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Son of Yaqub whose story of patience through betrayal, imprisonment, and rise to power fills an entire surah.
...ed Caliph for his justice and piety. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz reversed oppressive policies, established state welfare, and commis...
...obber before his dramatic repentance upon hearing a Quranic verse. Al-Fudayl settled in Makkah and became one of the most rev...
...urisprudence in six foundational texts known as Zahir ar-Riwayah. Also studied under Imam Malik in Medina.
Andalusian Maliki jurist and philosopher, author of Bidayat al-Mujtahid on comparative fiqh.
Author of al-Hidayah, the most studied Hanafi fiqh text in the world.
Author of an-Nihayah fi Gharib al-Hadith, a comprehensive dictionary of rare had...
Author of Tafsir Ibn Kathir and al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah, among the most widely used references.
...'i as-Saghir) for his authority in the school. Author of Nihayat al-Muhtaj, one of the two most authoritative late Shafi'i r...
...jurist who settled in Cairo. Author of Dalil at-Talib and Ghayat al-Muntaha, key Hanbali fiqh texts that are still relied up...
...ol, known as Hakim al-Ummah (Sage of the Ummah). Author of Bayan al-Quran (tafsir) and Bahishti Zewar, a widely read guide ...
Author of Adwa al-Bayan, a tafsir that explains the Quran by the Quran, a Mauritan...
Mauritanian scholar and author of Adwa' al-Bayan, a tafsir that explains the Quran through the Quran itself...
...d pioneering Islamic television programs. His memoirs (Dhikrayat) and accessible books on Islam reached millions of readers ...
Ottoman Sufi scholar and mufassir, author of 'Ruh al-Bayan,' a comprehensive Quran commentary blending exoteric and e...
Shafi'i jurist from Isfahan, author of 'al-Ghayah wat-Taqrib,' the most widely studied introductory Shafi'i f...
Sindhi hadith scholar based in Medina who taught Shah Waliullah Dehlawi and Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab, influencing major reform movements.
The wife of Lut AS who betrayed him by informing his people of his guests and was destroyed with the people of Sodom.
...nsari companion known as 'Poet of the Prophet.' He composed verses in defense of Islam and the Prophet ﷺ. He lived to approxi...
...behind from the Battle of Tabuk. He was a poet who composed verses defending Islam. His repentance and forgiveness are mentio...
...ue pillar in repentance until Allah accepted his tawbah and verse was revealed. He participated in most battles with the Prop...
...severity but credited with consolidating Umayyad power and overseeing significant conquests into Central Asia.
A former highway robber who repented upon hearing a Quranic verse recited at night and became one of the greatest ascetics of...
...after migrating from West Africa. His multi-volume Adwa al-Bayan fi Tafsir al-Quran bi al-Quran is one of the most importan...
...as 'the Small Shafi'i' (al-Shafi'i al-Saghir), author of Nihayat al-Muhtaj, the definitive Shafi'i reference in the Egyptian...
...i) on the major Maliki texts including Sharh al-Sawi ala Kifayat al-Talib.
...or hadith scholar, author of Tabyin al-Haqa'iq and Nasb al-Rayah, an essential reference for hadith evidence in Hanafi fiqh.
Hanafi hadith master, author of Nasb al-Rayah li Ahadith al-Hidayah, the definitive reference for the had...
...tic and legal scholar of 7th-century AH Morocco, author of Bayan al-Wahm wa al-Iham, a critique of hadith evaluations.
...ommentator of the 5th century AH, author of al-Kashf wa al-Bayan, an early comprehensive tafsir.
...ritanian scholar who taught in Medina and authored Adwa al-Bayan, a unique tafsir that explains the Quran through other Qur...
...most widely-read Quran tafsir (Tafsir Ibn Kathir) and al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah (history).
Shafi'i judge and biographer; author of Wafayat al-A'yan, one of the most important biographical dictionari...
...cholar of spiritual psychology and self-examination; his Ri'ayah li Huquq Allah is the first systematic work on Islamic spir...
...oet in the Arabic language; his panegyric and philosophical verse represents the pinnacle of Arabic classical poetry.
...afi hadith scholar from Zayla (Somalia). Author of Nasb al-Rayah, the most comprehensive collection of hadith evidence for H...
... of the 16th century alongside Ibn Hajar al-Haytami. His Nihayat al-Muhtaj is a standard reference in Greater Syria and Egyp...
...of the 15th century. His Fath al-Qadir (commentary on al-Hidayah) is the most analytically rigorous Hanafi legal work.
...greatest Quranic exegete of the 20th century. His Adwa' al-Bayan is the most thorough modern tafsir that explains the Quran...
... al-Quran is the primary Hanafi commentary on Quranic legal verses.
...am al-Quran is the major Maliki commentary on Quranic legal verses.
...lighi Jamaat (1917-1965 CE) and author of the multi-volume Hayat al-Sahabah (Lives of the Companions), an encyclopedic colle...
...e entire Quran to Ibn Abbas thirty times asking about every verse, making his tafsir the most authoritative of his era.
One of the earliest compilers of a musnad-style hadith collection, predating those of Imam Ahmad. His Musnad contains over twenty-eight thousand hadiths. A prol