Book Author: E-Da`wah Committee (EDC)
Number of Pages: 34
Publisher: E-Da`wah Committee
Year of Publication: 2016
Book Description:
The book provides brief biographies of the Imams of Hadith and Sunan,
including: Al-Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa’i and Ibn
Majah.
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Biographies of the Imams of Hadith
Almighty Allah has chosen some people to
be the torchbearers leading the Muslim community to the straight path
and guiding its way in light of the instructions of Prophet Muhammad
(peace be upon him). They are the religious scholars who devoted their
life for teaching people the religion of God. They are the inheritors of
Prophets and the most beloved ones to God the Almighty. Abu Ad-Darda’
(may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon
him) said, “The scholars are heirs of the Prophets, and the Prophets
leave neither dinar nor dirham, leaving only knowledge, and he who takes
it takes an abundant portion.” (Abu Dawud)
In fact, the science of Hadith is one of
the greatest sciences of the Shari`ah. It explains the speech of Allah,
relates the conditions and merits of Prophet (peace be upon him),
conveys the commandments of Islam and represents the second main source
of Islam. Those who keep themselves busy with acquiring the science of
Hadith undoubtedly excel their peers in other kinds of science. It is
enough that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) has supplicated God
for them as in the hadith narrated by Ibn Mas`ud (may Allah be pleased
with him): “I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) saying,
“May Allah make the faces of the person who hears something from us and
communicates it to others exactly as he has heard it shining and
radiant, for it may be that the recipient of knowledge understands it
better than the one who has heard it.” (At-Tirmidhi) It is also reported
from the Prophet (peace be upon him) that he said, “This knowledge
(Hadith) will be carried by the most upright from among each generation.
They will remove from it the distortion of the immoderate, the
plagiarism of the liars and the misrepresentation of the ignorant. (Ibn
`Abdul-Barr)
Those scholars of Hadith have undertaken
the responsibility of narrating the hadiths of the Prophet to the
following generations, verifying the weak of them from the strong,
demonstrating them to people, inspecting their transmitters and
discriminating between the authentic and the inauthentic. They have
devoted their lives for this sacred mission, may Allah reward them all
the best!
Biographies of the Imams of Hadith
The E-Daw`ah Committee is pleased to
present the book at hand which provides brief biographies of the
compilers of Sahihs and Sunan, including the Imams: Al-Bukhari,
Muslim, Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa’i and Ibn Majah. We have shed
light on the early life, scientific journeys, righteousness, sheikhs,
students, writings, death and praise of historians of each scholar. The
book is highly beneficial to every Muslim, specially the knowledge
seekers, as it introduces the biographies of the six imams of hadith in
an interesting, simple and scientific way. At the end of the book, the
historical resources of the contents are mentioned for those who want to
read more about the Imams of hadith. We hope that the book is up to the
readers’ expectation and provide them with a historical rich meal about
the life of the Imams of hadith who conveyed the words, actions and
whole life of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and his followers to us.
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