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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