Hadith al-Thaqalayn
Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Seventh-Thirteenth Century
- Abu al-Futuh As’ad ibn Mahmud ibn Khalaf al-’Ijli al-Isfahani (d. 600/1203).
In his Fada'iI al-Khulafa', as mentioned by al-Samhudi, op. cit.
- Al-Mubarak ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Karim, known as Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari (d. 606/1209).
In Jami’ al-usul, i, 187; x, 102, 103, from Jabir and Zayd ibn Arqam and also in his al-Nihayah, under 'thaql' and '‘itrah'. A great grammarian, philologist, exegete and legist.
- Fakhr al-Din Muhammad ibn ‘Umar al-Razi (d. 606/1209).
In his exegesis Mafatih al-ghayb, vii, 173. A great exegete, mutakallim and philosopher.
- Abu Muhammad ‘Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Akhdar al-Janabadhi al-Baghdadi (d. 611/1214).
In his Ma’alim al-’Itrat al-Nabawiyyah, as mentioned by al-Samhudi, op. cit., and Ibn Ba Kathir al-Makki (Wasilat al-ma'al, MS.). Tawthiq by al-Dhahabi. [^1]
- Al-Rafi’i (d. 623/1226).
In al-Tadwin, twice, in the biographical account of Ahmad ibn Mehran Abu Ja’far al-Qattan, from Jabir, and that of ‘Amr ibn Rafi’ ibn al-Furat al-Bajali, from Zayd ibn Arqam. A leading scholar.
- Muwaffaq al-Din ‘Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (d. 629/1231).
In his al-Mujarrad li lughat al-hadith, I, 253.
- Abu al-Hasan ‘Izz al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Karim, known Ibn al-Athir (d. 630/1232).
In Usd al-ghabah, iii, 147, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Hantab. One of the leading historians.
- Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Mahmud ibn al-Hasan ibn Hibat Allah, known as Ibn al-Najjar (d. 642/1244).
As mentioned by al-Kanji in his Kifayat al-talib. A leading scholar of his era, traditionist, historian and author of several works. [^2]
- Diya' al-Din Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahid al-Maqdisi al-Hanbali (d. 643/1245).
In his al-Mukhtarah, as mentioned by Ibn Ba Kathir al-Makki (Wasilat al-ma'al). A leading scholar and traditionist. [^3]
- Radi al-Din Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Saghani (d. 650/1252).
In his Mashariq al-anwar (Ibn al-Malik's sharh, iii, 157) from Zayd ibn Arqam. An eminent grammarian, traditionist and legist. [^4]
- Abu Salim Muhammad ibn Talhah al-Qarashi al-Nasibi al-Shafi’i (d. 652/1254).
In his Matalib al-sa'ul, 8, from Sahih Muslim. A leading scholar of his era. [^5]
- Abu al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn Qizughli, Sibt ibn al-Jawzi (d. 654/1256).
In his Tadhkirat khawass al-ummah, 322-323, where he establishes its authenticity and sihhah. A leading scholar whose biography has been written by all the major biographers.
- Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn ‘Umar al-Qurtubi al-Ansari (d. 656/1258).
In his Talkhis Sahih Muslim, ii, F. 100. A leading scholar of his era. [^6]
- ‘Izz al-Din ‘Abd al-Hamid ibn Hibat Allah ibn Abi al-Hadid al-Mu’tazili (d. 656/1258).
In his Sharh Nahj al-balaghah, vi, 375. An eminent Mu’tazili scholar of his era and man of letters.
- Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Muhammad al-Kanji al-Shafi’i (d. 658/1260).
In his Kifayat al-talib, bab fi bayan sihhat khutbatihi bima' yud’a Khumman 259, from al-Laythi, from Abu al-Waqt, from al-Dawudi. A leading scholar.
- Abu al-Fath Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Abiwardi al-Shafi’i (d. 667/1268).
As mentioned by al-Suyuti in Ihya' al-mayyit, 30, and al-Badakhshi, op. cit., from him, from Abu Sa’id. A leading traditionist (al-imam al-muhaddith). [^7]
- Abu Zakariyya Muhyi al-Din Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi (d. 676/1277).
In his Tahdhib al-asma' wa al-lughat, i, 347, and al-Minhaj fi sharh Sahih Muslim, xv, 180, from Sahih Muslim. One of the leading scholars (al-imam al-Allamah).
- Abu Muhammad Sharaf al-Din ‘Umar ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahid al-Musili.
In his book al-Na’im al-muqim Ii ‘Itrat al-Nabi al-Azim, Maktabat Ayasofiya MS. 3504, F. 64, 69.
- Al-Qadi Nasir al-Din al-Baydawi (d. 685/1286).
In Tuhfat al-abrar, F. 236, sharh on al-Baghawi's Masabih al-Sunnah, from Jabir. A leading exegete and legist.
- Abu al-Abbas Muhibb al-Din Ahmad ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Tabari al-Makki al-Shafi’i (d. 694/1294).
In Zakha'ir al-’uqba fi manaqib Dhawi al-Qurba, 16, from Zayd ibn Arqam. A well-known scholar.
- Sa’id al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Farghani (d. 699/ 1299).
In his exposition, in Persian, of Ibn al-Farid's poem, Ta'iyyah, under the couplet:
" wa awdih bitta'wili ma kana mushkila
‘alayya bi’ilmin nalahu bil wasiyyah"
- Nizam al-Din Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Qummi al-Nishaburi, known as al-Nizam al-A’raj.
In his exegesis Ghara'ib al-Qur'an, i, 349. An outstanding scholar and exegete.
[^1]: Tadhkirat al-huffaz, iv, 1383.
[^2]: Al-Ibar, v, 179; Tadhkirat al-huffaz, iv, 1405.
[^3]: Ibid., iv, 1428.
[^4]: Ibn Shakir, Fawat al-Wafayat, i, 358; al-Ibar, v, 205; Mir'at al-jinan, iv, 121.
[^5]: Al-Kanji, Kifayat al-talib, 231; al-Badakhshi, Miftah al-naja, MS.
[^6]: Ibn Farhun, al-Dibaj al-mudhahhab, 68.
[^7]: Tadhkirat al-huffaz, iv, 1476; Tabaqat al-huffaz, 511.