Aleem’s Compendium

Al-Imam Adh-Dhahabi

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So let’s start this week with a wonderful biography of a reputable scholar of Islam with an extra at the end.

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Al-Imam Adh-Dhahabi

One of the blessed creatures of Allah that has passed on earth is Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn ‘Uthman Ibn Qaymaz at-Turkamani adh-Dhahabi, Shamsu-d-Din, Abu ‘Abdullah; the Hadith Master, the great scholar, the historian, and researching scholar. He was born in the year 673 AH in Kafarabatna, Damascus. He traveled far and wide in pursuit of knowledge.

Imam adh-Dhahabi was one of its kind in Islamic Scholarship. He studied under the tutelage of female scholars and a host of male scholars of his time. The likes of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn Daqiq al-‘Eid, Ibrahim at-Tabari, ‘Umar Ibn al-‘Abbas, Abu al-Hajjaj al-Mizzi, ‘Alamu-d-Din al-Barzali, Khadijah Bint Yusuf, Zainab Bint Ahmad, and Fatimah Bint Ibrahim.

He stands out in the science of Qur’an recitation, Hadith, Jarḥ Wat Ta'deel, and history. He had so much knowledge and attained a lofty height in the field of critiquing Hadith narrators so much that Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalãni used to drink Zamzam to attain the rank of adh-Dhababi in knowledge and also acknowledged this about him.

Adh-Dhabai contributed immensely to the preservation of the Deen (religion) by authoring what is more than two hundred books, many of which were highly sought-out-for books in all the lands. Famous among his excellent works are, al-Arba’in fi SifatiLlah, al-‘Uluww, Tanqih at-Tahqiq, Mizan al-I’tidal, Tarikh al-Islam, Siyar A’lam an-Nubalã and Tadhkiratul-Huffãdh. RahimahuLlāh Ta’ala.

He died in the year 748AH after losing his sight for over seven years, may Allah have mercy upon him. Aameen.

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The Extra

As a parent or aspiring one, read this and let it sink.

“Be to your children, the parent you have or you wish you had.”

— Abdulaleem Akinyoola ✍️