Imām Al-Shāfi’ī is one of the four Imams from the schools of Jurisprudence. He led the Shāfi’ī school of Jurisprudence and is known as the Mujaddid (Reviver) of the century. His Name, Background and Family His full name is Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Idris Al-Shāfi’ī and belonged to the Qurayshi clan of Banu Muttalib, which was the sister clan…Continue reading Imām Al-Shāfi’ī
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Imām Mālik ibn Anas
Imām Mālik is one of the four Imams from the schools of Jurisprudence. He led the Māliki school of Jurisprudence and is known as Imam of al-Madina. His Name, Background and Family His full name is Abū ʿAbd Allāh Mālik ibn Anas ibn al-Ḥārith al-Aṣbaḥī born in 93AH (715CE) in the city of Medina. He…Continue reading Imām Mālik ibn Anas
Imām Abū Ḥanīfah
Imām Abū Ḥanīfah is one of the four Imāms from the schools of Jurisprudence. He led the Hanafi school of Jurisprudence and is known as Imām al A’zam. His Name, Background and Family His full name is Abū Ḥanīfah al-Nuʿmān ibn Thābit, born 80 years after the Hijrah (699CE), during the reign of the Ummayad…Continue reading Imām Abū Ḥanīfah
Imām Al-Nasā’ī
Imām Al-Nasā’ī is the compiler of the well-known book of Sunan Al-Nasā’ī (As-Sunan As-Sughra as he named it) and is also amongst the al-Sahih al-Sittah. He was renowned for his utmost extensive awareness of the defects of Hadith and the conditions of the narrators. His Name, Background and Family An-Nasai was born in Nasa, a…Continue reading Imām Al-Nasā’ī
Imām Ibn Mājah
Ibn Mājah was an eminent scholar and memorizer of Hadith, and a seeker of truth, like Salman al Farsi. He compiled Sunan ibn Majah and is also amongst the al-Sahih al-Sittah. His Name, Background and Family His full name is Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Yazid ibn Majah Al-Rabi Al-Qazwini and was born in 209 AH…Continue reading Imām Ibn Mājah
Imām Abū Dāwūd
Imām Abū Dāwūd is the compiler of the well-known book of Sunan Abū Dāwūd and is also amongst the al-Sahih al-Sittah. His Name, Background and Family His full name is Abū Dā’ūd Sulaymān ibn al-Ash‘ath ibn Isḥāq al-Azdī al-Sijistānī and was born in Sistan, Iran in 202 AH (817 or 818 CE). His focus on…Continue reading Imām Abū Dāwūd
Imām Al-Tirmidhī
He is the compiler of the well-known book of Hadith Jami Al-Tirmidhī which is distinguished by his unique approach of the classification and verification of Hadiths. His work is also amongst the al-Sahih al-Sittah. His Name, Background and Family His full name is Muhammad ibn Eisa ibn Sawrah ibn Musa ibn Ad-Dahhak Al-Tirmidhī Al-Bughi As-Sulami, from…Continue reading Imām Al-Tirmidhī
Imām Muslim
Imām Muslim is another leading pillar in ahadith and amongst the al-Sahih al-Sittah. He compiled Sahih Muslim, a renowned hadith collection accepted by all scholars. His Name, Background and Family His full name is Abu Al-Husayn Muslim ibn Al-Hajjaj ibn Muslim ibn Ward ibn Kushadh Al-Qushairy An-Naysapuri. Imām Muslim was born in 202 AH (817 CE) or…Continue reading Imām Muslim
Imām Al-Bukhārī
Imām Al-Bukhārī is a leading pillar in ahadith and amongst the al-Sahih al-Sittah. Scholars unanimously agreed that Imām Al-Bukhārī’s work, the Sahih Bukhārī is the most authentic hadith collection of all the other works of Hadith. His Name, Background and Family His full name is Abu Abdullah Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl ibn Ibrahim Ibn Al-Mughīrah ibn Bardizyah…Continue reading Imām Al-Bukhārī
The Four Blessed Daughters
The Messenger of Allah had four daughters with his wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid. Zaynab Ruqayyah Umm Kulthum Fatima Zaynab Zainab bint Muhammad was the eldest daughter. She married her maternal cousin, Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi’. They had two children, Ali, who died in childhood, and daughter Umama . Zainab became a Muslim soon after her father first declared his prophethood.…Continue reading The Four Blessed Daughters