الجرح والتعديل والتراجم
Hadith Narrators and Biographies
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Istidrāk Baʿḍ al-Ṣaḥābah mā Khafī ʿalā Baʿḍihim min al-Sunan
استدراك بعض الصحابة ما خفي على بعضهم من السنن
Dr. Sulaiman bin Salih Al-Thunayan
د. سليمان بن صالح الثنيان
This book is the second volume of a study that collects and examines the Sunnahs that some Companions corrected or clarified for others.
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Al-A'lām: Qāmūs Tarājim li-Ashhar al-Rijāl wa-al-Nisāʾ min al-ʿArab wa-al-Mustaʿribīn wa-al-Mustashriqīn
الأعلام: قاموس تراجم لأشهر الرجال والنساء من العرب والمستعربين والمستشرقين
Khayr al-Din al-Zirikli
خير الدين الزركلي
This is the eighth volume of a comprehensive biographical dictionary featuring the most famous men and women among Arabs, Arabists, and Orientalists.
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Al-Ansāb
الأنساب
Al-Sam'ani
السمعاني
This is the thirteenth volume of Al-Sam'ani's book Al-Ansāb, a geographical and historical dictionary containing biographies of numerous notable figures attributed to places, tribes, or professions.
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Al-Ansāb
الأنساب
Imam Abu Sa'd Abd al-Karim ibn Muhammad ibn Mansur al-Tamimi al-Sam'ani
الإمام أبي سعد عبد الكريم بن محمد ابن منصور التميمي السمعاني
This book is an encyclopedia of genealogies, in which the author mentions individuals famous for a specific lineage, along with their biographies and stories.
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Al-Ijābah li-īrād mā istadrakathu ʿĀʾishah ʿalā al-Ṣaḥābah
الإجابة لإيراد ما استدركته عائشة على الصحابة
Imam Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi
الإمام بدر الدين الزركشي
This book examines the corrections and observations made by Aisha, Mother of the Believers, on the Companions, highlighting her scholarly contributions and virtues.
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Al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah
الإصابة في تمييز الصحابة
Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
أحمد بن علي بن حجر العسقلاني
This volume is the eighth part of "Al-Isabah fi Tamyiz al-Sahabah" by Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, focusing on the biographies of female companions.
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Al-Ightibat bi Ma'rifat man Rumi bil-Ikhtilat
الاغتباط بمن رمي بالاختلاط
Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Khalil Sibṭ ibn al-'Ajami
إبراهيم بن محمد بن خليل سبط ابن العجمي
A treatise on Hadith biography dealing with narrators whose affairs became confused in the later part of their lives, with study and verification.
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Al-Badr al-Ṭāliʿ bi-Maḥāsin man baʿda al-Qarn al-Sābiʿ
البدر الطالع بمحاسن من بعد القرن السابع
Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Shawkānī
محمد بن علي الشوكاني
A biographical dictionary containing the lives of prominent figures from after the seventh Hijri century, with an appendix by Sayyid Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya Ziyarah al-Yamani.
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Al-Tarikh Al-Awsat
التاريخ الأوسط
Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari
محمد بن إسماعيل البخاري
This book is the second part of the edited version of Imam Al-Bukhari's Al-Tarikh Al-Awsat, a study and verification by Muhammad bin Ibrahim Al-Hayyan.
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Al-Tarikh Al-Saghir
التاريخ الصغير
Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari
محمد بن إسماعيل البخاري
This book is an edited version of Imam Al-Bukhari's Al-Tarikh Al-Saghir, a study of biographies of narrators arranged by date of death.
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At-Tanbīh wa-al-Īqāẓ li-mā fī Dhubūl Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥuffāẓ
التنبيه والايقاظ لما في ذبول طبقات الحفاظ
Ahmad Rafi' al-Husayni al-Qasimi al-Tahtawi al-Hanafi
أحمد رافع الحسيني القاسمي الطهطاوي الحنفي
This book is an admonition and awakening regarding what appeared in the appendices of Tabaqat al-Huffaz, offering corrections and clarifications for some of the information contained therein.
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Al-Jarh wa Al-Ta'deel
الجرح والتعديل
Ibn Abi Hatim
ابن أبي حاتم
A book on the science of Jarh wa Ta'deel (hadith criticism), in which the author discusses the biographies of narrators and the sayings of imams about them.
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Al-Jarh wa Al-Ta'dil
الجرح والتعديل لابن أبي حاتم
Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hatim al-Razi
عبد الرحمن بن أبي حاتم الرازي
This book is an introduction to a series of narrator biographies, explaining the author's methodology in evaluating narrators.
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al-Jawāhir al-Muḍīyah fī Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanafīyah
الجواهر المضية في طبقات الحنفية
Muḥyī al-Dīn Abī Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Naṣr Allāh ibn Sālim ibn Abī al-Wafāʾ al-Qurashī al-Ḥanafī
محيى الدين أبى محمد عبد القادر بن محمد بن محمد بن نصر الله ابن سالم بن أبى الوفاء القرشى الحنفى
This book is the fifth volume of the encyclopedia 'al-Jawāhir al-Muḍīyah fī Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanafīyah', containing the technical indexes for the complete work.
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Al-Hawi li Rijal al-Tahawi
الحاوي لرجال الطحاوي
Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami
حبيب الرحمن الأعظمي
A critical edition of the manuscript titled "Al-Kuna wal-Ansab wal-Alqab wal-Mubhamat" by Imam Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami, focusing on identifying unknown or titled narrators in Imam al-Tahawi's chains of transmission.
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Al-Durar al-Kāminah fī Aʿyān al-Miʾah al-Thāminah
الدرر الكامنة في أعيان المائة الثامنة
Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ahmad, known as Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
شهاب الدين أحمد بن علي بن محمد بن محمد بن علي بن أحمد الشهير بابن حجر العسقلاني
This volume is the fourth part of a biographical dictionary that chronicles the lives of prominent figures and personalities from the eighth Hijri century.
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Al-Du'afa' li al-'Uqayli
الضعفاء للعقيلي
Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Umar ibn Musa ibn Hammad al-'Uqayli
أبو جعفر محمد بن عمر بن موسى بن حماد العقيلي
The indexes for Al-Du'afa' by Al-'Uqayli, which discusses narrators accused of lying, delusion, or innovation.
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Al-Dhu'afa' wa al-Matrukin
الضعفاء والمتروكون
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Umar al-Daraqutni
أبو الحسن علي بن عمر الدارقطني
A study and verification of the book "The Weak and Abandoned" by Imam al-Daraqutni, discussing the efforts of hadith scholars in preserving the Prophetic Sunnah.
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Al-Du'afa' wa al-Matrukin
الضعفاء والمتروكون
Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn 'Umar al-Daraqutni
أبو الحسن علي بن عمر الدارقطني
A book on Rijal science discussing weak and abandoned narrators, with study and verification.
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Al-Dhu'afa' wa al-Matrukin
الضعفاء والمتروكين
Jamal al-Din Abi al-Faraj Abd al-Rahman ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Jawzi
جمال الدين أبي الفرج عبد الرحمن بن علي بن محمد ابن الجوزي
The third part of Ibn al-Jawzi's book "The Weak and Abandoned," in which he mentions narrators criticized by major imams.
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Ad-Ḍawʾ al-Lāmiʿ li-Ahl al-Qarn at-Tāsiʿ
الضوء اللامع لأهل القرن التاسع
Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sakhāwī
شمس الدين محمد بن عبد الرحمن السخاوي
This is the twelfth volume of "Ad-Ḍawʾ al-Lāmiʿ li-Ahl al-Qarn at-Tāsiʿ", a biographical dictionary of women who lived in the ninth Hijri century.
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Al-Ṭabaqāt al-Shāfiʿīyah al-Kubrá
الطبقات الشافعية الكبرى
Tāj al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-Kāfī al-Subkī
تاج الدين عبد الوهاب بن علي بن عبد الكافي السبكي
This book is the tenth volume of the comprehensive encyclopedia Al-Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyah al-Kubra, containing biographies of Shafi'i scholars after the year 700 AH.
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Al-Fawāʾid al-Bahīyah fī Tarājim al-Ḥanafīyah
الفوائد البهية في تراجم الحنفية
Al-Allamah Abu al-Hasanat Muhammad Abd al-Hayy al-Lakhnawi al-Hindi
العلامة أبى الحسنات محمد عبد الحى اللكنوي الهندى
This book is an encyclopedic work on the biographies of Hanafi scholars, compiling numerous benefits and important accounts of their lives and works.
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Al-Fawāʾid al-Ghurrāʾ min Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ
الفوائد الغراء من سير أعلام النبلاء
Al-Sharif Fahd bin Ahmad bin Abdullah al-Mahdali
الشريف فهد بن أحمد بن عبد الله المهدلي
This book is the third volume of "Al-Fawa'id al-Ghurra' min Siyar A'lam al-Nubala'", a compilation of selected benefits and wisdoms from Al-Dhahabi's "Siyar A'lam al-Nubala'", focusing on the characteristics and ethics of righteous individuals.
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Al-Kashif fi Ma'rifat Man Lahu Riwayah fi al-Kutub al-Sittah
الكاشف في معرفة من له رواية في الكتب الستة
Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Uthman al-Dhahabi
شمس الدين أبي عبد الله محمد بن أحمد بن عثمان الذهبي
This book is the second part of a series on the biographies of narrators, containing biographies of narrators starting with the letter 'Ayn'.
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Al-Kashf al-Hathith 'Amman Rumiy bi-Wad' al-Hadith
الكشف الحثيث عمن رمي بوضع الحديث
Burhan al-Din al-Halabi Sibṭ Ibn al-ʿAjamī
برهان الدين الحلبي سبط ابن العجمي
This is a verified edition of Sibṭ Ibn al-ʿAjamī's "Al-Kashf al-Hathith," which discusses narrators accused of fabricating hadith.
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Al-Kawakib Al-Nayyirat fi Man Ikhtalata min Al-Ruwat Al-Thiqaat
الكواكب النيرات فيمن اختلط من الرواة الثقات
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
ابن حجر العسقلاني
The introduction to the second edition of Al-Kawakib Al-Nayyirat, including additions, corrections, and improvements over the first edition.
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Al-Lubāb fī Tahdhīb al-Ansāb
اللباب في تهذيب الأنساب
Izz al-Din Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari
عز الدين ابن الأثير الجزري
This book is the third volume of an encyclopedic work on refining genealogies and biographies of scholars and personalities.
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Al-Majruhin min Al-Muhaddithin
المجروحين من المحدثين
Ibn Hibban
ابن حبان
The second volume of Al-Majruhin min Al-Muhaddithin, presenting biographies of weak narrators with details about their condition.
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Al-Masalik Al-Qawimah bi-Tarajim Rijal Ibn Khuzaymah
المسالك القويمة بتراجم رجال ابن خزيمة
Naif Salah Ali Al-Mansouri
نايف صلاح علي المنصوري
This book reviews the biographies of the narrators in Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah, Kitab Al-Tawhid, and Juz' Fawa'id Al-Fawa'id, with an introduction to the life and methodology of Imam Ibn Khuzaymah.
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Al-Mushtabih fi al-Rijal Asma'ihim wa Ansabihim
المشتبه في الرجال أسمائهم وأنسابهم
Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi
شمس الدين الذهبي
This book addresses similar and differing names, genealogies, kunyas, and titles, serving as an important reference in biographical evaluation (rijal) and hadith studies.
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Al-Mu'jam
المعجم
Abu Bakr ibn al-Muqri'
أبو بكر بن المقرئ
This book is a lexicon by Ibn al-Muqri' that compiles the names of his teachers from whom he heard narrations in various countries, mentioning one or more narrations from each, along with benefits related to genealogies, criticism and praise of narrators, and death dates.
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Al-Mu'jam
المعجم
Abu Sa'id Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ziyad ibn Bishr ibn Hajarani, known as Ibn al-A'rabi
أبو سعيد أحمد بن محمد بن زياد بن بشر بن هجراني، المعروف بابن الأعرابي
This book is a Hadith compendium by Imam Ibn al-A'rabi, collecting narrations from his teachers, verified and authenticated by Abd al-Muhsin al-Husayni.
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Al-Mu'jam fi Asami Shuyukh Abi Bakr al-Isma'ili
المعجم في أسامي شيوخ أبي بكر الإسماعيلي
Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Ibrahim ibn Isma'il al-Isma'ili
أبي بكر أحْمَد بن ابراهيم بن اسماعيل الإسماعيليُّ
This book is a dictionary of the teachers of Abu Bakr al-Isma'ili, containing information about them and criticism of Hadith, with a study and verification by Dr. Ziyad Muhammad Mansour.
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Al-Mughni fi Al-Du'afa'
المغني في الضعفاء
Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Uthman al-Dhahabi
شمس الدين محمد بن أحمد بن عثمان الذهبي
This volume contains biographies of narrators whose names begin with the letter 'Ain', along with the sayings of scholars regarding their reliability.
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Al-Mughnī fī Dabṭ al-Asmāʾ li-Ruwāt al-Anbāʾ
المغني في ضبط الأسماء لرواة الأنباء
Muhammad Tahir ibn Ali al-Fitani
محمد طاهر بن علي الفتني
This book discusses the importance of precisely vocalizing and orthographically correcting the names, kunyas, titles, and lineages of Hadith narrators to avoid errors and textual corruptions that could affect the authenticity of Hadith.
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Al-Muyassirāt li-Idrāk Asānīd al-Riwāyāt
الميسرات لإدراك أسانيد الروايات
Muhammad bin Harun Abbas Omar
محمد بن هارون عباس عمر
This book offers simplified methods for understanding the chains of narration in prophetic hadith, categorizing narrators and chains into ten main types to facilitate their study for students of knowledge.
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Al-Wihdan
الوحدان
Abd al-Rahman ibn Yahya al-Mu'allimi al-Yamani
عبد الرحمن بن يحيى المعلمي اليماني
A book in Hadith sciences that collects narrators from whom only one person narrated, with an investigation into their conditions regarding trustworthiness and weakness.
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Bughyat al-Wuʿāt fī Ṭabaqāt al-Lughawīyīn wa-al-Nuḥāt
بغية الوعاة في طبقات اللغويين والنحاة
Jalal al-Din Abd al-Rahman al-Suyuti
جلال الدين عبد الرحمن السيوطي
This book is a comprehensive biographical dictionary of Arab linguists and grammarians, compiling their news, benefits, and debates.
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Tarikh Yahya ibn Ma'in
تاريخ يحيى بن معين
Yahya ibn Ma'in
يحيى بن معين
A narration by Uthman al-Darimi of Imam Yahya ibn Ma'in, containing his opinions on narrators, their criticism, and authentication.
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Tabṣīr al-Munabbih
تبصير المنتبه
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Ahmad ibn Ali
ابن حجر العسقلاني، أحمد بن علي
This is an introduction to the book "Tabṣīr al-Munabbih", covering the biography of its author Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani and the history of scholarship and sciences in his era.
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Tajrīd Asmāʾ al-Ṣaḥābah
تجريد أسماء الصحابة
This volume is part of a book that compiles the names and brief biographies of the Prophet's Companions, organized alphabetically.
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Tuhfat al-Aqwiya' fi Tahqiq Kitab al-Du'afa' li al-Bukhari
تحفة الأقوياء في تحقيق كتاب الضعفاء للبخاري
Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari
محمد بن إسماعيل البخاري
A verified and annotated edition of Imam al-Bukhari's 'Kitab al-Du'afa' al-Saghir', focusing on the verification of narrators.
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Tuhfat al-Tahsil fi Dhikr Ruwat al-Murasil
تحفة التحصيل في ذكر رواة المراسيل
Wali al-Din Ahmad ibn Abd al-Rahim al-Iraqi
ولي الدين أحمد بن عبد الرحيم العراقي
A specialized work in Hadith science that discusses the narrators of mursal hadith, with text verification and commentary.
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Tuhfat al-Labib bi man Takallama fihim al-Hafiz min al-Ruwat fi Ghayr al-Taqrib
تحفة اللبيب بمن تكلم فيهم الحافظ من الرواة في غير التقريب
Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar
الحافظ ابن حجر
A compilation and arrangement of narrators discussed by Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar in his works, excluding Al-Taqrib.
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Tadhkirat al-Huffaz
تذكرة الحفاظ
This book is the first volume of a work that presents biographies of the bearers of prophetic knowledge, focusing on the first four Rightly Guided Caliphs.
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Taʿrīf ʿām bi-kutub al-tarājim
تعريف عام بكتب التراجم
This text provides a comprehensive introduction to biographical literature in Islamic studies, covering its origins, its relationship with Hadith sciences like Jarh wa Ta'dil, and various classification methods within the genre.
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Taqrib al-Tahdhib
تقريب التهذيب
Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
أحمد بن علي بن حجر العسقلاني
A book on Hadith biography that clarifies the status of narrators, praising and criticizing them, and is an abridgment of the book Tahdhib al-Tahdhib.
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Tahdhib al-Tahdhib
تهذيب التهذيب
Shihab al-Din Abi al-Fadl Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
شهاب الدين أبي الفضل أحمد بن علي بن حجر العسقلاني
A book on the biographies of Hadith narrators, it is an abridgment of the book Tahdhib al-Kamal by al-Mizzi.
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Tahdhib al-Kamal
تهذيب الكمال
Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Yusuf ibn Ali al-Kalbi al-Mizzi
يوسف بن عبد الرحمن بن يوسف بن علي الكلبي المزي
Cover of Tahdhib al-Kamal fi Asma al-Rijal by Al-Hafiz Al-Mizzi.
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Jami' Fiharas Al-Thiqaat
جامع فهارس الثقات
Abu Hatim Muhammad ibn Hibban al-Busti
أبو حاتم محمد بن حبان البستي
This book is a comprehensive index of Imam Ibn Hibban's Kitab Al-Thiqaat, including indexes of Quranic verses, poetry, and Ibn Hibban's works.
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Judhwat al-Mubtas fi Dhikr Wulat al-Andalus
جذوة المقتبس في ذكر ولاة الأندلس
Muhammad ibn Abi Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Futuh al-Humaydi
محمد بن أبي عبد الله محمد بن فتوح الحميدي
Judhwat al-Mubtas fi Dhikr Wulat al-Andalus by Al-Humaydi, a historical record of the governors of Al-Andalus.
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Juz' Ibn al-Ghitrif
جزء ابن الغطريف
Imam al-Hafiz Abu Ahmad Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Ghitrif al-Jurjani
الإمام الحافظ أبى أحمد محمّد بن أحمد بن الفِظريف الجرجَاني
This book is a Hadith collection by Imam al-Hafiz Abu Ahmad Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Ghitrif al-Jurjani, containing unique Hadith, verified by Dr. Aam Has Sabri.
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Juz' fīhi min Aḥādīth al-Imām Abī Nuʿaym ʿan Shaykhihi Abī ʿAlī al-Ṣawwāf
جزء فيه من أحاديث الإمام أبي نعيم عن شيخه أبي علي الصواف
Abu Nu'aym al-Isbahani
أبو نعيم الأصبهاني
This is a hadith collection comprising narrations by Imam Abu Nu'aym al-Isbahani from his teacher Abu Ali al-Sawwaf, presented with verification and hadith authentication.
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Ḥadīth Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Anṣārī, wa-yalīhi: Fawāʾid Ibn Māsī
حديث محمد بن عبد الله الأنصاري، ويليه: فوائد ابن ماسي
Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Ansari
محمد بن عبد الله الأنصاري
This book is the first volume in a series of Hadith parts, containing the Hadith of Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Ansari as narrated by Abu Muslim al-Kaji and Abu Muhammad Ibn Masi, followed by additional benefits (Fawa'id) by Ibn Masi, edited by Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Abd al-Hamid al-Ghunaimi.
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Dhikr man ismuhu Shu'bah
ذكر من اسمه شعبة
Abu Nu'aym al-Isbahani
أبو نعيم الأصبهاني
This is a hadith collection by Imam Abu Nu'aym al-Isbahani, compiling narrators named Shu'bah and listing their traditions with isnads under each biography.
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Rijāl al-Fikr wa al-Daʿwah fī al-Islām
رجال الفكر والدعوة في الإسلام
Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi
أبو الحسن علي الحسني الندوي
This book explores the biographies of prominent Islamic thinkers and callers throughout history, highlighting their role in reform and the renaissance of the Muslim nation.
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Rijal Tafsir al-Tabari Jarhan wa Ta'dilan
رجال تفسير الطبري جرحاً وتعديلاً
Muhammad Subhi ibn Hasan Hallaq
محمد صبحي بن حسن حلاق
A compilation and arrangement of the statements of Sheikhs Ahmad and Mahmud Shakir regarding the criticism and praise of the narrators in Tafsir al-Tabari.
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Siyar A'lam al-Nubala'
سير أعلام النبلاء
Imam Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Uthman al-Dhahabi
الإمام شمس الدين محمد بن أحمد بن عثمان الذهبي
This is the first volume of Imam al-Dhahabi's encyclopedic work 'Siyar A'lam al-Nubala', featuring a comprehensive introduction discussing the author's biography and his methodology in historical and biographical writing.
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Ṣifat al-Ṣafwah
صِفَةُ الصَّفُوهُ
Jamal al-Din Abu al-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzi
جَمَال الدّينُ أي الفَرَج إبن الجَوْزي
This book is the fourth volume of an encyclopedic work compiling biographies and lives of pious individuals, ascetics, and Sufis.
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Tabaqat al-Huffaz
طبقات الحفاظ
Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr al-Suyuti
عبد الرحمن بن أبي بكر السيوطي
A book summarizing the layers of hadith scholars from the companions to Ibn Hajar, with additions by al-Suyuti.
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Ṭabaqāt al-Shāfiʿīyah
طبقات الشافعية
Ismail ibn Umar ibn Kathir
إسماعيل بن عمر بن كثير
This book is the first volume of a comprehensive work by Ibn Kathir detailing the biographies of Shafi'i jurists and prominent figures.
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ʻIlal al-Ḥadīth wa-Maʻrifat al-Rijāl wa-al-Tārīkh
علل الحديث ومعرفة الرجال والتاريخ
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Madini
أبو الحسن علي بن المديني
This book is a critical edition of Imam Ali ibn al-Madini's work on the defects of Hadith, knowledge of narrators, and history, prepared by Mazin al-Sarsawi as a master's thesis.
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Faḍāʾil al-Ṣaḥābah
فضائل الصحابة
Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasa'i
أحمد بن شعيب النسائي
This book compiles hadiths and narrations concerning the virtues of the noble Companions, with a focus on the virtues of Abu Bakr and Umar, may Allah be pleased with them.
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Fahāris Usd al-Ghābah fī Maʿrifat al-Ṣaḥābah
فهارس أسد الغابة في معرفة الصحابة
Izz al-Din Ibn al-Athir, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Jazari
عز الدين ابن الأثير أبي الحسن علي بن محمد الجزري
This volume contains the indices for the book 'Usd al-Ghabah fi Ma'rifat al-Sahabah,' an encyclopedic work compiling biographies of the Companions of the Prophet.
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Fawa'id Abi Ya'la al-Khalili
فوائد أبي يعلى الخليلي
Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn al-Khalil al-Khalili al-Qazwini
عبد الله بن أحمد بن الخليل الخليلي القزويني
This volume compiles various hadith benefits, including rare chains of narration, critiques of narrators, and discussions on hadith defects, and was previously confined to manuscripts until its first publication.
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Lubb al-Lubāb
لب اللباب
Jalal al-Din Abd al-Rahman al-Suyuti
جلال الدين عبد الرحمن السيوطي
This is the second volume of 'Lubb al-Lubāb', a book on genealogies by Imam Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, followed by 'Mukhtaṣar Muḥarrar al-Ansāb' by Sheikh Radwan al-Madani.
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Majmū‘ fīhi muṣannafāt Abī Ja‘far Ibn al-Bakhtarī
مجموع فيه مصنفات أبي جعفر ابن البختري
Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Amr ibn al-Bakhtari al-Razzaz
أبو جعفر محمد بن عمرو بن البختري الرزاز
This book is a collection of works and dictations by Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Amr ibn al-Bakhtari al-Razzaz, edited by Nabil Sa'd al-Din Jarar, and includes biographies of the author and his teachers.
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Mukhtasar al-Kamil fi al-Du'afa
مختصر الكامل في الضعفاء
Ahmad ibn Ali al-Maqrizi
أحمد بن علي المقريزي
An abridged version of Imam Ibn Adi's 'Al-Kamil fi al-Du'afa', edited by Ayman ibn Arif al-Dimashqi.
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Mukhtasar al-Kamil li-Ibn Adi
مختصر الكامل لابن عدي
Ahmad ibn Ali al-Maqrizi
أحمد بن علي المقريزي
An abridgment of Al-Kamil fi al-Du'afa wa 'Ilal al-Hadith by Al-Hafiz Ibn Adi, abridged by Imam Ahmad ibn Ali al-Maqrizi.
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Masānīd Abī Yaḥyā Firās al-Kūfī
مسانيد أبي يحيى فراس الكوفي
Abu Nu'aym Ahmad ibn Abdullah al-Asbahani
أبو نعيم أحمد بن عبد الله الأصبهاني
This book compiles the Musanad (narrations) of Abi Yahya Firas ibn Yahya al-Maktab al-Kufi, collected by Al-Hafiz Abu Nu'aym Ahmad ibn Abdullah al-Asbahani and edited by Abu Yusuf Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Misri.
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Musnad al-Fārūq
مسند الفاروق
Ibn Kathir
ابن كثير
This book is the third volume of a work that compiles hadiths and narrations attributed to Umar ibn al-Khattab.
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Musnad al-Muqillin min al-Umara' wa al-Salatin
مسند المقلين من الأمراء والسلاطين
Tamam ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Ja'far ibn Abdullah ibn al-Junayd al-Dimashqi
تمام بن محمد بن عبد الله بن جعفر بن عبد الله بن الجنيد الدمشقي
This book is a collection of prophetic traditions narrated by Imam Tamam al-Dimashqi, with a focus on narrations attributed to princes and sultans.
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Mu'jam al-Buldān
معجم البلدان
Yaqut al-Hamawi
ياقوت الحموي
This volume is the fifth part of Yaqut al-Hamawi's Mu'jam al-Buldān, an encyclopedic geographical and historical work describing places and countries.
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Mu'jam al-Shuyūkh, wa bi-dhaylihi al-Muntaqā min al-Mu'jam wa Ḥadīth al-Sakan ibn Jamīʿ
معجم الشيوخ، وبذيله المنتقى من المعجم وحديث السكن بن جميع
Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Jami' al-Saydawi
أبو الحسين محمد بن أحمد بن جميع الصيداوي
This book is a dictionary of shaykhs (narrators) by the memorizer Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Jami' al-Saydawi, edited by Dr. Omar Abd al-Salam Tadmur.
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Mu'jam al-Ṣaḥābah li-Ibn Qāniʿ
معجم الصحابة لابن قانع
Abu al-Husayn Abd al-Baqi ibn Qani'
أبو الحسين عبد الباقي بن قانع
This is the third volume of the book Mu'jam al-Sahabah by Abu al-Husayn Abd al-Baqi ibn Qani', containing biographies of Companions whose names begin with the letter Lam.
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Mu'jam al-Ṣaḥābah li-al-Baghawī
معجم الصحابة للبغوي
Abu al-Qasim Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Baghawi
أبو القاسم عبد الله بن محمد بن عبد العزيز البغوي
This volume is the fifth part of Al-Baghawi's Dictionary of the Companions, an encyclopedic work compiling biographies of the noble Companions of the Prophet.
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Mu'jam Shuyūkh Abī Ya'lā al-Mawṣilī
مُعْجَمْ شُرُوخ أبي يَعْلِ المَوَصِلِيِّ
Ahmad ibn Ali ibn al-Muthanna al-Tamimi al-Mawsili
أحمد بن علي بن المثنى التميمي الموصلي
This book is a dictionary of the shaykhs of Imam Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili, presenting hadith narrations from his teachers, arranged alphabetically.
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Ma'rifat al-Thiqat
معرفة الثقات
Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Salih al-Ijli
أحمد بن عبد الله بن صالح العجلي
A book on Hadith biography in which Imam al-Ijli mentions reliable narrators and weak ones, with study and verification.
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Maʿrifat al-Ṣaḥābah
معرفة الصحابة
Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Ishaq ibn Mihran al-Isfahani (Abu Nu'aym)
أحمد بن عبد الله بن أحمد بن إسحاق بن مهران الأصبهاني
This book is the first volume of "Ma'rifat al-Sahabah" by Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani, a comprehensive work compiling biographies of the noble Companions.
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Maʿrifat al-Qurrāʾ al-Kibār ʿalā al-Ṭabaqāt wa-al-Aʿṣār
معرفة القراء الكبار على الطبقات والأعصار
Imam Shams al-Din Abi Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Uthman al-Dhahabi
الامام شمس الدين أبى عبد الله محمد بن احمد بن عثمان الذّهبي
This book is an encyclopedic work by Imam al-Dhahabi, presenting biographies of prominent Quranic reciters throughout history and across different generations.
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Min Hadith Khaythama ibn Sulayman al-Qurashi al-Atrabulusy
من حديث خيثمة بن سليمان القرشي الأطرابلسي
Omar Abd al-Salam Tadmurī
عمر عبدالسلام تدمري
This book is a study and verification of the works of the Hadith scholar Khaythama ibn Sulayman al-Qurashi al-Atrabulusy, including manuscript texts of his benefits, virtues of the companions, virtues of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, spiritual exhortations, and stories.
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Manāqib al-Imām Abī Ḥanīfah wa-Ṣāḥibayhi Abī Yūsuf wa-Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan
مناقب الإمام أبي حنيفة وصاحبيه أبي يوسف ومحمد بن الحسن
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Uthman al-Dhahabi
محمد بن أحمد بن عثمان الذهبي
This book discusses the virtues and biographies of Imam Abu Hanifa and his two companions, Abu Yusuf and Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, authored by Imam al-Dhahabi and edited by Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari and Abu al-Wafa al-Afghani.
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Tari_k_h-i da'vat o 'azimat
منقذو الروح الإسلامية
Shaykh Abū 'l-Hasan 'Alī Nadwī
أبو الحسن علي الحسني الندوي
This book is the first volume of a work that explores the lives and contributions of key figures who played a significant role in reviving the Islamic spirit throughout history.
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Mawsu'at Aqwal Yahya ibn Ma'in fi Rijal al-Hadith wa 'Ilalihi
موسوعة أقوال يحيى بن معين في رجال الحديث وعلله
Yahya ibn Ma'in
يحيى بن معين
An encyclopedia compiling the sayings of Imam Yahya ibn Ma'in on the criticism and authentication of Hadith narrators and the identification of Hadith defects.
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Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd al-Rijal
ميزان الاعتدال في نقد الرجال
Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi
شمس الدين الذهبي
The fifth volume of Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd al-Rijal by Al-Dhahabi, discussing the biographies of narrators and evaluating their reliability.
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Nihayat al-Sul fi Ruwat al-Sittah al-Usul
نهاية السول في رواة الستة الأصول
Sibṭ Ibn al-ʿAjamī
سبط ابن العجمي
The sixth volume of the book Nihayat al-Sul fi Ruwat al-Sittah al-Usul, a work on Hadith terminology and the biographies of its narrators.
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