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Ibo Seereeo [׆..J:!'o" U:>'l: Ibn Seereen (331 10) was the son of an ex-slave (his father) of Anas ibn Malik and the ex-slave (his mother) of Abu Bakr. He was born during the time of Uthmaan. He met about thirty Companions and narrated hadith from Zaid ibn Thabit, Anas ibn Malik, Abu Huraira, Hudhaifa ibn al-Y aman and others. Al-Shuba, al-Auzaai'ee, Maalik ibn Deenaar and others narrated hadith from him. Ibo Taimiya, Ahmad [Ä Li! ë11: Ahmad ibn Taimiya (661/1263-728/1328) came from a Hanbali family known for its piety and religious knowledge. Ibn Taimiya spent most of his life in Damascus. He struggled against the numerous innovations that had appeared among the Muslims, related to beliefs, tazkiyyah and everyday practices. He called people to return to the true Islam of the Quran, the sunnah and the way of the Companions. His writings were very convincing and filled with irrefutable arguments from the Quran and sunnah. Besides being a great intellect, he was also a mujaahid and he fought valiantly against the Tartars and others. Some of his most important students included ibn al-Qayyim, ibn Katheer and al-Dhahabi. His influence continues to this day and is felt throughout the world. Much of his writings were compiled in a thirty-seven volume set entitled Majmoo Fatawa Shaikh al-Islaam ibn Taimiya. Ibo Umar, Abdullah [.JAC Li! ..ii º]: see pp. 334-335. Ibo Uthaimeeo, Muhammad ibo Saalih [Å Li! Li! ª1: Muhammad ibn Uthaimeen is a contemporary scholar who was born in Unaiza, Saudi Arabia in 1347 A.H. He studied with scholars such as Abdul Rahmaan al-Saadi and Muhammad Ameen al-Shanqeeti. He is respected as one of the more well1337 Commentary on the Forty Hadith of al-Nawawi grounded jurists of the present time. He is currently teaching at the Qaseem Branch of Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University. lbraaheem al-Waasiti [Õ1_,11 ÖlylJ Abu Ishaaq Ibraheem al-Waasiti (d. 692) was one of al-Nawawi's teachers. He was a Hanbali jurist and toward the end of his life, he was in charge of Daar al-hadith al-Dhaahiriyyah. He was well­ known for his piety and his affect on the people's hearts. Idris, Jaafar Sheikh [U":!.J..i) × Ø]: Jaafar Idris is a contemporary scholar from Sudan. He received a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of London. He taught for many years at Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh and the Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America. He is currently associated with the American Open University. He has written a number of articles on modern thought and its Islamic critique. Ikrimah [A... fa]: Abu Abdullah Ikramah was a Berber slave of ibn Ab baas, freed after the death of his master by the latter's son, Ali. He distinguished himself as a scholar of the Quran. Al-Sha'bi said about him, "There is no one on the earth more knowledgeable about the Book of Allah than Ikrimah." lmaam al-Haramain al-Juwaini [..,.;._,,.1 u.;..y.-11 i"L..!J: Abu al-Maali Abdul Maalik al­ Juwayni (419/1028-478/1085), commonly known as Imaam al-Haramayn, was a great Shafi'ee legal theorist and one of the leaders of the Asharis during his time. He was originally from Juwayn, a small town in the vicinity ofNishaboor in Iran. Before his death, he is recorded to have repented from the philosophical beliefs that he had held that went against the Quran and sunnah. Al-Iraaqi, Zain al-Deen [c}lyJI l);..l U;j]: Abdul Rahmaan ibn al-Husain al-lraaqi (725/1325-806/1404) was from a Kurdish family and born in Iraq. He later moved to Cairo. He became one of the leading Shafi'ee scholars and scholars of hadith at his time. Among his many students was ibn Hajr. One of his most important works is a detailed study of the hadith used by al-Ghazzaali in his lhyaa Uloom al-Deen, a work notorious for its use of weak and unacceptable hadith. Al-Irbaadh ibn Saariyah [/)-·• IY. Ùl.;yJI] - see p. 1046. , lshaaq ibn Ahmad al-Maghribi al-Maqdisi ["F""".fuJI .._r._>i..JI ÚI ഘ L;h...i]]: Ishaaq (d. 650 A.H.) was one of the teachers of al-Nawawi. He was originally from North Africa but moved to al-Shaam. He became one of the leaders of the Shafi'ees there and directed the Rawaahiyah school for some twenty years. He was known for his piety. Al-Nawawi himself spoke very highly of him in the beginning of his Tahdheeb al-Asmaa wa al-Laughaat. lshaaq ibn Raahawaih ["-:l.JAl.J tY. JÛ!]: Abu Muhammad lshaaq ibn Ibraaheem Rahawaih (161/778-238/952) was a most distinguished scholar of hadith in Khurasaan. al-Bukhari, Muslim, al-Tirmidhi and other scholars of hadith have recorded his hadith. Some scholars prefer to pronounce his name Rahooyah. Jaabir ibn Abdullah [..11..l,>C tY. yL,,,.] - see pp. 847-848. Jad ibn Dirham [!'4.J..l IY. ]: Jad ibn Dirham (d. 1 1 8/736) was the teacher of Marwan ibn Muhammad, the governor of Iraq during the reign of Hishaam ibn Abdul Maalik. He also influenced the views of al-Jahm ibn Safwan, the founder of the Jahmiyah. Ja'd believed that man had no free will, that the Quran is created, that Allah did not speak to Moses, and that Allah did not take Abraham as an Biographical Data mt1mate friend.