A List of Scholars From the 4 Madhabs
THE HANAFI SCHOLARS
Imam Ibn Abidin (d. 1252/1836; al-A'lam, 6.42 [viii,15,22]), Hafiz Ibn
al-Humam (d. 861/1457; al-A'lam, 6.255 [viii,22,32]), Imam Ibn al-Shahnah
al-Kabeer [viii], Imam Zufar (d. 158 AH [viii]), Imam AbuYusoof (d. 182/798;
al-A'lam, 8.193 [viii,14]), Imam Muhammad al-Shaybani (d. 189/804; al-A'lam,
6.80 [ix,14]), Imam al-Tahawi (d. 321AH, [5]), Imam ibn Abi al-Izz al-Hanafi
[17], Imam ibn Nujaim al-Misri (d. 970 AH [34]), Shaykh Ali al-Qari (d.
1014/1606; al-A'lam,5.12 [35]), Shaykh Abd al-Haqq Dehlawi (d. 1052 AH
[36]), AllamahAbdal Hayy al-Lucknawi (d. 1304 AH; also known as Abul Hasanat[ix]),
Shaykh Abul Hasan as-Sindee al-Hanafi [5], Shaykh Aafiyyahibn Yazeed [viii].
THE MALIKI SCHOLARS
Hafiz Ibn Abd al-Barr (d. 463/1071; al-A'lam, 8.240 [x,5]), Imam Ibn Wahb
(d. 197/812 [x]), Imam Abdullah ibn Abee Zaid al-Qairwanee al-Maliki (d.
389 AH [16]).
THE SHAFI'I SCHOLARS
Imam al-Bayhaqi (d. 458/1066; al-A'lam, 1.116 [xi,6]), Shaykh Abu Yusoof
al-Buweeti [xii], Shaykh Abul Qasim ad-Daariki [xii], Hafiz Ibnas-Salah
(d. 643/1245; Tabaqat al-Shafi'iya, 8.326 [xii]), Imam Taqi ad-Deen al-Subki
(d. 756/1355; al-Fatawa al-Hadithiyya, 114 [xii,14]),Imam Abu Nu'aym (d.
430/1038; Tabaqat al-Shafi'iya, 4.18 [xii,52]), Imam al-Bukhari (d. 256/870;
Tabaqat al-Shafi'iya, 2.212-14 [6]), ImamMuslim (d. 261/875; Siyar a'lam
al-nubala, 12.557-61 [6]), Imam Abu Dawood (d. 275/889; Tabaqat al-Shafi'iya,
2.293 [xiii,14]), Imam Nisai(d. 309/915; Tabaqat al-Shafi'iya, 3.14-16
[6]), Imam Tirmidhi (d. 279/892; Siyar a'lam, 13.270-73 [6]), Imam ibn
Majah (d. 209/824; al-A'lam, 7.144 [6]), Imam al-Suyuti (d. 911/1505; al-A'lam,
3.301-2 [5]), Hafiz Ibn Khuzaymah (d. 311/924; Tabaqat al-Shafi'iya, 3.109
[16]),Imam ash-Sha'rani (d. 973/1565; al-A'lam, 4.180-1 [viii,35]), Imam
Hakim (d. 405/1014; Tabaqat al-Shafi'iya, 4.155 [xi,39]), Imam ibnAsakir
(d. 571 AH [xi]), Hafiz Khateeb al-Baghdadi (d. 463/1072; Tabaqat al-Shafi'iya,
4.29 [xi,52]), Hafiz al-Dhahabi (d. 748/1348;Tabaqat al-Shafi'iya, 9.100
[18]), Hafiz al-Iraqi (d. 806/1404; al-A'lam, 3.344 [18]), Imam al-Tabarani
(d. 360/971; Siyar a'lam, 16.119-23 [18]),Imam al-Izz ibn Abdas Salam (d.
660/1262; al-A'lam, 4.21 [27]), Imam ibn Hibban (d. 354/965; Tabaqat al-Shafi'iya,
3.131 [39]), Hafiz IbnHajar al-Asqalani (d. 852/1449; al-A'lam, 1.178 [39]),
Hafiz al-Haythami (d. 807/1405; al-A'lam, 4.266 [40]), Imam al-Haramayn
(d.478/1085; Tabaqat al-Shafi'iya, 5.165 [41]), Imam Abul Qasim al-Qushayri
(d. 465/1072; Tabaqat al-Shafi'iya, 5.153 [50]), Imam al-Razi(d. 606/1210;
Tabaqat al-Shafi'iya, 8.81-89 [59]), Imam al-Baghawi (d. 510/1117; al-A'lam,
2.259 [59]), Imam Abu Shamah (d. 665 AH [78]),Imam al-Nawawi (d. 676/1277;
al-A'lam, 8.149 [xi,15]).
THE HANBALI SCHOLARS
Hafiz ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328; al-A'lam, 1.144 [30]), Hafiz ibn al-Qayyim
al-Jawziyyah (d. 751/1350; Siyar a'lam, 7.202 [xiii,42]), Hafiz ibn al-Jawzi
(d. 508/1114; al-A'lam, 3.316 [xii,53]), Hafiz ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (d.
795/1393, [xiv]).
NB- The contents in the brackets (after the names of the
above scholars), stand for the following abbreviations:-(i) 'd.'- the year
of the scholars death, usually in Hijri and Christian dates.(ii) 'al-A'lam'-
This is a well known biographical dictionary by Khayr al-Deen al-Zirikly
(see bibliography for full details).(iii) 'Tabaqat al-Shafi'iya'- This
is a very well known dictionary listing all the famous Shafi'i scholars
uptill the death of its author-Imam Taj al-Deen al-Subki (rahimahullah).(iv)
'Siyar a'lam al-nubala'- This is a biographical dictionary by the famous
scholar of Hadith-al-Hafiz Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Dhahabi (rahimahullah).(v)
'al-Fatawa al-Hadithiyya'- This is a well known collection by the great
scholar of Islam-Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (rahimahullah).
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