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...fsir at-Tabari and Tarikh at-Tabari, the most comprehensive classical tafsir.
...f Prophets and Kings). His tafsir is the most comprehensive classical commentary on the Quran.
... life of 39 years. His critical editions and annotations of classical Hanafi texts and hadith works are widely relied upon by lat...
...edicated his life to spreading the Athari creed and editing classical Islamic texts.
... of 'ar-Risalah al-Qushayriyyah,' one of the most important classical texts on Sufism and spiritual ethics.
...sian Islamic scholar, based in Mecca, whose commentaries on classical texts are still widely used across the Malay world.
...olar based in Medina, renowned for his critical editions of classical hadith texts and expertise in manuscript studies.
Classical scholar of aqeedah and ethics, author of 'ash-Shari'ah,' a ...
Author of 'Lisan al-Arab,' the most comprehensive classical dictionary of the Arabic language.
...for his accessible fiqh textbooks and scholarly editions of classical hadith works.
...r of Albanian origin, renowned for his critical editions of classical Islamic texts and hadith verification.
...dith scholar and editor, known for his critical editions of classical hadith texts and his advocacy for traditional scholarship.
One of the founding masters of hadith criticism (al-jarh wa al-ta'dil) alongside Ahmad ibn Hanbal, who was his close companion and fellow student. He devoted hi
...ld in the highest regard by Ahmad ibn Hanbal and the entire classical Hanbali tradition.
...i jurist and his letters and sayings remain foundational in classical Islamic literature.
... of the most comprehensive Quranic commentaries of the late classical period, spanning 30 volumes and drawing on all classical ex...
...er; author of Tahdhib al-Lughah, an 15-volume dictionary of classical Arabic.
The greatest prose stylist of classical Arabic; polymath who wrote on theology, zoology, rhetoric, ...
...c and philosophical verse represents the pinnacle of Arabic classical poetry.
...d poet and compiler of al-Hamasa, an important anthology of classical Arabic poetry.
Known as 'the little al-Shafi'i,' one of the two supreme Shafi'i authorities of the 16th century alongside Ibn Hajar al-Haytami. His Nihayat al-Muhtaj is a stan
One of the greatest Hanafi jurists of the 15th century. His Fath al-Qadir (commentary on al-Hidayah) is the most analytically rigorous Hanafi legal work.
Author of al-Sihah, the most widely used classical Arabic dictionary for 500 years. His lexicographic work def...
One of the greatest scholars in Islamic history. His Tafsir al-Tabari and Tarikh al-Tabari are the foundational works of Quranic exegesis and Islamic history re
...entury AH. His al-Risalah al-Mufassalah is the foundational classical text on Islamic education.
The greatest universal scholar of the classical Islamic world. Contributed to astronomy, mathematics, physi...
... al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam is the most technically rigorous classical work in Islamic jurisprudential theory.
...rtedly could recall the exact location of any hadith in the classical collections.
One of the greatest hadith critics of the classical period, known for his encyclopedic knowledge of narrators.
One of the major hadith scholars of Kufa. His al-Musannaf is one of the largest hadith collections with approximately 40,000 hadiths.
The closest student of al-Shafi'i who inherited his teaching circle in Egypt. Died in prison for his refusal to accept the Mu'tazilite position.
Khorasan Sufi scholar who compiled the earliest known Sufi tafsir of the Quran.
Bukharan Hanafi scholar, author of al-Ta'arruf li-Madhhab Ahl al-Tasawwuf.
Andalusian Maliki jurist who transmitted Malik's Muwatta to Spain; called 'the wise man of al-Andalus'.
Son of Abu Hatim al-Razi; major hadith critic and Quran commentator.
Major female hadith transmitter and one of the highest authorities for Sahih al-Bukhari.
Student of Abu Hanifa and primary codifier of Hanafi fiqh in six foundational texts.
Greatest hadith scholar in Islamic history; compiler of the most authentic book after the Quran.
Second greatest hadith scholar; compiler of Sahih Muslim.
Primary Egyptian student of Malik whose transmissions form the core of the Maliki school.
Tunisian Maliki jurist who compiled al-Mudawwana, the foundational text of the Maliki school.
...author known for Purification of the Soul, a compilation of classical texts on tazkiyah from major Islamic scholars.
...Jinn in the Quran and the Sunna on the subject of jinn from classical Islamic sources.