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DISCIPLES OF HADITH THE NOBLE GUARDIANS
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 Disciples Of Hadith The Noble Guardians
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al-Khatib al-Baghdadi
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Disciples of hadith the noble guardians by al-Hafiz Abu Bakr Ahmad Ibn Ali al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d. 463 H) – Book Sample

DISCIPLES OF HADITH THE NOBLE GUARDIANS

Hafiz Abu Bakr Ahmad Ibn ‘Alī al-Khatīb al-Baghdādi

His Name and Lineage

He is the Imām and Hāfiz, Aḥmad Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Thābit Ibn Ahmad Ibn Mahdi, al-Baghdādī, Abu Bakr, better known as Al- Khatib al-Baghdādi. His Father was ‘Ali Ibn Thābit, who was a sermoniser (Khatīb) in the village of Darzījan. Al-Khatib (may Allāh have Mercy on him) said in the biography of his Father, in Tarikh Baghdad (11/359): ‘He occupied the position of Khatib at the pulpit in Darzījan for around twenty years.’

His Birth and Upbringing

He was born (may Allāh have mercy on him) in the year 391 AH. He began to acquire knowledge in the bosom of Al-Khatib’s family (may Allah have mercy on him), though his father took great pains with his education, encouraging him to attend hadith lectures and to study Islamic Jurisprudence.

He first began attending lectures when he was eleven years of age, then he began to travel in order to acquire knowledge of hadith when he was twenty years old.

He travelled to Basrah, Nishapur, Al-Sham, Makkah and other places. He travelled around, acquiring knowledge), listening and accumulating (learning) as he went until he was unequalled and achieved a high status in the eyes of the authoritative people.

His Teachers

As for his teachers, he heard from a very great number of Shaikhs; the most prominent of them included:

  • Al-Barqani
  • al-Azhari
  • Ibn Bishrān
  • Ibn Rizqih
  • al-Hayri
  • Abu Häzim al-‘Abdawi
  • Al-Khallal and numerous others

He even narrated from some of his own students, such as Nasr al-Maqdisi, Ibn Makūla and al-Humaydi.

Al Dhahabi (may Allāh have Mercy on him) said: This is the way of every Hāfiz: he narrates from the greater and the lesser scholars]

He studied Islamic Jurisprudence at the hands of Abu’l-Hasan Ibn al-Muhamili and al-Qadi Abal-Tayyib al-Tabari.

Al Dhahabi said: ‘He was one of the foremost Shafi’i scholars.

His Students

Those who transmitted from him included:

  • Ibn Maküla
  • Al-Humaydi
  • Abal-Fadil Ibn Khayrün
  • Al Mubarak
  • Ibn al-Tuyüd
  • A great number of others, including his Shaikh, Al-Baqani (may Allāh have Mercy on him).

His Belief

As for his beliefs with regard to fundamental principles (al-usul), he was an adherent of the Sunni school and held sound, orthodox beliefs.

Some claimed that he held Ash’ari beliefs, but this is not correct. He wrote a treatise on philosophical discourse (kalam) regarding Allah’s Divine Attributes, which proves that he followed the beliefs of Ahlu’LSunnah wal Jama’ah.

And I have previously refuted these claims that he was an Ash’ari.

The Scholars Praise for Him

Ibn Maküla said: “Abu Bakr was the last prominent scholar that we witnessed who combined such knowledge, memorisation, expertise, precision in the ahadīth of the Messenger of Allah, skill regarding their weaknesses and their chains of narrators knowledge of the authentic, the gharib,” the fards the munkar and the matrib.’

And Al-Baghdadi was without peer-aside from Abal-Hasan al-Darquţni. I asked ‘Abdullah al-Süri about Al-Khatib and Abu Bakr al-Sajzi, which of them had memorised more ahadith? He clearly favoured Al-Khatib.’

Al-Mu’taman al-Saji said: ‘Aside from al-Daraqutní, Baghdad has not produced anyone who has memorised more ahadith than Abu Bakr al-Khatib.’

Abū’l-‘Ali al-Bardani said: “It is likely that Al-Khatib never encountered his [own] like.’

Abū Ishaq al-Shīrazī, the scholar of Islāmic Jurisprudence, said: ‘Abu Bakr Al-Khatīb resembles al-Daraquțnī and his peers in his knowledge and memorisation of ḥadīth.’

Abū’l-Fityān al-Hāfiz said: ‘Al-Khatīb was the leader in this field; I have neveren countered his like.’ Abü’l-Qāsim al-Nasib said: ‘I heard Al-Khatib saying, ‘Abu Bakr al-Barqānī wrote a letter with me to Abu Nu’aym Al-Hafiz and in it, he said: ‘Our brother, Abu Bakr-may Allah help him and preserve him-has travelled to you to acquire knowledge and he all praise and thanks be to Allāh-has an eminent background and a firm foundation in this subject.

He has journeyed in pursuit of it and gathered knowledge the like of which many of his contemporaries have not acquired.

That will be clear to you when you meet him and observe his piety and his reserve, which will impress you” Al-Hafiz Abu Sadal-Sarnani said: ‘Al-Khatib was revered, dignified, trustworthy, analytical, a dependable authority, possessed of a fine hand, extremely precise eloquent—the Seal of the Huffaz

Al-Salafi said: “I asked Shuja’ al-Zahli about Al-Khatib and he said: [He is an Imărn, author and Hafiz, and we do not know anyone of hisyaika

His Written Works

As for Al-Khatib’s written works, he wrote many. Abū Sad al- Sam’āni said: “Al-Khatib wrote fifty-six works.”

Al-Dhahabi mentioned a number of them in al-Syar’, the most well-known of them being Tarikb Baghdad It consists of a hundred and six sections and it is without equal. It is greatly beneficial, a reliable source of information regarding the circumstances of many of the inhabitants of Baghdad or those who visited it.

His Death

He died (may Allah have Mercy on him) in the year 463 AH. Makkī al-Rumayli said: Al-Khatib became ill in the middle of Ramadan and his condition worsened on the istof Dhul-Hijjah; he entrusted the execution of his will to Ibn Khayrūn and he bequeathed his books to him and distributed all of his money in charts and to the scholars of hadith.

He died on Monday, the 7th of Dhū’l-Hijjah in the year 463AH. Then on the Tuesday morning, his body was taken out and it was brought to the western quarter [of Baghdād) and it was carried by the judges and the notables of the city.

Prayers were conducted over him by Abū’l-Husayn Ibn al- Muhtadi Billāh, who made takbir over him four times, after which he was buried beside the grave of Bishr al-Hāfi.’

The book – DISCIPLES OF HADITH THE NOBLE GUARDIANS

We were informed by Abu Sa’id Muhammad Ibn Mūsā Ibn al-Fadl Ibn Shazan al-Şayrafi, in Nishapur, who said that Abū’l- ‘Abbās Muḥammad Ibn Ya’qub al-Așamm told him that he was informed by Muhammad Ibn Isḥāq al-Saghanī that Ishāq Ibn ‘Isā said: ‘I heard Mālik Ibn Anas (radiyAllāhu ‘anhu) censuring argument in matters of religion and he said:

Whenever a man who is more argumentative than another comes to us, he desires us to reject that which Jibril (‘alayhis-salam) brought to the Prophet (*).””

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