1. The Period of the Prophet
2. The Period of the Sahabahs (-13 - 110H)
3. The Period of the Tabieen (100 - 180H)
4. The Period of the Followers of the Tabieen
5. The Golden age of Hadith Collection
6. The Era of Decline (4th Century to the Fall of Baghdad)
Abu Nuaim 430H
Al-Qudaai 454
Ibn Hazm 456
Al-Baihaqi 458
Al-Khatib 463
Ibn Abdil Barr 463
Al-Humaidi 449
Ad-Dailami 509
Al-Baghwi 516
Al-Qaadi Iyaad 544
Ibn Asakir 571
Ibn Athir 606
Imaduddin al-Zanki (541)
Nuruddin Zanki (569)
Sultan Salahudin al-Ayyubi (d 589H)
(Hittin 583 H)
Al-Haazimi 584
Ibn Jauzi 597
Abdul Ghani Maqdisi 600H
Ibn Athir 606 or 630?
Ibn Salah 643
Ad-Diyaa Maqdisi 643
Al-Mundhiri 656
Imam Nawawi (631 - 676H)
7. The Fall of Baghdad and the End of the Abbasiyah Khilafah
656H/1258 CE
- Ibn Daqiq Eiid 702
Ibn Sayyid 734
Al-Mizzi 742
Ad-Dhahabi 748
Ibn Qayyim 691/1292 - 751/1350
Ibn Kathir 774
Ibn Rajab 736 - 795H
Al-Balqini 805
Al-Iraqi 806
Al-Haithami (807)
Ibn Hajar 852
Sakhawi 902
Suyuti d. 911
Ali Muttaqi (975)
Ali Qaari 1014
Al-Munawi 1031
Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Sulaiman (1094)
As-Sindi 1138
Shah Waliyulllah ad-Dahlawi 1176
As-Sana'aani 1182
Az-Zubaidi 1205
As-Shawkani 1255
8. Prior to the fall of the Uthmaniyyah Khilafah (late 19th century)
The fall of Andalus and the Spanish Umayyah
Muhammad Siddiq Hasan Khan ( 1248-1307 AH)
Abul Hasanat Muhammad Abdul Hayy al-Ansari al-Laknawi ( 1264 - 1304 AH)
Tahir al-Jazaairi (1268 - 1338H)
Allamah Muhaddith Khalil Ahmad Sahanpuri (1269 - 1346H)
Muhaddith Muhammad Zakariyyah al-Kandahlawi
Muhammad Yahya al-Kandahlawi
Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandahlawi (Jamaat Tabligh)
Jamaludeen al-Qasimi (1866- 1914)
The most prominent Arab hadith scholar of the last century, he was respected by the reformists of his age such as Rashid Ridha and Shakib Arsalan. Both were in constant contact with Shaikh Qasimi and wrote prefaces to his legacy to the hadith sciences, "Qawaid at-Tahdith" (Principles of Hadith Propagation")
9. After the fall of the Uthmaniyyah Khilafah
The great muhaddith of Syria was a towering figure that had a rare memory in this age. He is reported to have memorised the whole of Bukhari and Muslim as well as the other four books of Sunan with the sanad of each hadith, the history as well as the date of birth and death of each narrator. What was more astounding was his teaching of engineering and mathematics.
What distinguished him from other muhaditheen of this century was his role in rallying the masses for jihad against the French occupiers of Syria. He wrote more than 40 books, numerous annotations to various works and various commentaries.
Ahmad Abdul
Rahman al-Banna (d. 1958).
The father of Imam Hassan al-Banna, the founder of
al-Ikhwan al-Muslimuun, rearranged the Musnad of Imam Ahmad
in 1957 according to fiqh subjects and made commentaries to
the ahadith he felt needed clarification. His work is
entitled
al-Fath al-Rabbani and runs into 22 large volumes.
This work took Shaikh as-Saati 33 years to complete. He
condensed this to a shorter work called Bulugh al-Amaani.
Apart from this incredible work, he also produced
Minhatul Ma'buud, an arrangement of the Musnad
Abu Daud a-t-Tayalisi and
Badaa'i al-Minan, an arrangement of Musnad
as-Shaafii
Ahmad Muhammad
Shakir (d.1958)
Although a shariah judge, Imam Ahmad Shakir has become
known as a prolific hadith scholar from the last
century.One of his teachers was Shaikh Jamaludeen al-Qasimi
and the muhadith of Morocco, Shaikh Abdullah ibn Idris
al-Sanusi who gave him the ijazah to relate Sahih Bukhari
and the other 5 books and Shaikh Rashid Ridha. His most
famous works were:
1.
Ar-Risalah of Imam Shafi'i (critical
review)
2.
Sunan at-Tirmidhi (partial critical review up to
volume 3)
3.
Musnad Imam Ahmad (partial critical review of 1/3
of the Musnad).
ImamShakir started this endeavour
in 1911 and started to publish it in
1946. His review was up to hadith
no 8099. He indexed the ahadith
according to subjects, preformed
its takhrij, clarified the uncommon words
in the hadith and generally added
important notes.
4.
Mukhtasar of Sunan Abu Daud by Hafiz Mundhiri which was
published
together with its commentary
Ma'alim as-Sunan and Tahdhib of
Imam ibn Qayyim. This was a joint
critical review with Shaikh Muhammad
Hamid al-Fiqi and was published in
eight volumes
5.
Ibn Hibban (critical review of only the
1st volume)
6. Commentary of the
Alfiah of Imam Suyuti in 2 volumes
7.
Al Baith al-Hatith, the commentary of Ikhtisar
Ulum Hadith by Ibn Kathir
8.
Al-Ihkam fi Usul Ahkam of Ibn Hazm (critical review)
9.
Umdah at-Tafsir. An abridged version of the
Tafsir of Ibn Kathir
Imam
Shakir deleted the sanads of each hadith
,as
well as expunging Israiliyyats, and weak
ahadiths
as well as omitting detailed theological
discussions.
Again this work was uncompleted.
10.
Tafsir Tabari : Takhrij of the ahadith done
in association with his brother
Mahmud
Shakir
Muhammad Abdul
Hayy al-Kittani 1888 - 1962
Abdul Fattah Abu Ghuddah 1997
❁ Born on Halab Syria in 1917
Among his teachers:
❁ Shaikh Raagib at-Tabbaakh
❁ Shaikh Mustafa az-Zarqaa
❁ Shaikh Isa Bayanuuni
❁ Shaikh Muhammad Khidr Husain
❁ Shaikh Mahmuud Shaltut
❁ Shaikh Mahmuud Abdul Halim
❁ Shaikh Mustafa Sabri (the last Shaikh-ul-Islam of the Utmaniyyah Khilafah)
❁ The Muhaddith of Morocco Abdullah Siddiq al-Ghumaari
❁ Imam as-Shahid Hasan al-Banna
Graduated from the Shariah Faculty of Azhar in 1948
After returning to Halab in 1950, he taught in secondary level for 11 years
Elected as member of Parliament in 1962
Travelled to India in 1962 and met the most prominents muhadditheen and scholars of India
While in India he became familiar with the works of Muhammad Abdul Hayy al-Laknawi and Muhammad Shah al-Kashmiri
Worked in the Shariah Faculty of Damascus University
Moved to Saudi in 1965 to teach in the universities for close to 25 years
Chosen as the Head of Ikhwan Muslimeen in Syria in the beginning of the 90s and in one of the most difficult period for Ikhwan in Syria
He wrote close to 60 books the majority dealing with hadith
He passed away in Madinah in 1997
Own Writings
1. Lamahat Min Taarikh as-Sunnah wa Ulum al-Hadith
2. Umara al-Mu'mineen fil Hadith
His critical reviews
1. Al-Manar al-Munif fi As-Sahih wa ad-Daiif by Ibn Qayyim
2. Al Masnuu fi Ma'rifah al-Hadith al-Mauduu Imam Ali Qaari
3. Ar-Raf' wa at-Takmil Muhammad Abdul Hayy al-Laknawi
4. Al-Ajwibah al-Faadilah of Muhammad Abdul Hayy al-Laknawi
Nasiruddin Albani d.1999
Abdul Qadir al-Arnauut
1425/2004
10.
The Present Day
Other
Contemporary Scholars
1. Shuaib Arnauut (Albania/Syria/Jordan)
2. Ahmad ibn al-Siddiq al-Ghumari (Morocco)
3. Abdullah Siddiq al-Ghumari
3. Basshar Awwad Maaruf (Iraq)
Students
of Albani
4. Ali al-Halabi
5. Hamdi Abdul Majid al-Salafi
6. Salim ibn Eid al-Hilali
Students
of Shuaib Arnauut
7. Adil Mursyid
8. Muhammad Naim al-Arqasusi
9. Hasan al-Shalabi
10. Ibrahim Zaibaq
11. Umar Qayyam
Students
of Ahmad ibn al-Siddiq al-Ghumari
12. Abdullah al-Talidi
Students
of Abdul Fattah Abu Ghuddah
13. Shaikh Muhammad Awwama
(Syria)
From
India
13. Habiburrahman al-Azhumi
14. Mustafa al-Nadwi
From
Saudi Arabia
15. Abdul Muhsin Abbad
16. Said Qahtani
17. Khaldun Ahdab
Other
Countries
18. Husain al-Asad
19. Abdul Rahman Abdul Khaliq
20. Mahmud Said Mamduh
21. Abdullah al-Zuqail
22. Usamah al-Utaibi
23. Mahir Yaasin Fahl
24. Hamzah Al-Malibari
25. Muhammad Amru Abdul Latif
26. Abdullah as-Sa'd
27. Ibrahim al-Laahim
28. Haatim as-Sharif