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'Narrated by the glorious scholars' (qasida 15:47) This is the motto of this section, which is for preserving and the knowledge about the valuable books of our great religious predecessors. You can find all special expressions in the Glossary. We need your comments to develop this site for you.
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Great Ancestors' Books
Since we are constantly in need for the non-distorted books of our predecessors, and since some irresponsible groups had intentionally or unintentionally printed distorted books and spread them either in the markets or on the internet, there aroused an insisting need to find reliable sources for the books and knowledge of the virtuous predecessors. So, we are nominating to you some sister sites that choose accurately every book they present. This way you can easily find the books and texts of our predecessors which some people tried to hide and conceal, but Allah will complete His guidance, even if biased people dislike. We will mention some of the books, from these sites, that sheikh Fakhr Eldin quoted from in his books and lessons. More information about these sites are in the library page in our main site.
Books of Imam Ibn Kathir:
Sunan an-Nasa'y
The
book
of Sunan an-Nasa'y by Hafez Abo-Abd-ar-Rahman an-Nasa'y with the
explanation of Hafez Galaleddin as-Seyouti who died in 911H. it also has the
footnote of Imam as-Sandi who died in 1138H. Hafez as-Seyouti added it as a
comment on Sunan an-Nasa'y that was classified 600 years before
making this comment. The condition of an-Nasa'y and Abo-Dawud is that they
narrated, besides the Hadith of the two Sahihs, the Sahih Hadith which
al-Bukhary and Muslim left, but from ways other than their ways. Also they
narrated some Hadith without assuring its correctness because it was used by
some people as evidence, so they narrated it and showed their opinions about
it. They narrated all what it was not agreed upon leaving it, because every
class of the critics of men has both strict and moderate ones. So if the
critics did not agree upon leaving someone [narrator], an-Nasa'y and
Abo-Dawud would not leave his narration. The condition of an-Nasa'y was not
easy, it was even said that it was stronger than the condition of the two
Sheikhs, as he avoided a group of men of the two Sahihs. An-Nasa'y says that
he asked Allah for advice about some sheikhs about whom he felt something in
his heart, and then he got the choice to leave them. So he stopped his
narrations from their Hadith. That is way he did not narrate any of the
Hadith of ibn Luhay'a and Qutaiba. Aboul-Hasan al-M'afery said: if you
examined what the people of Hadith narrated, you would find that an-Nasa'y's
narrations are nearer to
The researcher made ascription for the Hadith of the Sunan and the Hadith of Hafez as-Seyouti. The book’s link in Al-Turath site Introduction by the Editors Translated by Aseya al-Khouly
Note:
to
download & use these books, you need to down the compressed files
(rar
files) of the book and place it in the same
folder
and do not change their names. Then open any compressed file and you will
find the book which may comprise of one (pdf)
file or several ones which in turn will be decompressed to a one folder and
do not change any of their names. Now you open any of them using the
acrobat reader
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A Selection of brother’s readings:
The Knowledgeable Glorious Scholars
Thanks to Allah who has made the knowledgeable scholars successors to the prophets to inherit their manners and became role models for everyone. Many people got strayed and got away from the guidance of the Beloved [PPBUH] when they did not take the great old knowledgeable scholars of this nation as their source of knowledge, instead they became addicted to taking from the recent simple ones. This way they got away from what their righteous ancestors used to have and what was settled by the Islamic nation for decades and centuries. The Prophet [PPBUH] said: (People are still in blessing as long as they took their knowledge from their knowledgeable elders. When they start taking from their young unknowledgeable ones then they are doomed). The Prophet [PPBUH] also said: (This religion is knowledge, so be careful who to get from). He [PPBUH] also said: (When the knowledgeable scholars die, people will choose their leaders from unknowledgeable ones. When they ask them, they will answer without knowledge, so they will lead astray and mislead everyone, and there is no strength no power but from Allah). sayydi Fakhreddin Mohamed Osman [AAH] said: [If you were asked: What is the book? It is from what is narrated by the great scholars] (qasida 15:47) All scholars agreed that no one can disparage any word from the Prophet [PPBUH] or judge it as being fabricated or weakly narrated, unless he has an absolute proof from Qur'an or Sunna of the Prophet [PPBUH]. From the start of the first century and up until now, great scholars [AAT] have taken the mission of preserving Turath of our true religion [inherited knowledge from the Prophet, His companions, and our great scholars]. They have been preserving it the same way as the Prophet [PPBUH] wanted them to do. That is how the authentic Hadith, true interpretations, and Historical events from the start of Mohammad' Message till our current day, were preserved and predicated honestly and truthfully. One of the main glorious scholars, with a great resume, is:
Imam an-Nasa'y [AAH]
An-Nasa'y, the Imam Hafiz, the sheikh of Islam and the critic of Hadith; Abo-Abd-ar-Rahman, Ahmed ibn Shu'aib ibn Ali ibn Sanan Bahr al-Khurasany an-Nasa'y, the possessor of Sunan. He was born at Nasa in 215H. He sought knowledge ever since he was young, so he went to Qutayba in 230H. He stayed with him at Baghlan for a year or more. He listened to tens of narrators and teachers like: Ishaq ibn Rahweya, Hisham ibn Ammar, Mohamed ibn an-Nadar ibn Masawer, Swid ibn Nasr, Isaa ibn Hammad Zughbah, Ahmed ibn Abda ad-Dabi and many others… he even narrated from his companions. He was one of the seas of knowledge with understanding, mastery, insight, criticism of men and good composing. He wandered around seeking knowledge in Khurasan, Hejaz, Egypt, Iraq, the Arabian peninsula, ash-Sham and ports. Then he settled in Egypt. The Hafiz scholars traveled to him and there was no one like him in that matter.
The attributes of his personality and morals: 1- He loved seeking knowledge and traveling for learning. He went around the countries and settled in Egypt, but its sheikhs were jealous of him, so he went to ar-Rammlah in Palestine. 2- He used to strive in worshiping. Hafiz Abuel-Husain Mohamed ibn Muzfer said: I heard our sheikhs in Egypt testifying for him and admitting his advancement and his being Imam. They described his striving in worshiping day and night, and his insistence on Hajj and Jihad. Others said that he was so pious and ascetic. He used to fast persistently the best of fasting [the fasting of Dawud], fasting a day and breaking a day. He had four wives and two femaleslaves. He used to give the salves what he gives the free ones. 3- He was having a beautiful face with a shining color. He was a dignified sheikh, with a handsome bloody face and a good gray hair. He was so handsome that his face was like a lamp. 4- It was said about him that he was partial to Imam Ali [AHHF], an-Nasa'y was asked about that and he said that he found the people of ash-Sham deviating from Imam Ali [AHHF], so he wanted to try to rightly guide them. And that was the cause of his martyrdom at the end of his life. The minister ibn Henzabah said: I heard Mohamed ibn Mosa al-Ma'mouni, the companion of an-Nasa'y, saying: I heard people criticizing Abo-Abd-ar-Rahman an-Nasa'y for writing the book of "The Attributes" of Ali [AHHF] and for leaving the classification of the merits of the two sheikhs. So I asked an-Nasa'y about that, and he said "when I came to Damascus, many people were deviated from Ali [AHHF], so I composed the book of "The Attributes" hopping from Allah, Almighty, to guide them". Then he compiled, after that, the graces of the companions.
5-
Egypt's Judge Aboel-Qasem Abdullah ibn Mohamed ibn Aboel-Awwam as-Sa'di
said:
Ahmed ibn Sho'aib an-Nasa'y reported to us from Ishaq ibn Rahwaya from
Mohamed ibn A'yon, that he said: I said to ibn al-Mubarak that someone -I
named him- says: whosoever
6- Ma'moun al-Masri the narrator said: we went to Tarsous with an-Nasa'y the year of redemption, then a group of Imams met and discussed with each other and they were: Abdullah ibn Ahmed ibn Hanbal, Mohamed ibn Ibrahim Muraba', Aboel-Aazan and Kilagah. They argued about who will they choose from the sheikhs? Then they agreed upon Abo-Abd-ar-Rahman an-Nasa'y and all of them selected him in writting. It was narrated from an-Nasa'y that he said: I stayed with Qutaybah ibn Sa'id for a year and two months. An-Nasa'y was residing at the alley of al-Qanadil in Egypt. 7- It was said: that an-Nasa'y came to al-Harith ibn Meskin wearing something that al-Harith did not like, a cloak and cap. As al-Hareth was afraid of some matters concerning the sultan, so he feared that an-Nasa'y might be as spy on him, so, he prevented him from attending his lesson. An-Nasa'y, after that, used to come and sit down behind the door listening to the lesson. That is why he never said: al-Harith narrated to us, but he used to say: I listened to al-Hareth ibn Meskin as it was read to him. 8- Ibn al-Athir said: Amir asked Abo-Abd-ar-Rahman about his "Sunan": are they all correct? An-Nasa'y said: No. Then Amir said: so write for us the correct from them, then an-Nasa'y freed "al-Mugtana", which is "Sunnan as-Soghra". Hafiz Abo-Ali said: I asked an-Nasa'y: what do you say about Baqeyah? He said "if he said 'someone reported or narrated to us', then he is trusted". Ga'far ibn Mohamed al-Maraghi said: I heard an-Nasa'y saying: Momamed ibn Hamid ar-Razi is a liar. The knowledgable scholars' praising for him: Abdul-Wahhab ibn Mohamed Ishaq said: Abo-Abdullah ibn Mandah said: Those who made ascription as to the correct and distinguished the proved from the weak and the wrong from the right, are four: al-Bukhary, Muslim, Abo-Dawud, Abo-Abd-ar-Rahman an-Nasa'y.
Ibn Kather
said in his book "the Beginning and the End": Ahmed ibn Ali ibn Shu'aib ibn
Ali ibn Sanan ibn Bahr ibn Dinar Abo- Ibn Audai said: I heard Mansour, the man of Fiqh, and Ahmed ibn Mohamed ibn Salama at-Tahawy saying "Abo-Abd-ar-Rahman an-Nasa'y is an Imam from the Muslim Imams". Al-Hakem said "the speech of an-Nasa'y about the Fiqh of Hadith is much, and whosoever looks in his Sunan, would be puzzled by his good words". Ibn al-Athir said, in the beginning of "the Collector of the Origins" about Imam an-Nasa'y that he followed ash-Shafei'y, and he had rituals on his doctrine and was a pious truth-seeker man. Hafiz Abo-Ali an-Neiasabouri said "we have been told that the Imam in Hadith, without debate, is Abo-Abd-ar-Rahman an-Nasa'y". Hafiz Abo-Taleb Ahmed ibn Nasr said "who can hold what an-Nasa'y can hold? He has Hadith of ibn Luhai'ah from Qutaybah, yet, he never narrated it". Abuel-Hasan ad-Darqatni said "Abo-Abd-ar-Rahman is preceding to all those mentioned with this knowledge [of Hadith] from his era". Hafiz ibn Taher said "I asked Saad ibn Ali az-Zangani about a man of Hadith and he trusted him, then I told him that an-Nasa'y has weakened his narration, so he said "O, son, Abo-Abd-ar-Rahman has a condition in men of Hadith that is harder than the condition of al-Bukhary and Muslim". Hafiz Mohamed ibn al-Muzaffar said "I heard our sheikhs in Egypt describing the strive of an-Nasa'y in worshiping day and night and that he went for redemption with the prince of Egypt, and he described his magnanimity, his performance of the transmitted Sunna in the Muslims' redemption, his refraining from the sittings of the Sultan with whom he went out, and his simplicity in food. He kept on this way until he martyred in Damascus by the dissidents". Ad-Darqatni said "Abo-Bakr al-Haddad ash-Shafe'y was saying much Hadith, yet he never narrated from anyone other than an-Nasa'y. He said: I am satisfied with him as evidence between me and Allah, Almighty".
Abo-Awanah said in his "Sahih": Ahmed ibn Shu'aib an-Nasa'y, the judge of Hams [located in Syria], reported to us ... and he mentioned Hadith. Abo-Abdullah ibn Mandah narrated from Hamza al-Oqbi al-Masri and others that an-Nasa'y went out from Egypt, at the end of his age, to Damascus and he was asked, there, about the graces of sayydi Mo'awiya. Some of dissidents did not like what he said and they hurt him so badly that he passed away after he was taken to Mecca. Also, it was said that it he was taken to ar-Rammlah [in Palestine]. Ad-Darqatni said: he went out to Hajj, then he was trailed in Damascus and got the martyrdom, then he said: carry me out to Mecca. He was carried out and passed away, there. He is buried between Safa and Marwa. His death was in Sha'ban in 303H. Thus he had been endowed the martyrdom at the end of his life. Abo-Awanah said too: he was the most knowledgeable sheikh of Egypt in his era and the most knowledgeable in Hadith and its men. His books: An-Nasa'y left us a group of books, the most important of them are: the book of "Sunan Kubra" in Hadith and this book is what he was famous for, and it was mentioned in the biography of the nobles. And the book of "al-Mugtaba" which is "Sunan Sughra" which is selected from "Sunan Kubra" and is one of the six agreed upon books in Hadith. And "Musnad Ali", and a book full of essences. Also the book of "the doing of the day and night" which is a volume from "Sunan Kubra" in some copies. He also has "The Explanation" in one volume, and "the weak and left ones" about the men of Hadith. As to the book of "the Attributes of Ali" [AHHF], it is also in "Sunan Kubra". He has also other things. His death: Abo Sa'id ibn Yunus said in his "History": Abo-Abd-ar-Rahman an-Nasa'y was an Imam and a firm Hafiz. He went out from Egypt in the month of Zu-al-Qe'dah in 302H. and passed away in Palestine on Monday 13 of Safar in 303H. This seems to be the right history. As ibn Younis was a watchful Hafiz, and took from an-Nasa'y and knew him. There was no one, at the top of the 300 years who was more Hafiz than an-Nasa'y. He was more skillful with Hadith, its reasons and men than Muslim, Abo-Dawud and Abo-Isaa. He is in the arena of al-Bukhary and Abo-Zar'a, however he had some bias because of his love to Imam Ali.
Written by G. Salah. Translated by Aseya al-Khouly
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Many people
narrated and reported from him, such as: Abo-Beshr ad-Dolabi, Abo-Ga'far
at-Tahawy, Abo-Ali an-Neyasabouri, Hamza ibn Mohamed al-Kenany, Abo-Ga'far
Ahmed ibn Mohamed ibn Isma'il an-Nahhas the grammarian, Abo-Bakr Mohamed ibn
Ahmed ibn al-Haddad ash-Shafie'y, Abdul-Karim ibn Abo-Abd-ar-Rahman
an-Nasa'y, al-Hasan ibn al-Khedr al-Asyouti, Abo-Bakr Ahmed ibn Mohamed ibn
as-Sunni, Abo-al-Qasem Solaiman ibn Ahmed at-Tabarani, Mohamed ibn Mu'aweyah
ibn al-Ahmer al-Andalusi, al-Hasan ibn Rashiq, Mohamed ibn Abdullah ibn
Hayawiya, Mohamed ibn Moses al-Ma'mouni, Abyad ibn Mohamed ibn Abyad and
many others.
Abd-ar-Rahman an-Nasa'y the possessor
of the "Sunan", was the Imam of his era and the preceding in his
kind, likes and the best ones of his era. He went all over, worked on
listening to Hadith, and meeting the skillful Imams and sheikhs from whom he
narrated orally. We mentioned them in our book "at-Takmeil" [the
completing] and we made his biography too there. Many people narrated from
him. He has gathered the "big Sunan" and selected from it what is
many times less, in volume. I had the chance to hear both of them. He showed
in his compiling: memorizing, mastery, honesty, faith, knowledge and
learning.
At-Tabari said
in his "Dictionary": Abo-Abd-ar-Rahman an-Nasa'y, the judge in Egypt,
reported to us ... and he mentioned a Hadith.