Category: Scholars of Hadith
Bio: ‘Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak
'Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak أبو عبد الرحمن عبد الله بن المبارك b. 118 H. in Merv - d. 181 H. in Hit (736 -797 CE) radiya Allah anhu Tab links: Biography | References A renowned Khorasani scholar, hadtih narrator and ascetic from Tartib al-Madarik by Qadi 'Iyad's translated by Aisha Bewley - From Aisha Bewley's Homepage Intro Concerning his position ... Read More

Bio: Abu Ayyub al Ansari
Abu Ayyub al Ansari أبو أيوب الأنصاري d. 54 H. in Istanbul, Turkey (674 CE) sahaba radiya Allah anhu Tab links: English | Türkçe | عربي | Maqam | Other Maqams | Sahabah from the people of Madina, buried in Istanbul Abu Ayyub al-Ansari islamicweb.com Khalid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb from the Banu Najjar was a great and close companion ... Read More
Bio: Abu Nu’aym Al-Asbahani
Abu Nu`aym Al-Asbahani أبو نعيم الأصبهاني b. 336 - d. 430 radiya Allah anhu Tab links: English | عربي | Refs ﷽ Abu Nu`aym Al-Asbahani By Dr. G.F. Haddad Abû Nu`aym, Ahmad ibn `Abd Allâh ibn Ahmad ibn Ishâq ibn Mûsâ ibn Mahrân al-Mihrânî al-Asbahânî or al-Asfahânî al-Ahwal al-Ash`arî al-Shâfi`î (336-430), the Imâm, erudite scholar, Sûfî, Shaykh al-Islâm, and major ... Read More

Bio: Abu Shamah al-Maqdisi
Abu Shamah Shihab al-Din al-Maqdisi b. 599 - d. 665 in Damascus (1202-1267 CE) الإمام عبد الرحمان بن إسماعيل بن إبراهيم عثمان المقدسي ثم الدمشقي، المعروف بأبي شامة radiya Allah anhu Tab links: Brill entry | عربي | Burial Place ﷽ Grammarian and muhaddith [ZaSh] He was the third head of Damascus Dar al-hadith after Imam al-Nawawi[almuhaddith] Abū Shāma Shihāb ... Read More

Bio: Abu Shayba al Khudri
Abu Shayba al Khudri أبو شيبة الخدري d. 49 H. in Istanbul, Turkey (670 CE) sahabi radiya Allah anhu Tab links: English | Türkçe | عربي | Burial Place | Refs The Sahabah who is martyred and buried in Istanbul. According to a narration, he is the milk brother of the Prophet ﷺ . Abu Shayba al Khudri islamicana.com Abū ... Read More
Bio: Abul Dahdâh al-Salihi
Abul al-Dahdâh al-Salihi أبو الدحداح، أحمد بن محمد بن إسماعيل التيمي الدمشقي الصالحي d. 328 in Damascus radiya Allah anhu Tab links: English | عربي | Refs ﷽
- muhaddith
- Buried in Maqbara Dahdah
Bio: Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi b. 392 - d. 463 in Baghdad الخطيب البغدادي radiya Allah anhu Tab links: English | عربي | Refs ﷽ By Dr. G.F. Haddad "Truly, hadith pleases the virile among men, while the effeminate among them hate it." Al-Zuhri. Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn ‘Ali ibn Thabit ibn Ahmad ibn Mahdi al-Shafi‘i (392-463), with Abu al-Ma‘ali Ibn ... Read More

Bio: Ibn `Asakir al-Dimashqi al-Shafi`i al-Ash`ari
Ibn `Asakir al-Dimashqi al-Shafi`i al-Ash`ari b. 499 - d. 571 in Damascus radiya Allah anhu Tab links: English | عربي | Burial Place | Refs The famous historian and greatest hadith scholar of his time. He travelled and heard hadith from over 1000 narrators. Authored several encyclopedic works, among them Tarikh Dimashq. By Dr. G.F. Haddad `Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn ... Read More
Bio: Imam Abu Hanifa
Imam Abu Hanifa الأمام الأعظم أبو حنيفة النعمان بن ثابت الكوفيّ d. 150 in Baghdad radiya Allah anhu Tab links: English | عربي | Sagacity of Imam Abu Hanifah | Refs ﷽ The Greatest Imam Abu Hanifa By Dr. G.F. Haddad Al-Nu`man ibn Thabit al-Taymi, al-Imam Abu Hanifa (d. 150), called "The Imam" by Abu Dawud, and "The Imam, one ... Read More

Bio: Imam al-Awza´i
`Abd al-Rahman ibn `Amr ibn Yuhmad Abu `Amr al-Awza`i الإمام عبد الرحمن الأوزاعي b. 88 - d. 158 H. in Beirut, Libanon (707 - 744 CE) tabi´i radiya Allah anhu Tab links: English | Türkçe | عربي | Burial Place | Refs Tabi´i, faqih and muhaddith of Sham Al-Awza`i By Dr. G.F. Haddad `Abd al-Rahman ibn `Amr ibn Yuhmad Abu ... Read More
Bio: Imam Al-Bayhaqi
Imam Al-Bayhaqi (384 – 458 H) radiya Allah anhu Dr. Jibril Haddad Damascus Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn `Ali ibn `Abd Allah ibn Musa, Abu Bakr al-Bayhaqi al-Naysaburi al-Khusrawjirdi al-Shafi`i al-Ash`ari (384-458), “the jurisprudent imam, hadith master, authority in the foundations of doctrine (usuli), scrupulous and devoted ascetic, defender of the School both in its foundations and its branches, one of ... Read More

Bio: Imam Al-Suyuti
Imam al-Suyuti اﻺمام الحافظ عبدالرحمن بن أبي بكر بن محمد جلال الدين السيوطي b. - d. 910 H. in Cairo ( CE) qaddasa Allah sirrahu Tab links: English | عربي | Burial Place | More | → Writings Bio by Sh. Gibril Haddad biography | his teachers | his books Bio in Arabic: from Shadharat al-Dhahab | in French Writings ... Read More
Bio: Imam Al-Tahawi
Abu Ja´far al-Warraq Al-Tahawi الإمام أبو جعفر اوراق الطحاوي b. - d. 321 C. H. in Cairo (... CE) may Allah be pleased with him Tab links: English | عربي | Books | Burial Place | More Bio by Sh. Gibril Haddad Bio by Anonymous Dr. Mahmud Sobieh From Siyar al-A'lam View | Download From Tarwid al-Mihan - ترويض المحن ... Read More
Bio: Imam al-Tirmidhi
Imam Abu ´Isa Muhammad b.´Isa al-Tirmidhi الإمام محمد بن عيسى بن سورة الترمذي b. 209 - d. 279 H. in ... ( CE) radiya Allah anhu Tab links: English | عربي | Books | Burial Place | Refs A student of Imam al-Bukhari. Author of one of the six canonocal hadith collections Imam Tirmidhi (209 - 279 H) By Dr ... Read More
Bio: Imam Ibn Daqiq al-Id
Sayyidi Imam Ibn Daqiq al-Id أبو الفتح سيدي تقي الدين بن دقيق العيد b 625 H. in Hijaz - d. 702 H. in Cairo (1228-1302 CE) Tab links: English | عربي | Writings | Burial Place Shaykh al-Islam, from the companions of Sh. Ibn 'Ata Allah al-Sakandari, buried next to him "We know from our masters person having diverged the ... Read More

Bio: Qadi ´Iyad
Qadi ´Iyad القاضي عياض بن موسى بن عياض اليحصبي b. 476 - d. 544 H. in Marrakesh (1083 - 1149 CE) may Allah be pleased with him Tab links: English | عربي | Books | Burial Place | More From dar-sirr Among the great Moroccan influential advocates of the cult of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) ... Read More

Bio: Sh. Badr al-Din al-Hasani
Shaykh Badr al-Din al-Hasaniمحدث الشام الأكبرالشيخ محمد بدر الدين بن يوسف الحسني المغربي الاصل الدمشقي b. 1267 - d. 1354 H in Damascus (1850-1935 CE) qaddasa Allah sirrahu Tab links: Bio English | عربي | ... Read More

Bio: Sh. Muhammad Abul Yusr `Abidin al-Husayni
Al-Sayyid al-Sheikh Muhammad Abul Yusr `Abidin al-Husayni الشريف الشيخ محمد أبو اليسر بن محمد عابدين الحسيني b. 1307 – d. 1401 H. in Damascus (1889–1981 CE) radiya Allah anhu Tab links: Bio English | Lineage | Relation to Yaqubi family | From Imgrum | عربي ﷽ Mufti of Syria, and one was one of the greatest scholars of the 14th ... Read More

Bio: Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi al-Hasani al-Idrisi العلامة الشيخ السيد محمد أبو الهدى اليعقوبي الحسني الإدريسي Hafizhahu Allah - May Allah preserve him Tab links: Bio in English | عربي | Svenska | Français | Pictures | References | Poems | Books ﷽ Biographies in English One of The Wolrd's Most Influencial Muslims Sacred Knowledge 2012-2015 Shorter More Bio's: ... Read More

Bio: Sh. `Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza’iri
Al-Amir Sheikh `Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri al-Hasani al-Idrisi b. 1222 H. in Algeria – d. 1300 H. in Damascus radiya Allah anhu Tab links: English | Poetry | عربي | Photos | Burial Place | Refs ﷽ He was `abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi al-Din ibn al-Mustafa ibn Muhammad, from a family of nobles, originally from al-Maghrib al-Aqsa (Marokko), then they migrated ... Read More
Bio: The Kettani Family
Al-Sayyid al-Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ja`far al-Kettani al-Hasani al-Idrisib. 1273 in Fas - d. 1345 in Fas Tab links: Bio of Sh. Muhammad b. Ja'far | His son: Sh. Muhammad al-Makki ... Read More

Books of Imam Al-Suyuti
Book list: Writings of Imam Al-Suyuti اﻺمام الحافظ عبدالرحمن بن أبي بكر بن محمد جلال الدين السيوطي Tab links: Booklist | On this site Compiled by Sh. Gibril Haddad: View Listed here with links to online resources: Open | Close ... Read More