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A Chronological List of Prominent Hadīth Scholars

The importance of knowing the dates of birth/death of the scholars cannot be stressed enough, for it holds a high status in Islāmic knowledge in general and in the science of Hadīth in particular. Thus, Imām ‘Alī ibn al-Madīnī mentions, “Comprehension of the meaning of Hadīth is half of knowledge and knowing the transmitters is the other half.” To illustrate this point, let us look at the following incident:

A group of Jews presented a letter from the Messenger of Allāh that supposedly absolves the inhabitants of Khaybar from paying jizyah. This letter contained the testimony of the Companions and had the signature of ‘Alī (Allāh be pleased with him). When it was brought to the head of state, he gave it to al-Khatīb al-Baghdādī to examine it. After examining it, al-Khatīb concluded that the letter was forged. When asked how he came to that conclusion, he replied, “It contains the testimony of Mu‘āwiyah (Allāh be pleased with him) who only accepted Islām during the conquest of Makkah whereas Khaybar was conquered on the seventh year of Hijrah. Further, it contains the testimony of Sa‘d ibn Mu‘ādh (Allāh be pleased with him) who passed away during the battle of Banū Qurayżah, which was two years prior to the conquest of Khaybar.”

In view of this importance, we prepared the following chart, which contains the names, dates of birth/death, and works of prominent hadith scholars, starting from the second century AH until the present century. In this chart, we have sufficed on the relatively prominent hadith scholars; as otherwise, there would be no end to the list. Wherever possible, both the dates of birth and death were mentioned. Otherwise, only the date of death was mentioned, preceded by the abbreviation, “d.” When an approximate date is mentioned, it is preceded by “c.” (circa). The abbreviation “p.” means “post.”

It should be noted that the purpose of this chart is to serve as an easy reference for those searching for the names and dates of birth/death of major hadith scholars. Those who are interested in detailed biographical entries of these scholars should refer to the relevant works, such as Wafayāt al-A‘yān of Ibn Khallikān, Siyar A‘lām al-Nubalā’ of al-Dhahabī, Tabaqāt al-Shāfi‘iyyah al-Kubrā of Tāj al-Dīn al-Subkī, Shadharāt al-Dhahab of Ibn al-‘Imād, and al-A‘lām of al-Ziriklī etc.. To facilitate easy referencing, relevant works for further details have been cited under each entry in the Arabic chart.

Muntasir Zaman  

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Name

Work/s

Date (AH)

SECOND CENTURY

1.Āmir ibn Sharāhīl al-Sha‘bī Kitāb al-Talāq c. 19-103
2.Muhammad ibn Sīrīn   33-110
3.Muhammad ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī Al-Maghāzī al-Nabawiyyah c. 50-124
4.Abd al-Malik Ibn Jurayj Al-Musnad li Ibn Jrayj 80-150
5.Ma‘mar ibn Rāshid Al-Jāmi‘ li Ma‘mar ibn Rāshid 95-153
6.Shu’bah ibn al-Hajjāj   82-160
7.Sufyān al-Thawrī Al-Jāmi‘ li Sufyān al-Thawrī 97-161
8.Mālik ibn Anas Al-Muwatta’ 93-179
9.Abd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak Kitāb al-Zuhd 118-181
10.Wakī‘ ibn al-Jarrāh KItāb al-Zuhd 129-197
11.Sufyān ibn ‘Uyaynah Al-Jāmi‘ li Sufyān ibn ‘Uyaynah 107-198
12.Yahyā ibn Sa‘īd al-Qattān   120-198
13.Abd al-Rahmān ibn Mahdī   135-198

THIRD CENTURY

14.Abū Dāwūd al-Tayālisī Musnad Abī Dāwūd al-Tayālisī 133- 204
15.Abd al-Razzāq ibn Hammām Musannaf Abd al-Razzāq 126-211
16.Abd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr al-Humaydī Musnad al-Humaydī d. 219
17.Abū ‘Ubayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām Kitāb al-Amwāl/al-Gharīb al-Musannaf 157-224
18.Muhammad ibn Sa‘d Al-Tabaqāt al-Kabīr 168-230
19.Yahyā ibn Ma‘īn Al-Tārīkh wa al-‘Ilal 158-233
20.Alī ibn al-Madīnī Al-‘Ilal/al-Asāmī wa al-Kunā 161-234
21.Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah Musannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 159-235
22.Ishāq ibn Rahwayh Musnad Ishāq ibn Rahway 161-238
23.Ahmad ibn Hanbal Musnad Ahmad/Kitāb al-Zuhd 164-241
24.Abd Allāh al-Dārimī Sunan al-Dārimī 181-255
25.Muhammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī Al-Jāmi‘ al-Musnad al-Sahīh 194-256
26.Muhammad ibn Yahyā al-Dhuhlī Al-Zuhriyyāt 172-258
27.Muslim ibn al-Hajjāj Al-Musnad al-Sahīh/Kitāb al-Tamyīz 204-261
28.Abū Zur‘ah al-Rāzī Asmā’ al-Du‘afā’ 200-264
29.Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muhammad Ibn Mājah Sunan Ibn Mājah 209-273
30.Abū Dāwūd Sulaymān ibn al-Ash‘ath Sunan Abī Dāwūd/al-Marāsīl 202-275
31.Baqī ibn Makhlad al-Andalusī Musnad Baqī ibn Makhlad 201-276
32.Abū Hātim al-Razī Tabaqāt al-Tābi‘īn 195-277
33.Abū ‘Īsā al-Tirmidhī Al-Jāmi‘ al-Kabīr/al-Shamā’il 209-279
34.Abū Bakr al-Bazzār Al-Bahr al-Zakhkhār 210-292

FOURTH CENTURY

35.Ahmad ibn Shu‘ayb al-Nasa’ī Al-Mujtabā/al-Sunan al-Kubrā 215-303
36.Abū Ya‘lā al-Mawsilī Musnad Abī Ya‘lā 210-307
37.Abū Bishr al-Dūlābī Al-Asmā’ wa al-Kunā 224-310
38.Abū Ja‘far Ibn Jarīr al-Tabarī Tahdhīb al-Āthār wa al-Sunan 224-310
39.Abū Bakr Ibn Khuzaymah Sahīh Ibn Khuzaymah 223-311
40.Abū ‘Awānah al-Isfarā’īnī Mustakhraj Abī ‘Awānah p. 230-316
41.Abū Ja‘far Ahmad al-Tahāwī Sharh Ma‘ānī al-Āthār 239-321
42.Muhammad ibn ‘Amr al-‘Uqaylī A-Du‘afā’ wa al-Matrūkūn d. 322
43.Abd al-Rahmān ibn Abī Hātim al-Rāzī Al-Jarh wa al-Ta‘dīl/‘Ilal al-Hadīth 240-327
44.Abū ‘Alī Ibn al-Sakan Al-Sahīh al-Muntaqā 294-353
45.Abū Hātim Ibn Hibbān al-Bustī Al-Taqāsīm wa al-Anwā‘/al-Thiqāt 270-354
46.Abu al-Qāsim Sulaymān al-Tabarāni Al-Mu‘jam al-Kabīr/al-Awsat/al-Saghīr 260-360
47.Abū Bakr al-Ājurrī Al-Sharī‘ah fi al-Sunnah 280-360
48.Hasan ibn ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Rāmahurmuzī Al-Muhaddith al-Fāsil c. 265-360
49.Abū Ahmad Ibn ‘Adī Al-Kāmil fī Ma‘rifat al-Du‘afā’ 277-365
50.Abū al-Shaykh Ibn Hayyān Kitāb al-‘Ażamah/Kitāb al-Sunnah 274-369
51.Abū Bakr al-Ismā‘īlī Al-Mustakhraj ‘alā Sahīh al-Bukhārī 277-371
52.Abū Ahmad al-Hākim al-Kabīr Al-‘Ilal/al-Asmā’ wa al-Kunā 285-378
53.Abū Hafs Ibn Shāhīn Al-Targhīb fī Fadā’il al-A‘māl 297-385
54.Abū al-Hasan al-Dāraqutnī Sunan al-Dāraqutnī/Kitāb al-‘Ilal 305-385
55.Abū ‘Abd Allāh Ibn Mandah Tasmiyat al-Mashāyikh 310-395

FIFTH CENTURY

56.Abū Mas‘ūd al-Dimashqī Atrāf al-Sahīhayn/al-Ajwibah d. 401
57.Abū ‘Abd Allāh al-Hākim al-Naysābūrī Al-Mustadrak ‘alā al-Sahīhayn 321-405
58.Abū Bakr al-Barqānī Su‘ālāt al-Barqānī 336-425
59.Abū Nu‘aym al-Asfahānī Hilyat al-Awliyā’/Dalā’il al-Nubuwwah 336-430
60.Abū Muhammad Ibn Hazm Al-Muhallā/Marātib al-Ijmā‘ 384-456
61.Abū Bakr Ahmad al-Bayhaqī Al-Sunan al-Kubrā/Shu‘ab al-Īmān 384-458
62.Abū ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr Al-Tamhīd/al-Istidhkār 368-463
63.Abū Bakr al-Khatīb al-Baghdādī Tārīkh Baghdād/al-Kifāyah 392-463
64.Abū al-Walīd al-Bājī Al-Istīfā’/Ihkām al-Fusūl 403-474
65.Abū Nasr Ibn Mākūlā Al-Ikmāl fi Raf‘ al-Irtiyāb 421- c. 475
66.Abū ‘Abd Allāh al-Humaydī Al-Jam‘ bayn al-Sahīhayn 420-488

SIXTH CENTURY

67.Abu al-Fadl al-Maqdisī Shurūt al-A’immah al-Sittah 448-507
68.Abū Shujā‘ Shīrawayh al-Daylamī Firdaws al-Akhbār bī Ma’thūr al-Khitāb 445-509
69.Al-Husayn ibn Mas‘ūd al-Baghawī Sharh al-Sunnah/Masābīh al-Sunnah c. 436-516
70.Abū Bakr Ibn al-‘Arabī ‘Āridat al-Ahwadhī/Ahkām al-Qur’ān 468-543
71.Al-Qādī ‘Iyād ibn Mūsā Al-Ilmā‘/Ikmāl al-Mu‘lim 476-544
72.Abū Manūr Shihradār al-Daylamī Musnad al-Firdaws 483-558
73.Abū S‘ad ‘Abd al-Karīm al-Sam‘ānī Al-Ansāb 506-562
74.Abū al-Qāsim Ibn ‘Asākir Tārīkh Dimashq 499-571
75.Abū Tāhir Ahmad al-Silafī Mu‘jam Mashyakhat Asbahān 472-576
76.Abd al-Haqq al-Ishbīlī Al-Jam‘ bayn al-Sahīhayn 510-581
77.Abū Bakr al-Hāzimī Al-I‘tibār fi al-Nāsikh wa al-Mansūkh 548-584
78.Abū al-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī A-Mawdū‘āt/al-‘Ilal al-Mutanāhiyah 510-597

SEVENTH CENTURY

79.Abd al-Ghanī al-Maqdisī Al-Kamāl fī Asmā’ al-Rijāl 541-600
80.Majd al-Dīn Ibn al-Athir Jāmi‘ al-Usūl/al-Nihāyah 544-606
81.Abū al-Hasan Ibn al-Qattān Bayān al-Waham wa al-Īhām 562-628
82.Abū Bakr Ibn Nuqtah Al-Taqyīd/Dhayl al-Ikmāl 579-629
83.Izz al-Dīn Ibn al-Athīr Usd al-Ghābah/al-Kāmil fī al-Tārīkh 555-630
84.Diyā’ al-Dīn al-Maqdisī Al-Mukhtārah/Fadā’il al-A‘māl 569-643
85.Abū ‘Amr ‘Uthmān Ibn al-Salāh ‘Ulūm al-Hadīth 577-643
86.Abū al-‘Abbās al-Qurtubī Al-Mufhim 578-656
87.Abd al-‘Ażīm al-Mundhirī Al-Targhīb wa al-Tarhīb 581-656
88.Abū Shāmah al-Maqdisī Khutbat al-Kitāb al-Mu’ammal 599-665
89.Abū Zakariyyā al-Nawawī Riyād al-Sālihīn/al-Adhkār 631-676
90.Nāsir al-Dīn Ibn al-Munayyir Al-Mutawārī ‘alā Tarājim al-Bukhārī 620-683
91.Zayn al-Dīn Ibn al-Munayyir Sharh al-Jāmī‘ al-Sāhīh lī al-Bukhārī 629-695

EIGHTH CENTURY

92.Abu al-Fath Ibn Daqīq al-‘Īd Sharh al-Ilmām/Ihkām al-Ahkām 625-702
93.Badr al-Dīn Ibn Jamā‘ah Al-Manhal al-Rawī 639-733
94.Abū al-Fath Ibn Sayyid al-Nās Al-Nafh al-Shadhī/‘Uyūn al-Athar 671-734
95.Abū al-Hajjāj al-Mizzī Tuhfat al-Ashrāh/Tahdhīb al-Kamāl 654-742
96.Sharaf al-Dīn al-Tībī Al-Kāshif ‘an Haqā’iq al-Sunan d. 743
97.Abū ‘Abd Allāh Ibn ‘Abd al-Hādī Tanqīh al-Tahqīq/Fadā’il al-Shām 705-744
98.Shams al-Dīn al-Dhahabī Mīzān al-‘Itidāl/Tadhkirat al-Huffāż 673-748
99.Ālā’ al-Dīn Ibn al-Turkumānī Al-Jawhar al-Naqī/Bahjat al-Arīb 683-750
100.Taqī al-Dīn al-Subkī Shifā’ al-Siqām/al-Sayf al-Saqīl 683-756
101.Abū Sa‘īd al-‘Alā’ī Jāmi‘ al-Tahsīl 694-761
102.Jamāl al-Dīn ‘Abd Allāh al-Zayla‘ī Nasb al-Rāyah/al-Is‘āf c. 720-762
103.Abū ‘Abd Allāh al-Mughlatāi Ikmāl Tahdīb al-Kamāl 689-762
104.Salāh al-Dīn al-Safadī Al-Wāfī bī al-Wafayāt 696-764
105.Tāj al-Dīn al-Subkī Tabaqāt al-Shāfi‘iyyah al-Kubrā 727-771
106.Imād al-Dīn Ibn Kathīr Jāmi‘ al-Masānīd wa al-Sunan 700-774
107.Badr al-Dīn al-Zarkashī Al-Nukat ‘alā Kitāb Ibn Salāh 745-794
108.Zayn al-Dīn Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalī Jāmi‘ al-‘Ulūm wa al-Hikam 736-795

NINTH CENTURY

109.Sirāj al-Dīn Ibn al-Mulaqqin Al-Badr al-Munīr 723-804
110.Sirāj al-Dīn al-Bulqīnī Mahāsin al-Istilāh 724-805
111.Zayn al-Dīn al-‘Irāqī Al-Tabsirah wa al-Tadhkirah 725-806
112.Nūr al-Dīn al-Haythamī Majma‘ al-Zawā’id 735-807
113.Abū Zur‘ah al-‘Irāqī Tarh al-Tathrīb 762-826
114.Muhammad ibn Khilfah al-Ubbī Ikmāl Ikmāl al-Mu‘lim d. 827
115.Shihāb al-Dīn al-Būsīrī Ithāf al-Khiyarah al-Maharah 762-840
116.Muhammad Ibn al-Wazīr al-Yamānī Al-‘Awāsim wa al-Qawāsim 775-840
117.Ibrāhīm Sibt Ibn al-‘Ajamī Al-Tabīn/Ball al-Himyān 753-841
118.Muhammd Ibn Nāsir al-Dīn al-Dimashqī Jāmi‘ al-Āthār/Ithāf al-Sālik 777-842
119.Abu al-Fadl Ibn Hajar Fath al-Bārī/Nuzhat al-Nażar 773-852
120.Badr al-Dīn al-‘Aynī ‘Umdat al-Qārī/Nukhab al-Afkār 762-855
121.Abū al-Fadl Ibn Fahd Lahż al-Alhāż/Nihāyat al-Taqrīb 787-871
122.Taqī al-Dīn al-Shumunni Al-‘Ālī al-Rutbah 801-872
123.Qāsim ibn Qutlūbughā Munyat al-Alma‘ī/Tāj al-Tarājim 802-879
124.Abū al-Hasan al-Biqā‘ī Al-Nukat al-Wafiyyah 809-885

TENTH CENTURY

125.Shams al-Dīn al-Sakhāwī Fath al-Mughīth/al-Daw’ al-Lāmi‘ 831-902
126.Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūtī Tadrīb al-Rāwī/al-Bahr alladhī Zakhar 849-911
127.Shihāb al-Dīn al-Qastallānī Irshād al-Sārī/al-Mawāhib al-Ladunniyyah 851-923
128.Abū Yahyā Zakariyyā al-Ansārī Fath al-Bāqī/Fath al-‘Allām c. 823-926
129.Shams al-Dīn Muhammd al-Sālihī Subul al-Hudā wa al-Rashād d. 942
130.Muhammad Ibn Tūlūn al-Dimashqī Dhakhā’ir al-Qasr 880-953
131.Nūr al-Dīn Ibn ‘Arrāq al-Kinānī Tanzīh al-Sharī‘ah al-Marfū‘ah 907-963
132.Radī al-Dīn Ibn al-Hanbalī Al-Far‘ al-Athīth/Qafw al-Athar 908-971
133.Abū al-‘Abbās Ibn Hajar al-Haytamī Al-Fatāwā al-Hadīthiyyah 909-973
134.Alā’ al-Dīn Ali al-Muttaqi al-Hindī Kanz al-‘Ummāl 888-975
135.Jamāl al-Dīn Muhammad Tāhir al-Fattanī Majma‘ Bihār al-Anwār 913-986
136.Qutb al-Dīn al-Nahrawālī Al-Jam‘ bayn al-Kutub al-Sittah 917-990

ELEVENTH CENTURY

137.Mullā Alī al-Qārī Mirqāt al-Mafātīh/al-Masnū‘ c. 930-1014
138.Abd al-Ra’ūf al-Munāwī Fayd al-Qadīr/al-Ithāfāt al-Saniyyah 952-1031
139.Burhān al-Dīn al-Laqānī Qadā’ al-Watar/Bahjat al-Mahāfil c. 970-1041
140.Abd al-Haq al-Dihlawī Muqaddimah fī Mustalah al-Hadīth 959-1052
141.Umar al-Bayqūnī Al-Manżūmah al-Bayqūniyyah d.1080

TWELVTH CENTURY

142.Ibrāhīm ibn Hasan al-Kūrānī Al-Amam li Īqāż al-Himam 1025-1101
143.Muhammad ibn Abd al-Bāqī al-Zurqānī Talkhīs al-Maqāsid al-Hasanah 1055-1122
144.Abd Allāh ibn Sālim al-Basrī Diyā’ al-Sārī/al-Imdād fī ‘Uluw al-Isnād 1049-1134
145.Abu al-Hasan al-Sindhī Al-Hāwāshī ’alā al-Usūl al-Sittah d. 1139
146.Abū al-Fidā’ al-‘Ajlūnī Kashf al-Khafā’ wa Muzīl al-Iltibās 1087-1162
147.Abd Allāh al-Amāsī Najāh al-Qārī/‘Ināyat al-Mun‘im 1085-1167
148.Muhammad Hāshīm al-Tatawī Fākihat al-Bustān/Ithāf al-Akābir 1104-1174
149.Muhammad Ibn Himmāt al-Dimashqī Al-Tankīt wa al-Ifādah 1091-1175
150.Muhammad Sa‘īd Sunbul Al-Awā’il al-Sunbuliyyah c. 1100-1175
151.Shāh Walī Allāh al-Dihlawī Hujjat Allāh al-Bālighah/Izālat al-Khafā’ 1110-1176
152.Izz al-Dīn al-Amīr al-San‘ānī Tawdīh al-Afkār/Thamarāt al-Nażar 1099-1182

THIRTEENTH CENTURY

153.Murtadā Zabidi Ithāf al-Sādat al-Muttaqīn 1145-1205
154.Abd al-‘Azīz al-Farīhārī Kawthar al-Nabī/al-Nibrās 1209-1239
155.Abd al-Azīz al-Dihlawī Al-‘Ujālah al-Nāfi‘ah 1159-1239
156.Muhammad al-Shawkānī Nayl al-Awtār/al-Badr al-Tāli‘ 1173-1250
157.Muhammad ‘Ābid al-Sindī Al-Mawāhib al-Latīfah 1190-1257
158.Ahmad ‘Alī al-Sahāranfūrī Ta‘līqāt ‘alā Sahīh al-Bukhārī d. 1297

FOURTEENTH CENTURY

159.Abd al-Hayy al-Laknawī Al-Raf‘ wa al-Takmīl 1264-1304
160.Muhammad al-Sanbhalī Tansīq al-Niżām 1263-1305
161.Zahīr Ahsan al-Nīmawī Āthār al-Sunan 1278-1322
162.Tāhir ibn Sālih al-Jazā’irī Tawjīh al-Nażar 1268-1338
163.Muhammad ibn Ja‘far al-Kattānī Al-Risālah al-Mustatrafah 1274-1345
164.Khalil Ahmad al-Sahāranfūri Badhl al-Majhūd 1269-1346
165.Anwar Shāh al-Kashmīrī Fayd al-Bārī/al-‘Arf al-Shadhī 1292-1352
166.Abd al-Rahmān al-Mubārakfūrī Tuhfat al-Ahwadhī/Tahqīq al-Kalām 1283-1353
167.Abd al-‘Azīz al-Punjābī Bughyat al-Alma‘ī 1303-1359
168.Shabbīr Ahmad al-‘Uthmānī Fath al-Mulhim/al-Fawā’id al-Tafsīriyyah 1305-1369
169.Muhmmad Zāhid al-Kawtharī Al-Nukat al-Tarīfah/Ta’nīb al-Khatīb 1296-1371
170.Ahmad Muhammad Shākir ‘Umdat al-Tafsīr/Abhāth fī Ahkām 1309-1377
171.Ahmad ibn al-Siddīq al-Ghumārī Fath al-Wahhāb/al-Mudāwī 1320-1380
172.Abd al-Hayy al-Kattānī Fihris al-Fahāris/al-Rahmah al-Mursalah 1302-1382
173.Badr-e ‘Ālam al-Mirathi Al-Badr al-Sārī/Tarjumān al-Sunnah 1316-1385
174.Abd al-Rahmān al-Mu‘allimi Al-Anwār al-Kāshifah/al-Tankīl 1313-1386
175.Zafar Ahmad al-‘Uthmānī I‘lā’ al-Sunan/Imdād al-Ahkām 1310-1394
176.Idrīs al-Kāndhlawī Al-Ta‘līq al-Sabīh/Minhat al-Mughīth 1317-1394
177.Mahdī Hasan al-Jīlānī Al-Sayf al-Mujallā/Qalā’id al-Azhār 1300-1396
178.Yūsuf al-Bannūrī Ma‘ārif al-Sunan/Nafhat al-‘Anbar 1326-1397

FIFTEENTH CENTURY

179.Zakariyyā al-Kandhlawī Awjaz al-Masālik/al-Abwāb wa al-Tarājim 1315-1402
180.Yāsīn al-Fādānī Tashnīf al-Asmā‘/Nihāyat al-Matlab 1335-1410
181.Habīb al-Rahmān al-A‘żamī Nusrat al-Hadīth/Tahqīq Ahl-e Hadīth 1319-1412
182.Abd al-Fattāh Abū Ghuddah Safahāt min Sabr al-‘Ulamā’/Qīmat al-Zaman 1336-1417
183.Ahmad Radā’ al-Bijnorī Anwār al-Bārī 1324-1418
184.Abd al-Rashid Nu‘māni Al-Imām Ibn Mājah wa Kitābuhu al-Sunan 1333-1420
185.Abd Allāh Sirāj al-Dīn Sharh al-Manżūmah al-Bayqūniyyah 1342-1422

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