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The
Great Imams
radiya
Allahu `anhum
Imam Malik Ibn Anas:
It is reported that the Prophet
sallaAllhu
´aleyhi wa sallam
said: "Very soon will people beat the flanks of camels in search of
knowledge, and they shall find no-one more knowledgeable than the
knowledgeable scholar of Madina." Al-Tirmidhi, al-Qadi `Iyad, Dhahabi
and others relate from Sufyan ibn `Uyayna, `Abd al-Razzaq, Ibn Mahdi, Ibn
Ma`in, Dhu’ayb ibn `Imama, Ibn al-Madini, and others that they considered
that scholar to be Malik ibn Anas.
Biography
No. 1, Biography
No. 2
Some `ulema of Madina:
1. Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab
2. 'Urwa ibn az-Zubayr
3. Abu Bakr ibn 'Abdu'r-Rahman
4. Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr
5. 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Utba ibn Mas'ud
6. Sulayman ibn Yasar
7. Kharija ibn Zayd ibn Thabit
Some
students of the Imam Malik:
1.
`Abdullah ibn Wahb
2.
`Abdu'r-Rahman ibn al-Qasim
3.
Ashhab ibn `Abdu'l-`Aziz al-`Amiri
4.
Asad ibn al-Furat
Imam
Abu Hanifa an-nu`man:
It has
been reported that the Messenger of Allah sallAllahu `aleyhi wa sallam
has said: “if the Deen were at the Pleides, even then a person
from Persia would have taken hold of it, or one amongst the Persian
descent would surely have found it.” Abu Hurairah also
narrates: “We were sitting in the company of Rasulullah (sallallahu
‘alaihi wa sallam) when Surah al-Jumu’ah was revealed to him and
when he recited amongst them (those who were sitting there) said
‘Allah’s Messenger?’ but Allah’s Rasul (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa
sallam) made no reply, until he was questioned once, twice or thrice,
and there was amongst us Salman al-Farsi. Allah’s Messenger (sallallahu
‘alaihi wa sallam) placed his hand on Salman and then said: ‘Even
if Iman were near the Pleides a man from amongst these would surely find
it.’ ”
Imam
as-Suyuti, the great Shafi`i `alim (radiyah) remarked, “It has been
communicated unanimously that this hadith refers to Imam Abu Hanifah".
Biography
Imam
As-shafe´i:
He is
the cousin of the Profet sallaAllahu `aleyhi wa sallam. His full name is
Muhammad ibn Idris ibn al-`Abbas, al-Imam al-Shafi`i, Abu `Abd Allah
al-Shafi`i al-Hijazi al-Qurashi al-Hashimi al-Muttalibi (d. 204), the
peerless one of the great mujtahid imams , the scrupulously pious
ascetic and Friend of Allah, who laid down the foundations of fiqh
in his Risala.
Biography
Imam
Ahmad ibn Hanbal:
Harmala
said: "I heard al-Shafi`i say: ‘I left Baghdad and did not leave
behind me anyone more virtuous (afdal), more learned (a`lam),
more knowledgeable (afqah) than Ahmad ibn Hanbal.’"
Biography
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