31 results for “rahman”
Clear filterOne of the ten promised Paradise, a wealthy companion who gave generously for Islam.
...d Paradise and among the first eight to accept Islam. Abdur-Rahman was renowned for his immense wealth and extraordinary gener...
A leading hadith critic and teacher of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, pivotal in developing hadith criticism methodology.
Author of Taysir al-Karim ar-Rahman, a widely studied tafsir known for its clarity and accessib...
Saudi scholar and author of Taysir al-Karim ar-Rahman, a widely read tafsir known for its clarity and accessibili...
Yemeni hadith scholar and researcher at Umm al-Qura Library, known for his critical hadith verification.
One of the ten companions promised Paradise and one of the wealthiest yet most charitable companions.
Son of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq. He fought against the Muslims at Badr and Uhud before embracing Islam after Hudaybiyyah. Distinguished himself at the Battle of Yamam
A prominent Tabieen scholar who served as judge (qadi) of Kufah. Son of an Ansari companion, he was a student of Ali ibn Abi Talib and narrated from many compan
The Umayyad governor of al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) who led the famous invasion of Francia (114 AH / 732 CE), which reached as far as the city of Tours. He was d
... accessible scholars of his generation. A student of Abd al-Rahman al-Saadi, he taught at the Grand Mosque of Unayzah for deca...
One of the four pillars of hadith criticism alongside Yahya ibn Ma'in, Yahya al-Qattan, and Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Imam al-Shafi'i said: 'No one knows hadith like Ib
...' of Madinah and the last of them to survive. Son of Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith.
Tabi'iyya scholar who was the most important transmitter of Aisha's knowledge. Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri considered her a reliable ocean of knowledge.
Mother of Aisha and Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr. Wife of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq.
Pakistani Islamic scholar and philosopher who developed neo-modernist approaches to Islamic thought.
An Indian Islamic scholar (1942-2006 CE) who won the World Muslim League biography competition for Ar-Raheeq al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar), one of the most wid
A senior Kufan scholar and uncle of Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, who narrated from Ibn Masud and accompanied the early Muslim conquests.
Grandson of al-Harith ibn Hisham and one of the Seven Fuqaha of Medina. Known as 'Rahib Quraysh' (the monk of Quraysh) for his extreme piety and fasting, he was
Medinan Tabi'i scholar, mawla of the Hashimites, principal transmitter of Abu Hurayra's hadith and key teacher of Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri.
Known as Rabi'ah al-Ra'y, he was the principal teacher of Imam Malik in Madinah. He was celebrated for his independent legal reasoning (ra'y) alongside hadith,
...rist and hadith narrator from Damascus, known as Abu Abd al-Rahman, who served as a key transmitter of Syrian Islamic scholars...
Egyptian tabi'i and student of Ibn Umar and Aisha, who settled in Egypt and became one of its leading early scholars.
Son of the great companion Ibn Masud, Kufan tabi'i who transmitted his father's teachings and helped preserve the Masud tradition of Quranic and legal knowledge
... of the Seven Fuqaha of Medina, son of the companion Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, a prolific narrator and juristic authority in the ...
Medinan tabi'i and hadith narrator, grandson of the companion Hatib ibn Abi Balta'a, who transmitted from companions and early scholars.
Medinan tabi'i and son of the companion Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, who transmitted from his father and other companio...
Medinan judge and grandson of the companion Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, a reliable scholar who served the judiciary of Med...
Kufan tabi'i narrator who transmitted from companions including Abu Said al-Khudri, known for his reliable narrations on matters of Islamic jurisprudence and pr
Kufan hadith narrator of the late Tabi'un generation, known for his long career of transmission and inclusion in all six canonical collections.
Basran Tabi'i scholar and narrator who transmitted from Abu Hurayra and other Companions, a reliable link in the chains of the major hadith collections.