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His father and grandfather were both Companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him). He was one of the "seven jurists of Madina." He would relate from Abu Bakr in mursal form although he did hear hadith from Umar, Uthmaan, Ali, Zaid ibn Thaabit and Abu Huraira. Saalim ibn Abdullah, al-Zuhri, Qataada, Shuraik and others narrated on his authority. Saeed was the most prominent member of the seven jurists of Madinah. There is no question that prior to Imam Malik and the status he obtained, Saeed was considered the leader of the Hijazi/Madinan school of fiqh. Sahl ibn Saad al-Saaidi [c.,.>.ic.L..JI ..ia... 0i Jt...] - see pp. 1 1 32. al-Sakhaawi [c.,.>JƱI]: Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahmaan al-Sakhaawi (831 -902) was a Shafi'ee scholar and writer from Egypt. He was a student of ibn Hajr. His important works include a lengthy commentary on al-Iraaqi's Alfiyah in hadith. He also wrote an excellent biography on the life ofal-Nawawi. Salmaan, Mashhoor Hasan [uW... ƴ ..JƵ]: Mashhoor Hasan Salmaan is a contemporary scholar who was born in Palestine in 1 380. His family moved to Jordan and he joined the Shareeah College and studied Fiqh and its Principles. His teachers include Muhammad Naasir al-Deen al-Albaani and Mustafa al1343 Commentary on the Forty Hadith of al-Nawawi Zarqaa. He is the author or editor of over one hundred books, which include some of the classic works of past scholars, including al-Shaatibi's Muwaafaqaat. Shaakir, Ahmad [.fol.:. .i-.ll: Ahmad Shaakir (1309/1892-1 377/1958) was born in Cairo, Egypt. His teachers included his father Muhammad Shaakir, who was a well-respected scholar, Muhammad ibn al-Ameen al-Shanqeeti and Jamaal al­ Deen al-Qaasimi. His efforts greatly contributed to the revitalization of the study of hadith. Among his important works, was a critical edition of Musnad Ahmad, in which he discussed the grading of the hadith and also made valuable commentary every now and then. In addition, along with his brother Mahmood, he prepared a critical edition of al-Tabari's ta/seer, commenting on the chains for the different narrations al-Tabari used. Unfortunately, Shaakir died before completing either of those two works but he did complete a number of other important works, such as publishing al-Shafi'ee's al-Risaalah and ibn Hazm's al-Muhalla. Al-Shaatibi [dL!.111: Abu Ishaaq lbraaheem ibn Musa al-Shaatibi (d. 790) was a great Maliki scholar from Granada, Andalus. He excelled in fiqh, legal theory and Arabic language. One of his works, al-Muwaafiqaat, is a profound and unique study of the shareeah as a whole. Another important work of his is a discussion of true adherence to the sunnah vis-a-vis heresies, entitled al-ltisaam. Al-Shafi'ee, Muhammad ibn ldrees [eL!.11 L!":!Yl 0! ª]: Muhammad ibn ldrees al­ Qurashi al-Shafi'ee ( 150/767-204/81 9) was the founder of one of the famous four schools of fiqh. He grew up in Makkah and by the age of seven he had memorized the Quran. He was the first person to write a treatise on the principles offiqh. This book was called al-Risaalah. He also had a voluminous work on fiqh entitled al-Umm. He was a student of Imam Malik and Sufyaan ibn Uyaina, he debated with Muhammad al-Shaibani (the companion of Abu Hanifa) and he was the teacher of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Abdul Rahmaan ibn Mahdi, Abu Thaur and many others. Shaddaad ibn Aus, Abu Yala [u-) 0! .llà .)a; .>111 - see p. 675. Al-Shanqeeti, Muhammad al-Khadir [ƐI fa:'.ll Ƒ1: Muhammad al-Khadhir ibn Sayid Abdullah al-Jaknee al-Shanqeeti (d. 1354), originally from Mauritania, learned first from his father who was a well-respected shaikh. He fought against the French colonialists who conquered Mauritania. After the French occupation, al-Shanqeeti migrated to Madinah in 1912 C.E. He taught at the Prophet's mosque and he was appointed the Mufti for the Malikis. In 1 922 C.E. he left to become a judge in Jordan. After some time, he began to travel in order to spread his knowledge. His commentary on Sahih al­ Bukhaari, Kauthar al-Maani al-Daraari fi Kash/ Khabaayaa sahih al­ Bukhaari is one of the most extensive commentaries available; unfortunately, he was not able to complete that monumental work. Al-Shaukaani, Muhammad ibn Ali [._...;tSy!JI  0! ª1: Muhammad ibn Ali al­ Shaukani (1 1 73/1760-1250/1834) was from Yemen. He was a scholar of hadith, fiqh and ta/seer. His ta/seer is entitled Fath al-Qadeer. He has a classic commentary on legal hadith entitled Nail al-Autaar. He was a staunch advocator of ijtihaad and vigorously fought against the innovative concept of Biographical Data taqleed (blindly following a school of thought). He has written a number of important works besides the ones mentioned above. Shubah ibn al-Hajaaj [(ƜI U; ࡥ]: Shubah ibn al-Hajjaaj ibn al-Warad al-Antaki (82/701-160/776) was an outstanding scholar ofhadith in Basrah. He was one of scholars who greatly developed the science of jarh wa tadeel ( J.i.lLll _, c...r.JI) or the critical evaluation of hadith narrators. Siddiqi, Abdul Hameed [ࡦࡧI ¥-]: Abdul Hameed Siddiqi was a writer from Pakistan who died in the last third of this century. He was a pioneer in the translation of Islamic texts into Arabic. His translation of Sahih Muslim has become a standard.