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Son of Ibrahim and Sarah, father of Yaqub, and ancestor of the Israelite prophets.
Son of Ishaq, also called Israel, father of the twelve tribes including...
A prophet mentioned in the Quran among the favored and righteous.
Wife of the Prophet and one of the greatest scholars of Islam, narrating over 2,200 hadith.
... seven fuqaha of Medina and a pioneer of seerah, nephew of Aisha.
...bint Abi Bakr, Urwah transmitted extensively from his aunt Aisha and is considered a founder of the sirah genre.
...liest biography of Prophet Muhammad, preserved through Ibn Hisham editing.
Editor of Ibn Ishaq seerah, producing as-Sirah an-Nabawiyyah, the standard bio...
A prominent Ash'ari theologian and Shafi'i jurist of Nishapur. A contemporary of al-Baqillani who contributed signific...
Egyptian grammarian and author of Qatr an-Nada and Mughni al-Labib, two of the most widely studied Arabic grammar texts. Ibn Khaldun considered him the greatest
Egyptian Maliki jurist and author of al-Mukhtasar (Mukhtasar Khalil), the most important and widely studied epitome of Maliki fiqh. It became the standard text
One of the most prominent female hadith scholars of the 8th-9th century AH, who held ijazahs from major scholars and taught students including Ibn Hajar al-Asqa
Shafi'i scholar of Nishapur, author of 'Aqidat as-Salaf wa Ashab al-Hadith' on the c...
Egyptian Maliki jurist, author of the 'Mukhtasar,' the most authoritative reference of Maliki fiqh for centuries.
Shafi'i jurist and first teacher at the Nizamiyyah Madrasa in Baghdad, author of 'al-Muhadhdhab' and 'at-Tanbih' in Shafi'i fiqh.
First wife of Prophet Ibrahim AS and mother of Prophet Ishaq AS.
...th and fiqh, he led an uprising against the Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik and was martyred in Kufah in 122 AH. He i...
...is brother were separated — Amr emigrated to Abyssinia but Hisham was prevented by his tribe. He later emigrated to Madinah ...
...ator, son of Urwa ibn al-Zubayr and primary transmitter of Aisha's traditions through the famous golden chain al-Zuhri-al-Ar...
Umayyad governor of Iraq under caliphs Yazid II and Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (d. 105 AH). He is remembered in Islamic ...
Leading Shafi'i jurist of Baghdad and author of al-Muhadhdhab, first head of the Nizamiyya madrasa in Baghdad.
Author of Mukhtasar Khalil, the most authoritative and widely-studied Maliki fiqh text, a concise summary of the entire Maliki school.
...neration. Granddaughter of Asma' bint Abi Bakr and wife of Hisham ibn 'Urwah, a great Tabi'i scholar.
Author of al-Mustadrak 'ala al-Sahihayn, a collection of hadiths he claimed met the criteria of al-Bukhari and Muslim. A major authority on hadith sciences.
One of the Seven Fuqaha' of Madinah, nephew of Aisha and son of al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam. Pioneer of seerah writin...
...abi'iyya scholar who was the most important transmitter of Aisha's knowledge. Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri considered her a reliable ...
Mother of Aisha and Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr. Wife of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq.
... and one of the Seven Fuqaha of Medina. Raised by his aunt Aisha, he was among the most knowledgeable of the Tabi'un in Sunn...
Grandson of al-Harith ibn Hisham and one of the Seven Fuqaha of Medina. Known as 'Rahib Qur...
One of the great hadith masters and jurists of Khurasan, a close companion of Imam Ahmad. He memorized over seventy thousand hadiths and was instrumental in tra
Medinan Tabi'i narrator and grandson of Abu Talha al-Ansari, a major companion of the Prophet.
...tted from major Tabi'un of Kufa including al-Sha'bi and Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i.
Egyptian tabi'i and student of Ibn Umar and Aisha, who settled in Egypt and became one of its leading early s...
Reliable Kufan tabi'i narrator known for his careful transmission and widely accepted narrations in the major hadith collections.