Ibn Rajab al Hanbali
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The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom is the translation by Abdassamd
Clarke of the masterwork of Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali. It is a comprehensive
collection of sciences and wisdom in commentary of fifty hadith
(Including the ‘Forty’ of Imam An Nawwawi) from the concise
comprehensive speech (Jawami’ al-Kalim) of the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace.
The author adds another eight hadith to
the famous ‘Forty’ Hadith of Imam an-Nawawi and gives a much more
elaborate commentary on their chains of transmission, on the rulings
that they entail and on the spiritual dimensions of the hadith, their
explanations with respect to the verses of the Qur’an and other hadith,
and what the great pious predecessors of Islam have said about them.
Every hadith is considered by the ‘ulama (scholars) essential for
knowledge of the deen. The topics range from the most exacting
treatments of the affairs of the shari’ah (Islamic Law) to luminous
expositions of the spiritual sciences of Islam.
Best known as Ibn Rajab, his full name
and titles are: al-Imam al-Hafiz Abu al-Faraj Zayn al-Din `Abd al-Rahman
ibn Ahmad ibn Abd al-Rahman (known as Rajab) ibn al-Hasan ibn Muhammad
ibn Abi al-Barakat Mas`ud al-Baghdadi al-Dimashqi al-Hanbali (736-795
AH). Rajab was the nickname of his grandfather Abd al-Rahman, perhaps
because he was born in that month.
Born in Baghdad, Ibn Rajab learned much
from his father, who himself was a great scholar, then studied in Egypt
and Damascus where he settled down until he died. Among his eminent
teachers were: Abu al-Fath Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Maydumi,
Muhammad ibn Isma`il al-Khabbaz, Ibrahim ibn Dawud al-`Attar, Abu
al-Haram al-Qalanisi, and Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah.
He was a colleague of the famous hadith
expert al-Hafiz Abu al-Fadl al-`Iraqi. He devoted himself to the subject
until he became an expert in all the sciences related to hadith. He
then taught hadith, and fiqh according to Hanbali school, in the Jami`
Bani Umayyah and other seats of learning in Damascus. Among his famous
students include scholars like Abul-Fadl Ahmad ibn Nasr ibn Ahmad, the
mufti of Egypt (d. 844 AH), Abu al-`Abbaas Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr ibn `Ali
al-Hanbali (d. 844 AH), Dawud ibn Sulayman al-Mawsili [d. 844 AH]
He was a leading scholar of the Hanbali
school. His work al-Qawa`id al-kubra fi al-furu` is clear evidence of
his expertise in fiqh, demonstrating an extreme, even exhaustive
knowledge of the intricacies of detailed fiqh issues.
He was known for piety, righteousness.
His sermons were considered most effective, full of blessing and
beneficial. People of all schools were unanimous as to his quality, and
the hearts of the people were full of love for him. He did not get
involved in any worldly business, nor visited people of material
positions.
He wrote: a detailed 20-volume scholarly
commentary on the Sunan of al-Trimidhi; a commentary on part of Sahih of
al-Bukhari; Dhayl (Supplement) to Tabaqat al-hanabilah; al-Lata`if fi
waza`if al-ayyam, Bayan fadl Ilm al-salaf ala al-khalaf.
Among his best known and most referred
works is Jami` al-ulum wa al-hikam, the commentary on al-Arba`un (the
forty hadiths) of al-Nawawi. He added ten hadiths to the original 40 and
commented in detail on all of these fifty hadiths. This commentary
discusses all aspects of the hadiths, the chain of narrations, the
narrators, and the text.
Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-`Asqalani said of him:
“He was a great expert in the sciences of hadith – the historical
accounts of narrators, the chains of narration, and meaning of the
text.”
(Based on: Ibn Hajar al-`Asqalani,
al-Durar al-kaminah, ii. 428, Inba al-ghumr, i. 460; Ibn al-`Imad,
Shadharat al-dhahab, vi. 239; `Abd al-Hayy al-Kattani, Fihris
al-faharis, ii. 636-7).
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