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He best known work is a large work discussing weak narrators, entitled al-Kaamilfl Dhuafaa al-Rijaal. Ibn Arabi [-.r....>"- iY.1]: Abu Bakr Muhiy al-Deen Muhammad ibn Ali al-Taa'i, commonly known as ibn 'Arabi (560/1 165-638/1240), was born in Murcia (Spain) and died in Damascus. He expounded and elaborated the philosophy of wahdat al-wujood (pantheism, monism). Although some of his writings are filled with statements that are apparently clearly kufr, his followers and devotees have done their best to reinterpret such statements to make them acceptable according to the shareeah. ibn al-Arabi [-.r.j..l iY.1]: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad, commonly known as ibn al-' Arabi, was a scholar of the Quran, hadith and Maliki fiqh. He was born in Ishbiliah, Spain in 468/1085. He served there as a judge. He died in 543/1 148 in al-Adwa in the East and was buried in Fas. His writings include Ahkaam al-Quran, al-Masalikfl Sharh Muwatta Malik and al­ Qawaasim wa al- 'Awaasim. Ibn Ashoor [_;ƛƜ iY.1]: Muhammad al-Taahir ibn Ashoor (d. 1393 C.E.) was the head of the Mufti Malilcis in Tunisia. He was the head scholar of the university of Zaitoonah. His writings include Maqaasid al-Shareeah al-Islaamiyah (a book on the goals of the shareeah) and a ta/seer entitled al-Tahreer wa al-Tanweer. Ibo al-Atheer [ࡤYI iY.I]: Majd al-Deen Abu al-Sadaat al-Mubaarak ibn al-Atheer al­ Jazari (d. 606/1 209) is famous for his Jaami' al-Usoolfl Ahaadeeth al-Rasool in which he put together the hadith of al-Bukhari, Muslim, al-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, al-Nasaai and the Muwatta of Malik. He also compiled a dictionary of difficult words found in hadith, al-Nihaayah fl Ghareeb al-hadith wa-1Athar. lbn al-Attaar [_;U-ll iY.I]: Alaa al-Deen ibn lbraaheem ibn al-Attaar (654-724) was a Shafi'ee scholar who studied with scholars throughout the Hijaz, Naabilus and Egypt. However, he became a devoted student of al-Nawawi and stayed with him exclusively for six years. He was so knowledgeable of al-Nawawi's teachings that he became to be known as, "the abridger of al-Nawawi." Among Biographical Data his works was a biography of al-Nawawi entitled, Tuhjah al-Taalibeen fl Tarjumah al-Imaam Muhyi al-Deen. lbn Baaz, Abdul Azeez [J-! 0! j;y..l .l,iC]: Abdul Azeez ibn Abdullah is a contemporary scholar who was born in Riyadh in 1 330 A.H. His teachers included Muhammad ibn lbraaheem, the past Mufti of Saudi Arabia. He has been blind since his youth but his well-known for his great memory, especially in the field of hadith. He taught for many years and was also the Chancellor of the Islamic University in Madinah. He is currently the Grand Mufti and President of the General Presidency of Islamic Research, Ifta, Call and Propagation of Saudi Arabia. lbn Daqeeq al-Eid [I LJ!I]: Muhammad ibn Ali al-Qushairi (d. 702/1 302), known was ibn Daqeeq al-Eid, was born in Yanbu in the Hijaz. He was a Shafi'ee scholar who had studied in Damascus, Alexandria and Cairo. One of his greatest contributions was a study of hadith related to ahkaam (hadith related to law and legal matters). He also wrote a short but useful commentary on al­ Nawawi's Forty Hadith. lbn Hajr [-»"' LJ!I]: Abu al-Fadl Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Hajr al-Asqellaani (773-852) was the greatest scholar of hadith at his time. For ten years he studied under the renowned scholar Zain al-Deen al-Iraaqi who had done so much to revive the study of hadith. Ibo Hajr wrote at least 150 works. His commentary, Fath al­ Baari, on Sahih al-Bukhari is one of the definitive works of Islam. He also wrote al-Isaabafl Tamyeez al-Sahaaba which is a work on the Companions. In the field of biographical dictionaries he compiled such masterpieces as Tahdheeb al-Tahdheeb, Taqreeb al-Tahdheeb and Lisaan al-Meezaan. Ibn Hazm [rY.. LJ!I]: Abu Muhammad Ali ibn Hazm (384/994-456/1064) was a man of letters and a poet, Dhaahiri in fiqh, rationalist in theology, and a historian of theology. He was born in Cordoba. His writings include al-Muhalla in fiqh, al­ Jhkaam fl Usool al-Ahkaam in principles of jurisprudence, and al-Fast fl-l­ Milal wa-1-Ahwa' wa-1-Nihal in theology. lbn Hibbaan [u LJ!I]: Abu Haatim Muhammad ibn Hibbaan al-Tameemi al-Busti (d. 354/965) was born in Afghanistan. He was known to be a Shafi'ee scholar but his greatest contribution was in the field of hadith. He attempted to make a collection of only authentic hadith which has become known as sahih ibn Hibbaan. However, he arranged it in such a way that only one who had read or was familiar with the book would be able to find its particular hadith. Therefore, a later scholar, al-Faarisi, rearranged the work according to topic. He also has an important book on trustworthy narrators, Kitaab al-Thiqaat, as well as one on weak and rejected narrators, Kitaab al-Majrooheen min al­ Muhaditheen wa al-Dhuafaa wa al-Matrookeen. Ibn al-Humaam [rl..tl LJ!I]: Kamaal al-Deen Muhammad ibn Abdul Waahid ibn al­ Humaam (790/1388-861/1457) was born in Alexandria, Egypt and died in Cairo. He spent must of his time in Makkah, Madinah and Aleppo. He was an excellent Hanafi jurist and wrote Fath al-Qadeer, a commentary on the standard Hanafi work by al-Marghinaani al-Hidaayah.