. J '1 J (cont.)

He also worked on translating and commenting on the Quran. Al-Sindi, Muhammad Hayaat ['-i.ll.l •t.,;... .i-..]: Muhammad Hayaat al-Sindi originally came from an area around Hyderabad, India. He moved and lived in Makkah. He spent much of his time studying hadith. One of his students whom he greatly influenced to study hadith was Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhaab, the leader of the Muslim movement in the Najd region. Al-Sindi wrote a small commentary to al-Nawawi's Forth Hadith. Al-Subki, Taqi al-Deen [µ.I l.J:!.ll ׇ]: Taqi al-Deen Ali ibn Abdul Kaafi al-Subki (683/1284-756/1355) was born in Subk, Egypt. He studied in Cairo and became, undoubtedly, the leading Shafi'ee scholar of his time. He wrote a large number of works related mostly to legal theory and fiqh. He is the first one who attempted to complete al-Nawawi's Majmoo but he died before completing that work. In 739, he moved to Damascus and worked for years in the judiciary. His son, Taaj al-Deen al-Subki, was also a Shafi'ee scholar of note. Sufyaan ibn Abdullah [..ill ¥- U; u4i-w] - see p. 825, Sufyaan al-Thauri ['-i.J.;11 u4i-w]: Abu Abdullah Sufyaan ibn Masrooq al-Thauri (97 /716-161/778) was called the "Leader of the Believers" in Hadith. He was born and brought up in Kufah. He refused to accept the post of judge offered by Mansoor. He left Kufah in 144/761 and lived in Makkah and Madinah. Among his books are two collections of hadith, one large and one small. He studied under many of the Followers who had taken their knowledge from the Companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him). He himself had numerous important students, including Abu Hanifah, Malik, al-Auzaai and Yahya ibn Saeed al-Qattaan. In addition to being a great scholar of hadith, he was also recognized for his knowledge of ta/seer. Sufyaan ibn Uyainah [ࡨ U; u4i-w]: Abu Muhammad Sufyan ibn Uyainah ibn Maimoon (107/725-198/814) was born in Kufah but settled in Makkah where he died. A well known transmitter of hadith, he left a collection of hadith, al-Jaami. Sultaan, Naadhim [ul..hl.. ƚw]: Naadhim Sultaan is a contemporary author who lives in Kuwait. He has been the president of the Daar al-Turaath al-Islaami (Daar of Islamic Heritage). He wrote a useful commentary on the Forty Hadith of al­ Nawawi. He has also written a number of smaller books. Al-Suyooti, Jalaal al-Deen [i}-ࡩI l.J:!.ll J'.4]: Al-Suyooti (849/1 445-9 1 111505) was one of the most prolific writers in Muslim history. He was a student of ibn Hajr. His work on the sciences of hadith, Tadreeb al-Raawi (which is a Commentary on the Forty Hadith of al-Nawawi commentary on al-Nawawi's Taqreeb) is one of the major references for that field. He attempted to collect together all of the known hadith of the Prophet (peace be upon him) in a work known as al-Jaami al-Kabeer. He made another collection of hadith entitled al-Jaami al-Sagheer. He also compiled a ta/seer entitled al-Durr al-Manthoor. Taawoos [l.>"JJL.b]: Taawoos was a scholar from the time of the Followers. He narrated hadith from the "four Abdullabs". It is said that he met with fifty of the Companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him). But he spent a great deal of time with ibn Abbas and he learned much of his knowledge of ta/seer directly from ibn Abbas. It is narrated that ibn Abbas said about him, "I suspect that Taawoos is one of the inhabitants of Paradise." He died in the year 106 A.H. Al-Tabaraani [_,.;ldžI]: Abu al-Qaasim Sulaimaan ibn Ahmad al-Lakhami al-Tabaraani (260/873-360/97 1 ) was born in Palestine. He traveled for many years seeking knowledge and learning hadith from its masters. He literally bad hundreds, probably well over a thousand, of teachers who he learned from. After traveling and learning, he lived in Isfahaan, where he taught hadith for over sixty years. One of his collections of hadith, al-Mujam al-Kabeer, remains as one of the largest collections ofhadith aseembled. Al-Tabari, Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Jareer [i.;dž1 ..>.l..» L>! ª ÷ Y.l]: Al-Tabari (224/839-3 1 0/923) was a great historian, an eminent jurist of the rank of mujtahid, and an outstanding commentator on the Quran. He was born in Tabaristan and settled in Baghdad where he died. His Quranic commentary, Jaami' al-Bayan fl Taweel Ayi al-Quran, is considered by many to be the greatest commentary available that is based on the tradition of the early generations. No less outstanding is his work of history, Tareekh al-Umum wa­ l-Mulook. He is also the author of Tahdheeb al-Athaar, Ikhtilaaf al-Fuqahaa and Adab al-Qudaat. Al-Tahaawi, Abu Jafar [i.,.>J࡮I ÷ Y.l]: Abu Jafar Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Tahaawi (239-321 ) was born in Taha, a town in Upper Egypt. His father was a scholar of hadith and literature. His mother too was learned. Both of his parents used to attend the lectures of Imam al-Shafi'ee. Abu Ja'ar received his first lessons in hadith from his father. After that, he pursued the study of hadith from his maternal uncle, al-Muzani (d. 264/877), the leading student of Shafi'ee.