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He is the author of about hundred books, most important of which are Tadhkirat al-Huffaadh (biographies of some of the greatest scholars in history), Meezaan al-'ltidaal fl Naqd al-Rijaal (a compendium and discussion of criticized narrators), Tajreed Asma al-Sahabah (a work about the companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him), al­ Mustadrak 'ala Mustadrak al-Haakim (a critique of al-Haakim's Mustadrak). Commentary on the Forty Hadith of al-Nawawi In the field of history, he wrote Duwal al-lslaam, Tareekh al-Jslaam al-Kabeer (thirty-six volumes) in history, and Siyar A 'lam al-Nubala' (twenty-three volumes). Al-Dhahhaak [ࡡI]: Ibn al-Qasim al-Dahhaak ibn Muzaahim (102/720) was a noted scholar of the Quran. He was a student of Saeed ibn Jubayr, from whom he received many narrations from ibn Abbaas. Fareed, Ahmad [ Ȣ.) ..i...:.I]: Ahmad Fareed is a contemporary author living in Egypt. He has written a number of small but inspiring works related to tazkiyyah and taqwa. Some of his works have been translated into English. Al-Fudhail ibn Iyaadh [U:..YcU! ങI] : Al-Fudhail was an early, well-respected scholar of Islam. He was born in Samarqand, lived in Abeeward and then traveled seeking knowledge. He studied under Mansoor ibn Saeed, al-Amash, Ataa ibn al-Saaib, Yahya ibn Saeed al-Ansaari, ibn Abu Lailah and many others. His students included Abdullah ibn al-Mubaarak, Yahya al-Qattaan, Abdul Rahmaan ibn Mahdi, al-Shafi'ee and numerous others. He was known to be a trustworthy narrator and scholar of hadith. His narrations are found in al­ al-Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Daawood and numerous other works. Due to his numerous profound words of wisdom, al-Fudhail is quoted in numerous books, such as al-Ghazzaali's lhyaa Uloom al-Deen, ibn Rajah's Jaami al-Uloom wa al-Hikm and so forth. Al-Ghazzaali [.)l_;a..1 ]: Abu Haamid Muhammad al-Ghazzaali (450/1058-550/l l l l ) was known for his profound criticism of Greek philosophy and the defense of Islamic faith, although mostly the Ashari approach to faith. He was born at Tus. He studied.fiqh and kalam with Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni. He taught in Baghdad, but later gave that up and pursued a Sufi tareeqah. He finally settled in his home town and devoted himself to writing and teaching. His writings include many books on Shafi'ee legal theory, most important being al­ Mustasfa fi llm al-Usool. He is most famous for his lhyaa 'Uloom al-Deen, a big of great benefit but also open to much valid criticism. Al-Haakim [r-SWI]: Abu Abdullah al-Naisaaboori (321/933-405/1014) was the greatest scholar of hadith at his time. He traveled widely and had over 2,000 teachers. He has written a number of books on hadith and made a collection entitled Mustadrak ala Sahihain. Unfortunately, though, his grading of hadith was somewhat lax and, therefore, many non-authentic hadith are present in this work. He was called al-Haakim because he was appointed the magistrate of Naisaaboor and remained in that post for some time. Al-Haarith ibn Aasim [Ưࡢ U! w.JWI] - see p. 864. Al-Haitami, Ahmad ibn Hajr [୍I ୒ U! ..i...:.I]: Al-Haitami (909/1504-974/1 567) was a Shafi'ee scholar from Egypt. He studied at al-Azhar. He lived and wrote for many years in Makkah. He wrote a commentary on al-Nawawi's Minhaaj al-Taalibeen, entitled Tuhfah al-Muhtaaj bi Sharh al-Minhaaj. He also wrote a commentary on the Forty Hadith of al-Nawawi, Fath al-Mubeen li-Sharh al­ Arbaeen. Al-Haithami, Noor al-Deen [½I ¾I .JY]: Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haithami (735/1335807/1 405) was born in Cairo. He was a Shafi'ee scholar and expert in hadith. He gave special attention to the works of al-Tabaraani (concerning which very little work had been done) and, in a work entitled Majma al-Bahrain, Biographical Data attempted to discuss the authenticity of the works found in al-Tabaraani's two major works and not in the six works. His most famous work is Majma al­ 'Zawaaid wa Manha al-Fawaaid, in which he collected the hadith not found in the standard six works of hadith but collected in al-Tabaraani's works, Ahmad's Musnad and other collections of hadith. After almost every hadith, he gives a comment or two about the chain of narrators. Hasan, Ahmad [ƕ Ȏl] : Ahmad Hasan is a contemporary scholar born in 1932 in India. In the English language, he has the most in-depth works on Islamic legal theory, including a work on analogy and consensus. In addition, he translated Sunan Abu Dawood into English and, apparently, he is working on a new translation with commentary of Sahih al-Bukhari. Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abu Taalib [..,..JU. ._.-!I _,k. íI] - see pp. 565-566. Al-Hasan al-Basri ['-'Ɩ' íI]: al-Hasan al-Basri (21/642-1 10/728) was from the "major followers," meaning he had met a large number of companions. He was a great scholar, prolific narrator of hadith, commentator on the Quran, a jurist, preacher and ascetic. Al-Hasan was born two years before the death of Umar ibn al-Khataab. He narrated from Ali, ibn Umar, Anas and many others. Al-Hilaali, Saleem [ ..lc. iY.1]: Abu Ahmad Abdullah ibn Adi al-Jurjaani (277-365) was originally from Jurjaan but traveled far and wide seeking knowledge. He became one of the prominent scholars of hadith in his time.