ta`dil by al-Dhahabi. [3]
206. Al-Qadi `Abd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad al-Mu`tazili (d. 414/1023).
In his al-Mughni (xx, 191, 136). An eminent scholar and Shafi`i legist.
207. Abu al-Faraj Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Shahriyar al-'Isfahani.
In al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (Talkhis al-mutashabih fi al-rasm, MS. in Dar al-Kutub al-Zahiriyyah, F. 30) from him, from al-Tabarani, from Abu Sa`id al-Khudri. One of the eminent scholars of the 5th/11th century and al-Khatib's teacher.
208. Abu Ishaq Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Tha`labi (d. 427/1036).
In his tafsir (al-Kashf wa al-bayan, MS.). One of the leading scholars of the Qur'an, a legist, grammarian, philologist and writer. [4]
209. Abu Nu`aym Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah al-'Isfahani (d. 430/1038).
In his Manqabat al-Mutahharin, with several chains and in different wordings from Abu Sa`id, Zayd ibn Arqam, Anas ibn Malik, al-Bara' ibn `Azib and Jubayr ibn Mut`am. Also in his Hilyat al-'awliya', as mentioned by al-Samhudi (Jawahir al`iqdayn) from Hudhayfah ibn Usayd. One of the great traditionists. [5]
210. Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Jabbar al-`Utbi.
In his al-Ta'rikh al-Yamini. An eminent historian and man of letters. [6]
211. Abu Sa`d Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Rahman al-Ganjrudi (d.453/1061).
In Akhtab Khwarazm (Maqtal al-Husayn `alayhi al-salam, i, 104). Tawthiq by al-Sam`ani. [7]
212. Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn `Ubayd Allah ibn Khalaf.
In Ibn al-`Asakir in the Mu`jam of his shuyukh (F. 11), from Ibn al`Iraqi, from him, from al-Hakim al-Nishaburi. One of the eminent scholars of 5th century.
213. Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn `Ali al-Bayhaqi (d. 458/1066).
In al-Khwarazmi (al-Manaqib, 93) from him. A leading traditionist, legist and writer. [8]
214. Abu Ghalib Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Sahl al-Nahwi, known as Ibn Bushran (d. 462/1069).
In Ibn al-Maghazili (al-Manaqib) from him. A scholar of known standing.
215. Abu `Umar Yusuf ibn `Abd Allah al-Namari al-Qurtubi known as Ibn `Abd al-Barr (d. 463/1071).
As mentioned by Shah Wali Allah in Izalat al-khifa. One of the leading scholars. [9]
216. Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn `Ali ibn Thabit al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d. 463/1071).
In his al-Muttafaq wa al-muftaraq from Jabir, as mentioned by alBadakhshani. One of the great scholars; traditionist and historian. [10]
217. Ibn al-Ghariq Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Muhtadi bi Allah (d. 465/1072).
In Ibn `Asakir (Ta'rikh Dimashq, ii, 45). Tawthiq by al-Khatib and Ibn al-Jawzi. [11]
218. Abu al-Hasan `Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Dawudi al-Bushanji (d. 467/1074).
Ibn `Asakir, Mu`jam shuyukhih. A leading scholar (imam). [12]
219. Abu Muhammad Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn Musa alGhandajani (d. 467/1074).
In Ibn al-Maghazili (al-Manaqib, 235) from him, from Abu Sa`id alKhudri. Tawthiq by al-Sam`ani. [13]
220. Abu al-Hasan `Ali ibn Muhammad al-Tayyib al-Jullabi, known as Ibn alMaghazili (d. 483/1090).
In his al-Manaqib through various chains. A leading scholar.
221. Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Futuh ibn `Abd Allah ibn Hamid al-'Azdi al-Hamidi (d. 488/1095).
In al-Jam` bayn al-Sahihayn, from Zayd ibn Arqam. Tawthiq by Ibn Khallikan, al-Dhahabi, Ibn Makula, al-Salmasi and al-Safadi. [14]
222. AlSayyid Abu aI-Ma`aIi Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Zayd alSamarqandi (d. 488/1095).
In `Uyun al-'akhbar.
223. Abu alMuzaffar Mansur ibn Muhammad aISam`ani (d. 489/1096).
In his al-Risalat alqawwamiyyah, from Abu Sa`id al-Khudri. A leading scholar of his age. [15]
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[1]. Tadhkirat al-huffaz, iii, 93; Wafayat al-'a`yan, iii, 408; alMukhtasar, ii, 144; Mir'at al-jinan, iii, 14; al-`Ibar, iii, 91; alSubhi, Tabaqat alShafi`iyyah, iv, 155.
[2]. Tabaqat alShafi`iyyah, v, 222.
[3]. Al`Ibar, iv, 118.
[4]. Tabaqat alShafi`iyyah, i, 429; iv, 58; Wafayat al-'a`yan, i, 61; al-`Ibar, iii, 161; Mir'at al-jinan, iii, 46; alDawudi, Tabaqat almufassirin, i, 65.
[5]. Tadhkirat alhuffaz, iii, 1091; alWafi bi alWafayat, vii, 81; alTaj almukallal, 31.
[6]. Yatimat aldahr, iv, 397.
[7]. Al'Ansab under 'alGanjrudi'.
[8]. Tadhkirat alhuffaz, iii, 1132.
[9]. Al-Dhahabi, Siyar a`lam alnubala', MS.
[10]. Tadhkirat alhuffaz, iii, 1135.
[11]. Ta'rikh Baghdad, iii, 108; alMuntazam, vii, 283.
[12]. Al'Ansab under 'alDawudi'.
[13]. Al'Ansab under 'alGhandajani'.
[14]. Wafayat al'a`yan, ii, 410; Tadhkirat alhuffaz, iv, 1218; alWaffi bi alWafayat, iv, 317.
[15]. Wafayat al'a`yan, ii, 380.
Sixth/Twelfth Century:
224. Abu `Ali lsma`il ibn Ahmad ibn alHusayn alBayhaqi (d. 507/1113).
In alKhwarazmi, alManaqib. A leading scholar of his era. [1]
225. Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn Tahir ibn `Ali alShaybani alMaqdisi, known as Ibn alQaysarani (d. 507/1113).
In his biographical account in al-Maqrizi's al-Ta`rikh al-muqfa, it is mentioned that he wrote a book Kitab tariq hadith: Inni tarikun fi kum al-thaqalayn. An eminent scholar. Tawthiq by alMaqrizi in alTa'rikh almuqfa.
226. Abu Shuja` Shirwayh ibn Shahrdar ibn Shirwayh alDaylami al-Hamadani (d. 509/1115)
In Firdaws al-'akhbar (MS). A scholar well-known to biographers.
227. Abu Muhammad Husayn ibn Mas`ud al-Farra' al-Baghawi, known as Muhyi alSunnah (d. 516/1122).
In Masabih al-Sunnah (Sharh by al-Qadiri, v, 593, 600) from Zayd ibn Arqam and Jabir; in Ma`alim al-tanzil, vi, 101, vii, 6; and in Sharh al-Sunnah, as mentioned by alKhalkhali in al-Mafatih. An eminent scholar.
228. Abu Bakr alMazrafi, Muhammad ibn alHusayn alShaybani (d. 527/1132).
In Ibn `Asakir (Ta'rikh Dimashq, ii, 45) from him. Tawthiq by alSam`ani and alDhahabi. [2]
229. `Abd al-Ghafir al-Farsi (d. 529/1134)
In his Majma` alghara'ib fi gharib alhadith.
230. Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn al`Amraki alMattuthi alBusanji.
In Ibn `Asakir Mu`jam shuyukhih (MS., F. 205). He was Ibn `Asakir's teacher.
231. Muhammad ibn Hammuyah al-Juwayni (d. 530/1135).
In al-Hamawi (Fara'id al-simtayn, al-simt al-thani, bab 55) from him. A well-known scholar of his age. [3]
232. Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn `Ali alTusi, known as Ibn al-`Iraqi.
Ibn `Asakir in Mu`jam shuyakhih (F. 11).
233. Zahir ibn Tahir ibn al-Qasim alShahhami al-Mustamli (d.533/1138).
Al-Khwarazmi (Maqtal al-Husayn, i, 104). Tawthiq by Ibn alJazari. [4]
234. Abu al-Husayn Razin ibn Mu`awiyah al-`Abdari (d. 535/1140).
In al-Jam` bayn al-Sihah al-sittah, MS. A leading traditionist.
235. Abu al-Barakat `Abd al-Wahhab ibn al-Mubarak al-`Anmati al-Baghdadi (d. 538/1143).
In Sibt ibn al-Jawzi, Tadhkirat khawass al-'ummah, 322-323. Tawthiq by alSam`ani, alSalafi and Abu Sa`d. [5]
236. Jar Allah al-Zamakhshari (d. 538/1143).
In al-Fa'iq fi gharib al-hadith, i, 170. A great scholar, philologist, grammarian, traditionist, exegete and man of letters.
237. Ibn aI-`Arabi al-Maliki (d. 543/1148).
In `Aridat al-'ahwadhi, xiii, 73.
238. Al-Qadi Abu al-Fadl `lyad ibn Musa al-Yahsabi (d. 544/1149).
In al-Shifa' bi ta`rif huquq al-Mustafa (al-Qari's sharh, 485, 657-658). A leading scholar, traditionist, grammarian and historian of his era. [6]
239. Abu Muhammad Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali al-`Asimi.
In his book Zayn alfata fi tafsir Surat Hal Ata, MS. from Abu Dharr and Zayd ibn Arqam.
240. Al-Qadi Abu Muhammad ibn `Atiyyah al-Muharibi al-Gharnati (d. 546/1151).
In his exegesis al-Muharraz al-wajiz fi tafsir Kitab Allah al-`Aziz, i, 34. Scholar, exegete, faqih, grammarian, traditionist and man of letters. [7]
241. Abu al-Fadl ibn Nasir al-Salami al-Baghdadi (d. 550/1155).
In al-Hamawi (Fara'id al-simtayn, simt 2, bab 55). Tawthiq by Ibn alJawzi. [8]
242. Abu al-Mu'ayyad Muwaffaq ibn Ahmad al-Makki, known as Akhtab Khwarazm (538/1143).
In his al-Manaqib with his isnad from Zayd ibn Arqam.
243. Al-Hafiz Abu al-`Ala' al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-`Attar alHamadani (d. 569/1173).
In al-Khwarazmi (Maqtal al-Husayn, i, 104) from him, from Abu alQasim Zahir ibn Tahir al-Shahhami al-Mustamli alNishaburi. Tawthiq by al-Jazari. [9]
244. `Umar ibn `Isa al-Khatibi al-Dihlaqi.
In his book Lubab al-'albab fi fada'iI al-Khulafa' wa al-'Ashab, bab 4, F. 147, MS. 3912 in Maktabah Nur `Uthmaniyyah and MS. 3343 in al-Maktabah alSulaymaniyyah in Turkey.
245. Abu al-Qasim `Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Hibat Allah alDimashqi, known as Ibn `Asakir (d. 571/1175).
In Ta'rikh Ibn Kathir (v, 208) and al-Kanji in Kifayat al-talib. One of the great traditionists and historians.
246. Muhammad ibn `Umar ibn Ahmad ibn `Umar al-'Isfahani known as Abu Musa al-Madini (d. 581/1185).
In his Tatimmat Ma`rifat al-Sahabah, appended to Abu Nu`aym's book, and as mentioned by alSakhawi; alSamhudi, Ibn al-'Athir (Usd alghabah) and Ibn Hajar (al-'Isabah). Tawthiq by alDhahabi, alSam`ani, Ibn al-Najjar, al-Tha`alibi and others. [10]
247. Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Abi al-Fawaris al-Razi.
In his al-Kitab al-mubin fi fada'il al-'Imam Amir al-Mu'minin, MS.
248. Siraj al-Din Abu Muhammad `Ali ibn `Uthman ibn Muhammad al-`Ushi al-Farghani al-Hanafi (d. after 569/1174).
In his Nisab al-'akhbar Ii tadhkirat al-'akhyar, as mentioned by alDawlatabadi in Hidayat al-su`ada'. A leading scholar of his age. [11]
249. Abu al-Faraj `Abd al-Rahman ibn `Ali ibn Muhammad, known as Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597/1200).
In his al-Musalsalat.
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[1]. Ibn alWardi,Tatimmat alMukhtasar, ii, 31.
[2]. Al'Ansab, under 'alMazraqi'; alDhahabi, Ma`rifat alqurra' alkibar, i, 391.
[3]. Al-Wafi bi al-Wafayat, iii, 28.
[4]. Tabaqat al-qurra', i, 288.
[5]. Tadhkirat al-huffaz, iv, 1282; Tabaqat al-huffaz, 464.
[6]. Wafayat al'a`yan, iii, 152; Tatimmat al-Mukhtasar, ii, 72; Tabaqat al-huffaz, 468.
[7]. Ibn Farhun, al-Dibaj almudhahhab, ii, 57.
[8]. Al-Muntazam, x, 162; Tadhkirat al-huffaz, 1289.
[9]. Tabaqat al-qurra', i, 204.
[10]. Tadhkirat al-huffaz, iii, 1334; Tabaqat al-Shafi`iyyah, vi, 161; aI-Tha`alibi, Maqalid al-'asanid; Wafayat al'a`yan, iii, 414.
[11]. `Abd al-Qadir al-Qarashi, al-Jawahir al-mudi'ah, i, 367.
Seventh/Thirteenth Century:
250. Abu al-Futuh As`ad ibn Mahmud ibn Khalaf al-`Ijli al'Isfahani (d. 600/1203).
In his Fada'iI al-Khulafa', as mentioned by al-Samhudi, op. cit.
251. Al-Mubarak ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn `Abd alKarim, known as Ibn al-'Athir al-Jazari (d. 606/1209).
In Jami` al-'usul, i, 187; x, 102, 103, from Jabir and Zayd ibn Arqam and also in his al-Nihayah, under 'thaql' and '`itrah'. A great grammarian, philologist, exegete and legist.
252. Fakhr al-Din Muhammad ibn `Umar al-Razi (d. 606/1209).
In his exegesis Mafatih al-ghayb, vii, 173. A great exegete, mutakallim and philosopher.
253. Abu Muhammad `Abd al-`Aziz ibn al-'Akhdar al-Janabadhi alBaghdadi (d. 611/1214).
In his Ma`alim al-`Itrat al-Nabawiyyah, as mentioned by alSamhudi, op. cit., and Ibn Ba Kathir al-Makki (Wasilat al-ma'al, MS.). Tawthiq by al-Dhahabi. [1]
254. Al-Rafi`i (d. 623/1226).
In al-Tadwin, twice, in the biographical account of Ahmad ibn Mehran Abu Ja`far al-Qattan, from Jabir, and that of `Amr ibn Rafi` ibn alFurat al-Bajali, from Zayd ibn Arqam. A leading scholar.
255. Muwaffaq al-Din `Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (d. 629/1231).
In his al-Mujarrad li lughat al-hadith, I, 253.
256. Abu al-Hasan `Izz al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Karim, known Ibn al-'Athir (d. 630/1232).
In Usd al-ghabah, iii, 147, from `Abd Allah ibn Hantab. One of the leading historians.
257. Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Mahmud ibn al-Hasan ibn Hibat Allah, known as Ibn al-Najjar (d. 642/1244).
As mentioned by al-Kanji in his Kifayat al-talib. A leading scholar of his era, traditionist, historian and author of several works. [2]
258. Diya' al-Din Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Wahid al-Maqdisi alHanbali (d. 643/1245).
In his al-Mukhtarah, as mentioned by Ibn Ba Kathir al-Makki (Wasilat al-ma'al). A leading scholar and traditionist. [3]
259. Radi al-Din Hasan ibn Muhammad alSaghani (d. 650/1252).
In his Mashariq al-'anwar (Ibn al-Malik's sharh, iii, 157) from Zayd ibn Arqam. An eminent grammarian, traditionist and legist. [4]
260. Abu Salim Muhammad ibn Talhah al-Qarashi al-Nasibi alShafi`i (d. 652/1254).
In his Matalib al-sa'ul, 8, from Sahih Muslim. A leading scholar of his era. [5]
261. Abu al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn Qizughli, Sibt ibn al-Jawzi (d. 654/1256).
In his Tadhkirat khawass al-'ummah, 322-323, where he establishes its authenticity and sihhah. A leading scholar whose biography has been written by all the major biographers.
262. Abu al-`Abbas Ahmad ibn `Umar al-Qurtubi al-'Ansari (d.
656/1258).
In his Talkhis Sahih Muslim, ii, F. 100. A leading scholar of his era. [6]
263. `Izz al-Din `Abd al-Hamid ibn Hibat Allah ibn Abi al-Hadid al-Mu`tazili (d. 656/1258).
In his Sharh Nahj al-balaghah, vi, 375. An eminent Mu`tazili scholar of his era and man of letters.
264. Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Muhammad alKanji alShafi`i (d. 658/1260).
In his Kifayat al-talib, bab fi bayan sihhat khutbatihi bima' yud`a Khumman 259, from al-Laythi, from Abu al-Waqt, from alDawudi. A leading scholar.
265. Abu al-Fath Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al'Abiwardi alShafi`i (d. 667/1268).
As mentioned by alSuyuti in Ihya' al-mayyit, 30, and alBadakhshi, op. cit., from him, from Abu Sa`id. A leading traditionist (al-'imam almuhaddith). [7]
266. Abu Zakariyya Muhyi al-Din Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi(d. 676/1277).
In his Tahdhib al-'asma' wa al-lughat, i, 347, and al-Minhaj fi sharh Sahih Muslim, xv, 180, from Sahih Muslim. One of the leading scholars (al-'imam al-`allamah).
267. Abu Muhammad Sharaf al-Din `Umar ibn Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Wahid al-Musili.
In his book al-Na`im al-muqim Ii `Itrat al-Nabi al-`Azim, Maktabat Ayasofiya MS. 3504, F. 64, 69.
268. Al-Qadi Nasir al-Din al-Baydawi (d. 685/1286).
In Tuhfat al-'abrar, F. 236, sharh on al-Baghawi's Masabih alSunnah, from Jabir. A leading exegete and legist.
269. Abu al-`Abbas Muhibb al-Din Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah alTabari al-Makki alShafi`i (d. 694/1294).
In Zakha'ir al-`uqba fi manaqib Dhawi al-Qurba, 16, from Zayd ibn Arqam. A well-known scholar.
270. Sa`id al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Farghani (d. 699/1299).
In his exposition, in Persian, of Ibn al-Farid's poem, Ta'iyyah, under the couplet:
" wa awdih bitta'wili ma kana mushkila
`alayya bi`ilmin nalahu bil wasiyyah"
271. Nizam al-Din Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn alQummi al-Nishaburi, known as al-Nizam al-'A`raj.
In his exegesis Ghara'ib al-Qur'an, i, 349. An outstanding scholar and exegete.
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[1]. Tadhkirat al-huffaz, iv, 1383.
[2]. Al-`Ibar, v, 179; Tadhkirat al-huffaz, iv, 1405.
[3]. Ibid., iv, 1428.
[4]. Ibn Shakir, Fawat al-Wafayat, i, 358; al-`Ibar, v, 205; Mir'at aljinan, iv, 121.
[5]. Al-Kanji, Kifayat altalib, 231; al-Badakhshi, Miftah al-naja, MS.
[6]. Ibn Farhun, al-Dibaj almudhahhab, 68.
[7]. Tadhkirat al-huffaz, iv, 1476; Tabaqat alhuffaz, 511.
Eight/Fourteenth Century:
272. Zahir al-Din `Abd al-Samad al-Fariqi al-Farabi (d. after 707/1307).
In his sharh of al-Baghawi's Masabih al-Sunnah (MS. 60 in alMaktabat alSulaymaniyyah, Istanbul, F. 340 b.)
273. Abu al-Fadl Jamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Mukarram al'Ansari al-'Ifriqi al-Misri (d. 711/1311).
In Lisan al-`Arab, xi, 137, from Ibn Ishaq al-'Azhari. A leading lexicographer and philologist.
274. Sadr al-Din Abu al-Majami` Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Mu`ayyad al-Hamawi (d. 722/1322).
In his Fara'id al-simtayn (ii, 250, 268, 272, 274) from Zayd ibn Arqam, Abu Sa`id al-Khudri, and Hudhayfah ibn Usayd. An eminent scholar.
275. Abu al-`Abbas Najm al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Makki ibn Yasin al-Qamuli (d. 727/1327).
In Takmilat Tafsir al-Razi. A leading jurist of his era. [1]
276. Ibn Taymiyyah al-Harrani (d. 728/1328).
In his Minhaj al-Sunnah, 105, from Sahih Muslim, where he tries to misinterpret its meaning.
277. `Ala' al-Din `Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Baghdadi, known as al-Khazin (d. 741/1340).
In his tafsir, Lubab al-ta'wil, i, 328, vi, 102, vii, 6. A leading scholar and exegete. [2]
278. Fakhr al-Din al-Hansawi.
In his Dustur al-haqa'iq from Zayd ibn Arqam, as mentioned by Malik al-`Ulama' al-Dawlatabadi in Hidayat al-su`ada', MS. A leading scholar.
279. Abu `Abd Allah Wali al-Din Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah alKhatib al-Tabrizi.
In his Mishkat al-masabih, iii, 255, 258, from Zayd ibn Arqam and Jabir. An eminent scholar.
280. Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf ibn `Abd al-Rahman ibn Yusuf al-Mizzi (d. 742/1341).
In his Tuhfat al-'ashraf bi ma`rifat al-'atraf from al-Tirmidhi, Muslim and al-Nasa'i. A leading scholar and writer. [3]
281. Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Tayyibi (d. 743/1342).
In his Sharh al-Mishkat, MS. A leading scholar of his era. [4]
282. Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Muzaffar al-Shahrudi alKhalkhali (d. 745/1344).
In his al-Mafatih fi sharh al-Masabih, MS. A leading scholar. [5]
283. Athir al-Din Abu Hayyan al-'Andalusi (d. 745/1344).
In his exegesis al-Bahr al-muhit, i, 12. A leading scholar of his era. [6]
284. Shams al-Din Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad alDhahabi (d. 748/1347).
As mentioned by al-Shaykhani al-Qadiri in al-Sirat al-sawi, MS. A leading scholar, historian, biographer, traditionist and an authority on rijal.
285. `Ala' al-Din ibn al-Turkamani al-Hanafi (d. 749/1348).
In his al-Jawhar al-naqi `ala Sunan al-Bayhaqi, vii, 31 (published with Sunan al-Bayhaqi, Hyderabad, India). An eminent scholar.
286. Jamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn al-Hasan al-Zarandi al-Madani al-'Ansari (d. after 750/1349).
In his Nazm Durar al-simtayn, 231-232, from Zayd ibn Arqam, Abu Sa`id and Jabir. An eminent scholar and writer.
287. Badr al-Din Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Habib al-Halabi.
In al-Najm al-thaqib fi ashraf al-manasib (F. 86, MS. 5883, Dar
alKutub al-Zahiriyyah, Damascus). An eminent scholar. [7]
288. Zayn al-`Arab `Ali ibn `Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Misri (d. after 751/1350).
In his sharh of al-Baghawi's Masabih al-Sunnah (F. 356, MS. 59, alMaktabat al-Sulaymaniyyah, Istanbul).
289. Sa`id al-Din Muhammad ibn Mas`ud ibn Muhammad alKazeruni (d. 758/1357).
In al-Muntaqa fi sirat al-Musttafa. An eminent scholar and traditionist.
290. Isma`il ibn Kathir ibn Daw' al-Qarashi al-Dimashqi (d. 774/1372).
In his exegesis (v, 457; vi, 199, 200) and his work on history. A leading historian, exegete and legist.
291. Muhammad ibn Qasim al-Nuwayri al-'Iskandarani (d. after 775/1373).
In Kitab al-'ilmam (Hyderabad, 1390), iii, 154.
292. Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Wasiti (d. 776/1374).
In his Majm` al-'ahbab (MS. 2096 in al-Maktabat alSulaymaniyyah, Istanbul, F. 78) from Sahih Muslim. An exegete and legist.
293. Al-Sayyid `Ali Shihab al-Din al-Hamadani (d. 786/1384).
In his al-Mawaddah fi al-qurba from Abu Sa`id and Jubayr ibn Mut`im. An eminent scholar.
294. AlSayyid Muhammad al-Taliqani.
In Risalah-ye Qiyafeh-nameh, as mentioned by al-Badakhshani in Jami` al-salasil, MS. in the former's biographical account.
295. Sa`d al-Din Mas`ud ibn `Umar al-Taftazani (d. 791/1389).
In Sharh al-Maqasid, ii, 221. A great scholar, grammarian, legist, exegete and mutakallim. [8]
296. Abu `Abd Allah Husam al-Din Hamid ibn Ahmad al-Mahalli.
In his Mahasin al-'azhar fi tafsil manaqib al-`itrat al-'akhyar al'athar as mentioned by al-`Allamah Muhammad ibn Isma`il al'Amir in al-Rawdat al-nadiyyah. An eminent scholar and legist.
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[1]. Al-'Asnawi, Tabaqat al-Shafi`iyyah, ii, 332; al-Suyuti, Husn al-muhaddarah, i, 424.
[2]. Ibn Hajar al-`Asqalani, al-Durar al-kaminah, ii, 79.
[3]. AlShawkani, al-Badr al-tali` Ii mahasin rnin ba`d al-qarn alsabi`, ii, 352.
[4]. Al-Durar al-kaminah, ii, 68; Bughyat al-wi`at, 228; al-Badr al-tali`, i, 229.
[5]. Al- 'Asnawi, Tabaqat al-Shafi`iyyah, i, 505.
[6]. Al-Wafi bi al-Wafayat, v, 267-283.
[7]. Al-Durar al-kaminah, ii, 113; Abna' al-ghumar, i, 249.
[8]. AlShawkani, al-Badr al-tali`, ii, 303.
Ninth/Fifteenth Century:
297. Nur al-Din `Ali ibn Abi Bakr ibn Sulayman al-Haythami (d. 807/1404).
In his Majma` al-zawa'id wa manba` al-fawa'id, 9. An eminent scholar. [1]
298. Majd al-Din Muhammad ibn Ya`qub al-Firuzabadi al-Shirazi (d. 817/1414).
In his al-Qamus al-muhit, iii, 343. One of the great lexicographers.
299. Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Hafizi al-Bukhari alNaqshbandi, known as Khwajah Parsa (d. 822/1419).
In his Fasl al-khitab from al-Tirmidhi, from Jabir, Hudhayfah ibn Usayd and Zayd ibn Arqam. An eminent scholar and the most eminent of the Khulafa' of Khwajah Baha' al-Din Naqshband.
300. Abu al-`Abbas Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn `Ali al-Maqrizi (d. 845/1441).
In his Ma`rifat ma yajib li Al al-Bayt al-Nabawi (Cairo: Dar al'I`tisam, 1392, ed. by Muhammad Ahmad `Ashur, p. 38) from alTirmidhi. A great historian and traditionist. [2]
301. `Uthman ibn Haji ibn Muhammad al-Harawi.
In his Sharh on Masabih al-Sunnah (F. 178, MS 288 in alMaktabat alSulaymaniyyah).
302. Malik al-`Ulama' Shihab al-Din ibn Shams al-Din alZawali al-Dawlatabadi (d. 849/1445).
In his Hidayat al-su`ada' (MS.) from al-Masabih al-Mashariq, Mishkat al'anwar, al-`Umdah, al-Durar, Taj al-'asami, al-'Arba`in `an al-'arba`in, Kitab al-Shifa', Nisab al-'akhbar, etc., and Manaqib al-sadat. A leading scholar of his era. [3]
303. Nur al-Din `Ali ibn Muhammad, known as Ibn al-Sabbagh alMaliki (d. 855/1451).
In al-Fusul al-muhimmah, 23. An eminent scholar.
304. Al-Hafiz ibn Hajar al-`Asqalani (d. 852/1448).
In al-Matalib al-`aliyah bi zawa'id al-masanid al-thamaniyah, iv, 65 from `Ali (A), where he judges its isnad to be sahih. From `Ali and Abu Hurayrah in his Zawa'id Musnad al-Bazzaz MS., F. 277. One of the leading scholars. [4]
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[1]. Al-Sakhawi, al-Daw' al-lami`, v, 200.
[2]. Al-Manhal al-Safi, i, 394 - 399; Abna' al-ghumar, ix, 170.
[3]. `Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi, Nuzhat al-khawatir, ii, 19.
[4]. Al-Daw' al-lami`, ii, 36-40.
Tenth/Sixteenth Century:
305. Abu al-Khayr Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn `Abd alRahman al-Sakhawi (d. 902/1496).
In his Istijlab irtiqa' aIghuraf, MS. through many different asnad and sources from a number of Sahabah, such as Abu Sa`id, Zayd ibn Arqam, Jabir, Hudhayfah ibn Usayd, Khuzaymah, Sahl ibn Sa`d, Damrah al-'Aslami, `Abd al-Rahman ibn `Awf, Ibn `Abbas, Ibn `Umar, `Ali (A), Abu Rafi`, Abu Hurayrah and others. A leading scholar of his era. [1]
306. Husayn ibn `Ali al-Kashifi (d. 910/1504).
In his al-Risalah al-`aliyyah fi al-'ahadith al-Nabawiyyah, 29, 30 and his exegesis al-Mawahib al-`aliyyah, ii, 367.
307. Jalal al-Din `Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr al-Suyuti (d. 911/1505).
In his Ihya' al-mayyit bi fada'il AhI alBayt, 11, 12, 19, 26, 27, 30, Nihayat al-'ifdal, MS. al-'Asas fi fada'il Bani al-`Abbas, MS. al'Inafah fi rutbat al-Khilafah, al-Budur al-safirah, his exegesis alDurr al-manthur, 11, 60, vi, 70, al-Jami` al-saghir, and alKhasa'is al-kubra, ii, 266 through several chains from Muslim, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, al-Hakim, `Abd ibn Hamid, Ahmad, Abu Ya`la, al-Bazzaz and al-Tabarani from Zayd ibn Arqam, Zayd ibn Thabit, Abu Sa`id al-Khudri, Abu Hurayrah, `Ali (A), Jabir and `Abd Allah ibn Hantab. One of the great scholars in the history of Islam.
308. Nur al-Din `Ali ibn `Abd Allah al-Samhudi (d. 911/1505).
In his Jawahir al-`iqdayn fi fadl al-sharafayn sharaf al-`ilm aljali wa alnasab al-`ali, MS., from more than twenty Sahabah from various recognized compilations of hadith. An eminent scholar of his era.
309. Al-Fadl ibn Ruzbahan al-Khunji al-Shirazi.
In his Sharh-e `aqa'id, in Persian, written at the behest of `Abd Allah Khan Uzbek, the ruler of Bukhara.
310. Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Qastallani alShafi`i (d. 923/1517).
In his al-Mawahib al-madaniyyah (al-Zarqani's sharh, vii, 4-8). An eminent scholar and author of famous commentaries on Sahih Muslim and Sahih al-Bukhari.
311. Shams al-Din Muhammad al-`Alqami (d. 929/1522).
In al-Kawkab al-munir fi sharh al-Jami` al-saghir, MS. A leading scholar of his era.
312. `Abd al-Wahhab ibn Muhammad ibn Rafi` al-Din al-Bukhari (d. 932/1525).
In his exegesis Tafsir Anwari (MS) from al-Tha`labi and Ahmad ibn Hanbal from Abu Sa`id. A leading scholar of his era. [2]
313. Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Dimashqi al-Salihi (d. 942/1535).
In his Subul al-huda wa al-rashad fi sirat khayr al-`ibad, known as alSirat al-Shamsiyyah, as mentioned by al-Halabi in Insan al`uyun. A scholar of eminence.
314. Al-Hafiz ibn al-Dayba` al-Shaybani (d. 943/1536).
In his Taysir al-'usul ila Jami` al-'usul, iii, 297. An eminent scholar and traditionist.
315. Shams al-Din Ibn Tulun al-Dimashqi (d. 953/1546).
In his al-Shadharat al-dhahabiyyah, 66 (published under the title al'A'imat al-'Ithna `ashar, Beirut, 1377 H.) ed. Dr. Salah al-Din al-Munjid, from Sahih Muslim. A leading scholar of his era. [3]
316. Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Sharbini al-Khatib (d. 968/1560).
In his exegesis al-Siraj al-munir, ii, 528, iv, 167.
317. Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn Hajar alHaythami al-Makki (d. 973/1565).
In his al-Sawa`iq al-muhriqah, 25, 89 - 90, 132 and al-Minah alMakkiyyah fi sharh al-qasidat al-hamziyyah under the couplet:
Muhammadun sayyidul kawnayni waththaqalayn
wa'l fariqayni min `urbin wa min `ajam
A leading scholar of his era.
318. Nur al-Din `Ali ibn Husam al-Din al-Muttaqi al-Hindi (d.975/1567).
In his Kanz al-`ummal from al-Tabarani from Zayd ibn Arqam. A leading scholar, traditionist, author and legist.
319. Muhammad Tahir al-Fitanni al-Gujrati (d. 986/1578).
In his Majma` al-bihar fi gharib al-hadith under thaql and `itrah, as well as in Takmilat Majma` al-bihar under thaql. A leading scholar of his age.
320. `Abbas ibn Mu`in al-Din, known as Mirza Makhdum alJurjani al-Shirazi (d. 988/1580).
In his al-Nawaqid from Sahih Muslim from Zayd ibn Arqam. An eminent scholar.
321. Al-Shaykh Ibn `Abd Allah ibn alShaykh `Abd Allah al`Aydarus al-Yamani (d. 990/1582).
In al-`Iqd al-Nabawi wa al-sirr al-Mustafawi (MS) from Ibn Abi Shaybah, from `Abd al-Rahman ibn `Awf. An eminent scholar.
322. Kamal al-Din ibn Fakhr al-Din al-Jahromi (d. after 994/1586).
In his al-Barahin al-qati`ah fi tarjumat al-Sawa`iq al-muhriqah, in Persian. An eminent scholar from Bijapur, India. [4]
323. Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Mustafa ibn Ibrahim al-Sufi, known as Badr al-Din al-Rumi.
In his Taj al-durrah fi sharh al-burdah under the lines:
Ala baytin nabiyyi 'inna fu'adi
laysa yusallayhi `alaykumutta'sa'u
324. `Ata' Allah ibn Fadl Allah al-Shirazi, known as Jamal alDin al-Muhaddith (d. 1000/1591).
In his al-'Arba`in fi fada'il Amir al-Mu'minin (MS) and Rawdat al'ahbab fi siyar al-Nabi wa al-'Al wa al'Ashab, from Hudhayfah ibn Usayd. An eminent scholar.
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[1]. Ibid., vii, 1-32.
[2]. Al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Bukhari, Tadhkirat al-'abrar, MS; Nuzhat al-khawatir, iv, 223.
[3]. Al-Ghazzi, al-Kawakib al-sa'irah, ii, 52.
[4]. Nuzhat al-khawatir, iv, 274.
Eleventh/Seventeenth Century:
325. `Ali ibn al-Sultan Muhammad al-Harawi, known as `Ali alQari (d. 1013/1604).
In his Sharh al-Shifa', 485, from Muslim and al-Nasa'i, from Zayd ibn Arqam. In his al-Mirqat fi sharh al-Mishat, V, 593-594, 600-601 from Muslim, from Zayd ibn Arqam; from Imam Ahmad from Abu Sa`id al-Khudri; and from al-Tirmidhi from Jabir and Zayd ibn Arqam. An eminent scholar.
326. `Abd al-Ra'uf ibn Taj al-`Arifin al-Munawi (d. 1031/1621).
In his Fayd al-Qadir fi sharh al-Jami` al-saghir, ii, 174, 571; iii, 14, 15, a sharh of al-Suyuti's work that expounds it with the help of the riwayat of al-Qurtubi and al-Samhudi. An eminent scholar.
327. Nur al-Din `Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn `Ali al-Halabi al-Shafi`i (d. 1033/1623).
In his Insan al`uyun fi sirat al-'Amir wa al-Ma'mun, iii, 336. An eminent scholar.
328. Ahmad ibn alFadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir alMakki (d. 1037/1627).
In his Wasilat al-ma'al fi `add manaqib al-'Al (MS) from Imam Ahmad, alTabarani, Abu Ya`la, alHakim, alTirmidhi, Ibn `Uqdah, al-Diya', alZarandi, Abu al-Hasan Yahya ibn alHasan, alJi`abi, alDulabi, alBazzaz, Abu Nu`aym, Ibn Hajar and alDarqutni. An eminent scholar. [1]
329. Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali alShaykani alQadiri alMadani.
In al-Sirat al-sawi fi manaqib Al al-Nabi (MS.), from Muslim, alHakim, al-Bazzaz, Ibn `Uqdah, alTabarani, Ibn Sa`d and alZarandi, from Zayd ibn Arqam, Abu Sa`id, Zayd ibn Thabit, `Abd alRahman ibn `Awf, Abu Hurayrah, Jabir, Hudhayfah ibn Usayd and others.
330. Al-Sayyid Muhammad ibn alSayyid Jalal Mah `Alam alBukhari (d. 1045/1635).
In Tadhkirat al-'abrar (MS.). A respectable scholar. [2]
331. Al-Shaykh `Abd alHaqq al-Dehlawi (d. 1052/1642).
In his al-Lumu`at fi sharh alMishkat from Muslim and alTirmidhi, and also in Madarij al-nubuwwah, 520. A leading legist, traditionist and scholar of his era in India. [3]
332. Shihab alDin Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Umar alKhafaji al-Misri al-Hanafi (d. 1069/1658).
In his Nasim al-riyad fi sharh Shifa' alQadi `lyad, iii, 409, iv, 283, 324, while expounding the narrations of alQadi `lyad. A leading scholar. [4]
333. `Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al`Azizi alBulaqi al-Shafi`i (d. 1070/1659).
In his al-Siraj al-munir fi sharh alJami` al-saghir, i, 322; ii, 51. A leading traditionist. [5]
334. Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Susi alMaghribi (d. 1094/1683)
In his Jam` al-fawa'id min Jami` al'usul wa Majma` alzawa'id, i, 16, ii, 236 (Meerut 1346H.), fromTalTirmidhi and Muslim. A leading traditionist. [6]
335. Mulla Ya`qub alBanyani al-Lahori (1098/1686).
In his `Aqa'id. A well-known scholar of his age. [7]
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[1]. Al-Muhibbi, Khulasat al-'athar, i, 271; Radi al-Din alShami, Tandid al`uqud alsaniyyah.
[2]. Ibid., v, 337.
[3]. Ibid., v, 201.
[4]. Khulasat al-'athar, i, 331; al-Taj al-mukallal, 289.
[5]. Khulasat al-'athar, iii, 201.
[6]. Ibid., iv, 204.
[7]. Nuzhat al-khawatir, iv, 285.
Twelfth/Eighteenth Century:
336. Salih ibn Mahdi ibn `Ali Muqbili alSan`ani (d. 1108/1696).
In Mulhaqat al-'abhath almusaddadah as quoted in Khulasat `Abaqat al-'anwar, i, 312.
337. `Abd al-Malik al'Isami alMakki (d. 1111/1699).
In his Simt al-nujum al`awali, ii, 502 from Ibn Abi Shaybah.
338. Muhammad Amin alMuhibbi (d. 1111/1699).
In his Jana al-jannatayn fi tamyiz naw`ay al-mathnayayn, 31.
339. Ahmad Afandi, known as Munajjim Bashi (d. 1113/1701).
As mentioned in his biographical account in Tandid al-`uqud alsaniyyah. An eminent scholar, as mentioned in the above account.
340. Kamal al-Din Ibn Hamzah al-Husayni (d. 1120/1708).
In his al-Bayan wa al-ta`rif, i, 164; ii, 136, from Ahmad, Muslim, `Abd ibn Hamid, al-Tabarani and al-Hakim. A leading scholar, traditionist and grammarian of his era. [1]
341. Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Baqi ibn Yusuf al-'Azhari alZarqani al-Maliki (d. 1122/1710).
In his Sharh al-Mawahib al-laduniyyah, vii, 4 - 8, while expounding the traditions narrated by al-Shihab al-Qastallani in al-Mawahib al-laduniyyah.
342. Husam al-Din ibn Muhammad Ba Yazid ibn Badi` al-Din alSaharanpuri.
In Marafid al-rawafid from Muslim, al-Tirmidhi and al-Tabarani.
343. Mirza Muhammad ibn Mu`tamad Khan al-Harithi alBadakhshi.
In Miftah al-naja fi manaqib Al al-`Aba (MS.), from Muslim, alTirmidhi, al-Tabarani, al-Hakim, `Abd ibn Hamid, Ibn al'Anbari, al-Barudi and al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi. Also in Nazl al'abrar bima sahha min manaqib AhI al-Bayt al-'Athar, from Muslim, al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi and alTabarani. An eminent scholar of his era. [2]
344. Radi al-Din ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn Haydar al-Husayni al-Shami al-Shafi`i (d. 1142/1729).
In his Tandid al-`uqud al-saniyyah bi tamhid al-dawlat alHusayniyyah.
345. `Abd al-Ghani ibn Isma`il al-Nabulusi al-Hanafi (d. 1143/1730).
In his Dhakha'ir al-mawarith, i, 215. An eminent scholar of his era.
346. Muhammad Sadr al-`Alam.
In his Ma`arif al-`ula fi manaqib al-Murtada (MS.). An eminent scholar. [3]
347. Ibrahim al-Shabrawi Shaykh al-'Azhar (d. 1162/1749).
In his al-'Ithaf bi hubb al-'ishraf, 6, from Muslim and al-Tirmidhi.
348. Shah Wali Allah ibn `Abd al-Rahim al-Dehlawi (d. 1176/1762).
In his Izalat al-khafa' `an sirat al-Khulafa', from Muslim, al-Hakim and Abu `Amr and in Qurrat al-`aynayn, 119, 168, from Muslim and alTirmidhi. An eminent scholar.
349. Muhammad Mu`in ibn Muhammad Amin al-Sindi.
In his Dirasat al-labib fi al-'uswat al-hasanah bi al-habib. An eminent scholar of hadith, kalam and Arabic literature. [4]
350. Muhammad ibn Isma`il al-'Amir al-Yamani al-San`ani (d.1182/1768).
In his al-Rawdat al-nadiyyah fi sharh al-Tuhfat al-`Alawiyyah, through several chains and from several sources.
351. Muhammad ibn `Ali al-Saban.
In Is`af al-raghibin, 110-111, from Muslim, Ahmad and al-Nasa'i, from Zayd ibn Arqam.
352. Abu al-Fayd Muhibb al-Din Muhammad Murtada al-Wasiti al-Zubaydi al-Hanafi al-Bilgirami.
In his Taj al-`arus min jawahir al-qamus, vii, 345 under thaql. A leading philologist and a legist and traditionist. [5]
353. Ahmad ibn `Abd al-Qadir ibn Bakr al-`Ujayli al-Shafi`i (d.1182/1768).
In his Dhakhirat al-ma`al fi sharh `iqd jawahir al-li'al fi manaqib alAl (MS.). An eminent scholar. [6]
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[1]. Al-Muradi, Silk al-durar, i, 22.
[2]. Nuzhat al-khawatir, vi, 259.
[3]. Ibid, vi, 113.
[4]. Ibid., vi, 351-355.
[5]. Al-Qannawji, Abjad al-`ulum.
[6]. Idem., al-Taj almukallal, 509.
Thirteenth/Nineteenth Century:
354. Mir Ghani al-Husayni (d. 1207/1792).
In his Durrat al-yatimah fi ba`d fada'il al-Sayyidat al-`Azimah (MS. 3671 in al-Maktabat al-Zahiriyyah, F. 71-77). An eminent scholar of his days.
355. Muhammad Mubin ibn Muhibb Allah al-Lakhnowi (d. 1220/1805).
In his Wasilat al-najat fi manaqib al-sadat, from Muslim, alTirmidhi and al-Hakim. [1]
356. Muhammad Ikram al-Din ibn Muhammad Nizam al-Din alDehlawi.
In his Sa`adat al-Kawnayn fi bayan fada'il al-Hasanayn, from alMashariq, al-Masabih and other works. An eminent scholar. [2]
357. Rashid al-Din Khan al-Dehlawi (d. 1243/1827).
In his al-Haqq al-mubin fi fada'il Ahl Bayt Sayyid al-Mursalin from alSawa`iq, al-Shifa', Qurrat al-`aynayn, NazI al-'abrar and Sharh alMaqasid, and from Ahmad, Ibn Jarir, and al-Hakim. [3]
358. Mirza Hasan `Ali Muhaddith al-Lakhnowi (d. 1255/1839).
In his Tafrih al-'ahbab fi manaqib al-'Al wa al-'Ashab from Muslim and al-Tirmidhi. An eminent scholar. [4]
359. `Abd al-Rahim ibn `Abd al-Karim al-Safipuri (d. 1267/1850).
In his Muntaha al-'arab, i, 143, under thaql. An eminent philologist and grammarian. [5]
360. Wali Allah ibn Habib Allah al-Lakhnowi (d. 1270/1853).
In his Mir'at al-mu'minin (MS.). An eminent scholar. [6]
361. `Ashiq `Ali Khan al-Lakhnowi.
In his Dhakhirat al-`uqba fi dhikr fada'il A'immat al-Huda.
362. Al-Shaykh Hasan al-`Adawi al-Hamzawi.
In his Mashariq al-'anwar fi fawz ahl al-'i`tibar, 86, from Ibn Hajar, Ahmad, al-Suyuti, Muslim and al-Nasa'i.
363. Sulayman ibn Ibrahim, known as Khwajah Kalan al-Husayni al-Balkhi al-Qunduzi.
In his Yanabi` al-mawaddah, 27-41, from many early authorities on tradition, such as Muslim, al-Tirmidhi, aI-Tha`labi, Ahmad, `Abd Allah ibn Ahmad, and later scholars such as al-Samhudi, alKhwarazmi, alSayyid `Ali al-Hamadani, al-Zarandi and others, from eminent Sahabah.
364. Mawlawi Siddiq Hasan Khan al-Qannawji.
In his al-Siraj al-wahhaj fi sharh Sahih Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj has expounded Muslim's narrations and cited the narrations of alTirmidhi and others.
365. Mawlawi Hasan al-Zaman.
In his al-QawI al-mustahsan fi fakhr al-Hasan.
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[1]. Nuzhat al-khawatir, vii, 403.
[2]. Haydar `Ali Faydabadi, Izalat al-ghayn; Nuzhat alkhawatir, vii, 69.
[3]. Ibid.
[4]. Ibid., vii, 136.
[5]. Ibid., vii, 258.
[6]. Ibid., vii, 527.
