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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 at-Tirmizi:
Sunan Abo-Dawud
Sunan of Abo-Dawud
The book of Sunan Abo-Dawud is by Imam Soliman ibn
al-Ash'as as-Sagetani. Born 202H and died 275H. He took his knowledge from a
large group of the early scholars, among them was Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal and
Yahya ibn Mo'in. He had many students; among them are Imam ash-Shaybani,
Hafiz at-Turmuzi, Hafiz an-Nasa'i, and many others. The book is
the first of the books of Sunan in authentication, and the third of books of
Hadith after al-Bukhari and Muslim. It collected the Hadith of rules. Imam
Abo-Dawud said about this book; that he wrote 500,000 Hadith of
the Messenger o Allah [PPBUH]
but selected from them only 4800 Hadith and put it in this book. He said
that he included among them the Sahih, what looks like it, and what is close
to it. Scholars agreed to describe Abo-Dawud as
The book was printed several times in India and in Egypt. The researcher compared the previous issues, inserted the verses of Qur'an in the same way as in the Qur'an, corrected the typing errors, and numbered the sections and arranged them. The book’s link in Al-Turath site Introduced by Editorial Group Translated by Aseya al-Khouly
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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 Abo-Dawud [AAH]
Abo-Dawud Soliman ibn al-Ash'as ibn Ishaq ibn Bashir al-Azedy as-Segestani, known as Ab0-Dawud (202-275 H). he is Imam of Hadith people at his time. He is also the author of the famous book "Sunan Abo-Dawud". He was born on the year 202 H, in a small state near to Makeran, the land of the Baloush al-Azed, known as Segestan. It is a state in Iran and it is called now Sistan and Blushestan. Abo-Dawud had the signs of intelligence ever since he was a young boy. Once when he was very young, while he is sitting in the presence of one of the narrators writing, a man came close to his ink pot and said: can I use your ink? Abo-Dawud said: Did not you know that whoever started in the property of his brother with permission, he will be liable to denial with modesty. On that day he was called "a wise man". He moved among many of the Islamic cities. He transferred and wrote from Iraqis, Kharasnians [Iranians], Shamis [Syrians], and Egyptians. Abo-Obaid al-Aagery said: I heard him say "I was born on the year 2 H and I prayed the funral prayed for Affan on the year 20 H. I entered Basra while they were saying Osman ibn al-Haitham – al-Moazen- died yesterday. So I heard from Abo-Omar, the blind, one sitting. I followed Omar ibn Hafs ibn Gheiath to his house, but I did not hear from him. I heard from Saied ibn Soliman one sitting, and from Asem ibn Ali one sitting". He dwelled in Basra after the death of evil tyrant of Zing, so spread the knowledge in it. He used to go to Baghdad. His manners and piety:
Abo-Dawud was also a man of Fiqh, besides being Imam in Hadith and its arts. And his book would show that. He was also from good companions of Imam Ahmed. He attended his sitting for a long time, and he asked him about the delicate matters of the branches and sources. Abo-Obaida al-Aagery narrated from Abo-Dawud that he said: I entered al-Koufa not seen in the year 21 H. I have not seen like Abo-an-Naddar al-Fradisi in Damascus. He use to cry hardly, and I wrote him on the year 22 H. Judge Khalil ibn Ahmed as-Sagzy said: I heard Ahmed ibn Mohamed ibn al-Layth, the judge of country saying: Sahl ibn Abdullah at-Tasattory came to Abo-Dawud as-Segestani. So they said to Abo-Dawud: This is Sahl ibn Abdullah came to you as avisitor. So he welcomed him and sat him, Sahl said: O, Abo-Dawud, I need something from you. Abo-Dawud said: what is that? He said: not until you say "I will do it if I can". Abo-Dawud said: Yes. He said: you take your tongue, the one you tell the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH] with, out for me to kiss. So he took it out and Sahl kissed it. Ibn Dasah said: Abo-Dawud had one large sleeve and one narrow sleeve, so he was asked about that. He said: the large one is for the books, and he does not need the other one. Al-Hakem ibn Habban told us that he heard Abo-Dawud's son saying: I heard my father saying: I caught up with many of Hadith people, but none of them was more memorizing and collecting for Hadith than ibn Ma'in. No one was greater or more into Hadith Fiqh than Ahmed. The most knowledgeable of it weaknesses is Ali ibn al-Madini. I saw Ishaq who, in spite of his knowledge and information, used to favor Ahmed and testify to him. Abo-Dawud looked like Imam Ahmed in his guidance, dignity, and character. Some Imams said: Abo-Dawud looked like Ahmed in his guidance, dignity, and character and Ahmed in that looked like Wakie', and Wakie' in that looked like Sofyan, and Sofyan like Mansour, and Mansour like Ibrahim, and Ibrahim like Alqama, and Alqama like Abdullah ibn Mas'oud. Alqama said: Abdullah ibn Mas'oud used to look like the Prophet [PPBUH] in his guidance and dignity.
He heard in Mecca from al-Qa'naby and Soliman ibn Harb. And in Basra, he heard from Muslim ibn Ibrahim, Abdullah ibn Raga', Abo-al-Walid at-Tayalisy, Musa ibn Ismail, and their level. And in Koufa, he heard from al-Hasan ibn ar-Rabie al-Bourani, Ahmed ibn Yunis al-Yarbou'I, and others. And in Halab from Abo-Tawba ar-Rabie ibn Nafie. And in Harran, from Abo-Gafar an-Nofaily, Ahmed ibn Abo-Showaib, and others. And in Hams, from Haywa ibn Shoryh, Yazid ibn Abd-Rabboh, and others. And in Damascus, from Safwan ibn Saleh and Hesham ibn Ammar. And in Khorasan, from Ishaq ibn Rahawiya and his level. And in Baghdad, from Ahmed ibn Hanbal and his level. And in Balkh, from Qoutayba ibn Sa'id. And in Egypt, from Ahmed ibn Saleh and others. He also heard from lots of scholars and others he did not. Abo-Obaid said: I heard Abo-Dawud saying: I saw Khalid ibn khidash, but I did not hear from him. I also did not hear from Yusuf as-Saffar, ibn al-Asfahani, or Amro ibn Hammad, and Hadith is a provision from Allah. Other scholars he did not narrate from. Abo-Obaid al-Aagery said: Abo-Dawud did not narrate from ibn al-Hammani, Sowaid, ibn Kasib, Mohamed ibn Humaid, or Sufyan ibn Wakie. His students who narrated from him: The most important ones of his students are his son Abo-Bakr Abdullah ibn Abo-Dawud, Abo-Abdel-Rahman an-Nasa'I, Ahmed ibn Mohamed al-Khallal, Abo-Ali Mohamed ibn Ahmed al-Lowlowi, and Ahmed ibn Soliman an-Naggar who was the last one to narrate from him. Abo-Essa narrated from him in his "Gamie", an-Nasa'i, Ibrahim ibn hamdan, and many others. The book of "Sunan": Abo-Dawud collected the book of Sunan and showed it to Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal, and Imam Ahmed liked it and told him that it was good. He did stop at the Sahih Hadith in his book but he also included the good, the weak, and the possible. Also all what has not been consented to be removed. He collected 4800 Hadith chosen from 500,000 Hadith. He had in mind to mention all the Hadiths that have been used by the scholars of Fiqh for their judgment. These Hadiths were called the Hadiths of judgment. Abo-Dawud said to the people of Mecca in his message to them: these are all the Hadiths of Sunan used in judgment, however there are many other Hadiths in asceticism, supererogatory work, and other subjects that I did not narrate.
The Grade of His Hadith: About the level of correctness [Sahih] of the Hadiths in Abo-Dawud's Sunan, Abo-Dawud said "I mention in it the Sahih, its likes, and its closer ones. Whatever had weakness, I talked about it. Whatever I did not talk about, then in it is useable, and some of it are better than others". Abo-Bakr ibn Dasa said: Iheard Abo-Dawud saying "I wrote from the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH] 500,000 Hadiths. I chose from them what I included in this book -he meant the Sunan- of 4800 Hadiths. I mentioned the Sahih, the likes, and the closer ones. One could be satisfied with only 4 Hadiths: when he [PPBUH] said: the first is (works are judged by their intention). The second is (of the good Islam of a person, is leaving what does not concern him). The third one is (a believer is not a believer, until he likes for his brother what he likes for himself). The fourth one is (the lawful is clear …) the famous Hadith". There were differences in opinions about what he meant when he said "Whatever I did not talk about, then in it is useable", if we can deduce that what he left without talking is Sahih or good? Ibn as-Salah and an-Nawawy and others chose to have it judged as good Hadith, unless someone who can identify the difference between Sahih and good stated that. The scholars studied the "Sunan" of Abo-Dawud, and found out that whatever he left without commenting on are variable: some of it are Sahih and mentioned in the main two Sahih books, some were Sahih also but not mentioned in these two books, some are good, and some are weak but considerable, i.e. not very weak. So they clarified that what was meant by Abo-Dawud as "usable", includes the Sahih, the good, and what can be considered and strengthened because it is slightly weak. This last kind is used by many scholars; like Abo-Dawud, an-Nasa'I, and Ahmed, and they consider it stronger than the opinion of men. If we looked at his book we find it commenting on some Hadith and showing its state. His words in this are considered the seed that founded the science of the injuring and the modification [the levels of the narrators and the levels of Hadith], which was founded later and became one of the largest sections of the Hadith science. Some of the explanation of Abo-Dawud's "Sunan": Many scholars have explained Abo-Dawud's Sunan, among them are: 1- "The signposts of the Sunan" by Abo-Soliman Hamad ibn Mohamed ibn Ibrahim al-Khatabi, who died on 388 H. 2- "the ascending stage to Sunan Abo-Dawud" by the Hafiz Galaleddin as-Seyouti, who died on 911 H. 3- "The granted success of the Most-Cordial to the Sunan of Abo-Dawud" by Abo-el-Hasan Noureddin ibn Abdel-Hady as-Sanadi, who died on 1138 H. 4- "the help of the Worshipped in the explanation of Sunan Abo-Dawud" by Mohamed Shams al-Haq Azim Abady. 5- "the end of the intention in the solution of Sunan Abo-Dawud" by Mohamed Shams al-Haq Azim Abady. Some of his other books:
His Method: Abo-Dawud was holding to the Sunna of the Messenger [PPBUH], and very keen in its application and showing its importance to the people in order for them to carry it out. He a method so much like that of the companions in following the Prophetic Sunna, its acknowledging, and leaving the matters that would light up the fire of dispute between Muslims. He left a son who was so much like him in his merits, who was Hafiz Abo-Bakr ibn Abo-Dawud, who was an excellent student for his father, and shared with his father learning from his sheikhs in Egypt and Sham. Abo-Bakr Also heard Hadith from the great scholars in Baghdad, Asbahan, Segestan, and Shiraz, and so he became a knowledgeable and Fiqh man. He also wrote the book "the Lamps". They said about him: It was narrated that his Sunan was read on ibn al-Arabi, and pointed to the copy that was in his hands and said "if someone did not have of knowledge, except the book of Allah and then this book -he meant Sunan of Abo-Dawud- then he would not need and more knowledge". Ibrahim al-Harbi said about him, after he wrote the Sunan "the Hadith was made soft for Abo-Dawud as the iron was made to Dawud, and he was on the top level of worship and piety". Abo-Dawud used to say "the hidden desire is the love of leading". Sheikh Ishaq ash-Shirazy considered him on the rank of the Fiqh people, in the group of the company of Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal. Abo-Bakr al-Khalal said "Abo-Dawud is the advanced of his time. A man that was not preceded by anyone of his time in his knowledge about the classification of sciences, and his sight of its positions. He was a man advanced piety. Ahmed ibn Hanbal heard from him one Hadith, that Abo-Dawud used to mention. Ibrahim al-Asfahani ibn Ormah and Abo-Bakr ibn Sadaqah used to raise his rank and mention him with what they do not mention any one else of his time". Al-Hakim said: I heard az-Zubair ibn Abdullah ibn Musa from Mohamed ibn Mekhlid saying: Abo-Dawud used to complete the study of 100,000 Hadith. When he wrote the book of "Sunan" and read it to people, it became like a Qur'an and they followed it with not disagreement. The fellows of his time admitted to him his Hifz [keeping of Hadith] and his advancement in the book. Abo-Hatim ibn Habban said "Abo-Dawud is one of the Imams of this world in Fiqh, knowledge, Hifz, worshiping, piety, and perfection. He collected, classified, and defended the Sunan". Hafiz Abo-Abdullah ibn Mendeh said "those who classified and differentiated the fixed from the ill and the wrong from the right, are four: al-Bukhary and Muslim, then Abo-Dawud and an-Nasa'i". His passing away: Imam Abo-Dawud as-Segestani passed away in Basra, on Friday, with 14 days left of Shawwal, on the year 275 H, while he was 73 years old. Abbas ibn Abdel-Wahid al-Hashemy prayed for him the funeral prayers. He was buried beside the shrine of Imam Abo-Sufyan ath-Thawry [AAT]. Written by G. Salah Translated by Saad
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Abo-
His sheikhs
He arranged his
"The Masahif [Qur'ans]"- "the Count"-
"the Resurrection"- "the Message of Abo-Dawud to the people of
Mecca describing his Sunan"- "the Questions of Abo-Dawud
as-Segestani to Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal about the narrators"- "the
Questions of Abo-Dawud as-Segestani to Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal about Fiqh"-
"the Questions of Abo-Obaid al-Aagery to Abo-Dawud as-Segestani about
the Injuring and the Modification"- "the Asceticism"- "the
Doaa [Praying]"- "the Abrogating and the Abrogated"- "the book
of the people of ash-Sha'bi"- "the Refutation of the people of Fate"-
"the Signs of the Prophecy"- "the Musnad of Malik"- "the
naming of the ones been narrated from