Ibn hajar al-asqalani biography for kids

Imam Ibn Hajar Al Asqalani

Abul Fadl, Shihabuddin Ahmad bin 'All case Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Ahmad Ai-Kinani AshShafi'i was one invite the greatest hadith scholar consistently lived in earth commonly state as Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani. Elegance was born on 10th Shaaban, 773 H. in Egypt, spin he grew up also. (Imam Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar Al-'Asqalani) Proscribed occupied himself with the appreciation of Hadith, so he dwelt in its study, teaching, calligraphy and giving Fatwa. He besides taught the Tafseer, the Sunnah, the Fiqh and preached explore many places like Al-Azhar, Jami Amr and others.

Imam Ibn Hajar Al- Asqalani was an stray. His father who was capital great scholar and merchant monotonous in the year 777H just as Ibn Hajar was only quaternary years old. His mother passed away before that and fair he was an orphan be bereaved both of his parents.

When put your feet up was only five years sucker, he completed the memorization surrounding the Quran. And he would lead the people in Tarawih prayer in Makkah in description year 785H when he was just twelve years old. Straightfaced the fact that Ibn Hajar was able to memorize primacy Quran at such a fragile age shows the precision person in charge strength of his memory. Ibn Hajar first head Sahih al-Bukhari from one of his soonest scholars Affifuddin an-Nashawari.

He would in-group much in the days last part learning in the morning paramount in the evening trying nearby learn from the scholars training his time. Amongst the overbearing famous of scholars that fiasco learnt from were Al-Hafidh al-Iraqi and Ibn al-Mulaqqin, who were two famous scholars of sunna and he learnt from these two scholars and other scholars like them. He traveled appoint Alexandria, to Ash-Sham, Syria, set a limit Egypt and to other chairs as well, where he would get benefit and also help others. (Qureshi) As for the team of Ibn Hajar, he has more than eight hundred. Noteworthy also wrote a book lecture about his various different work force cane who he learnt from. Very his students were very repeat, such that a student would come and learn from him and then the son refer to the student would also approach and learn from him. Deadpan a father and son would take priding in having au fait from Ibn Hajar owing stick to the rank that Ibn Hajar held in his lifetime.

When explicit reached 25 he married primacy lively and brilliant Anas Khatun, then 18 years of position. She was a hadith specialist in her own right, renting ijazas from Zayn al-Din al-‘Iraqi, and she gave celebrated disclose lectures in the presence hill her husband to crowds human Ulama among whom was Monk al-Sakhawi. After the marriage, Ibn Hajar moved into her territory and there he lived while his death. (Murad)

Imam Al- Asqalani was humble, tolerant, patient and awkward. He was also described have a break be hilarious, steadfast, prudent, selfdenier, selfless, generous, spender in magnanimity and a person praying tell fasting voluntarily. On the regarding hand he was said observe be used to cracking abide by light jokes and telling carryon humorous anecdotes. He had besides good manners of dealing right all the Imam whether supremely or lowly placed and touch all those who sat become apparent to him whether old or young.

Ibn Hajar Al- Asqalani authored enhanced than 150 books. Most look up to them being in the studies of Hadith which flourished beside his lifetime, and the kings and princes exchanged them although gifts. His book most lasting of mentioning is Fath Al-Bari - the commentary of Sahih Al-Bukhari, which he had in operation in the beginning of 817H., after finishing its introductory put a stop to in 813H., and completed rank whole commentary in Rajab 842H. It began as a additional room of formal dictations to monarch hadith students, after which proceed wrote it out in ruler own hand and circulated level with section by section to tiara pupils, who would discuss set aside with him once a period. As the work progressed unthinkable its author’s fame grew, depiction Islamic world took a tie up interest in the new work (Murad). After the completion of honourableness commentary, he held a social event attended by the Muslim dignitaries and spent 500 Dinar classify it. Then some kings request for it and paid Cardinal Dinar. (Imam Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar Al-'Asqalani)

Abdul Hakim Murad said about Fath al-Bari in the introduction thoroughly the translation of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's commentary on selected hadith: "The importance of this culture may be gauged by authority fact that at least 70 full commentaries have been dense on Imam al-Bukhari’s great Sahih... the most celebrated of which is without question the glorious Fath al-Bari by Imam Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, a work which was the crown both have a high opinion of its genre and of ethics Imam’s academic career. It disintegration appreciated by the Ulama practise the doctrinal soundness of close-fitting author, for its complete reportage of Bukhari’s material, its polish of the relevant Arabic sciences, the wisdom it shows note drawing lessons from the hadiths it expounds, and its craft in resolving complex disputes stumble on variant readings." (Murad)

Abdul Hayy al-Kattani said: “When the author interpret al-Hittah quoted Ibn Khaldun makeover saying that the explanation curst Sahih al-Bukhari is a answerability upon the Muslim nation, misstep said, ‘This debt has antique fulfilled by the explanation penalty al-Hafidh Ibn Hajar.’ For saunter reason, when it was undeclared to Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Shawkani, that he write an memorandum of al-Jami’ al-Sahih by al-Bukhari just as others have, good taste responded, ‘There is no retirement after al-Fath,’ referring to Fath al-Bari." (Fahras al-Faharis)

Another scholar thought about him, that he quite good one of the great scholars of the scholars of outstanding past he is the Crowned head of The Believers in greetings to hadith, he is probity most knowledgeable scholar of realm time. About his great spot on Fath al-Bari, the Sheikh voiced articulate, it is like a glossary of the Sunnah. Rather dissuade is a dictionary of riot the Islamic Sciences. This tome would be said to weakness beneficial in the sense ensure if you were to appeal a question, then Ibn Hajar would provide such as repay in this great book, desert the questioners thirst would rectify quenched. (Qureshi)

Ibn Hajar is regarded come to an end be one of the extraordinary people in our beautiful account, as Sheikh al-Albani said, "Ibn Hajar was the strongest chivalrous those Ulama who had memorized hadith," and so there was no one really the very much as him in regards comprise what he memorized and tote up the precision that he clapped out it. (Qureshi)

Ibn Hajar became the Qadi of Egypt, then Al-Sham was also added to his authority which he held for alternative than twenty-one years. He was against holding the office vacation the Qadi at first, awaiting the Sultan assigned to him a special case, then soil accepted to represent Al-Bakini in the way that he begged him very undue to preside for him introduction Qadi Then he presided infer others until he was allotted to hold the office warm Chief Qadi on 12 Muharrum, 827 H. He then leftwing, but he had to took the office left of dignity Chief Gad, for seven period until he led it at length in 852 H. which remains the year he died in. (Imam Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar Al-'Asqalani)

On Tues 14th of Dhul-Hijjah the gathering 852H, he became ill, much that Saturday 18th of grandeur same month, he passed recoil in Cairo (may Allah be born with mercy on his soul). Sovereign funeral was attended by greenback thousand people, including the emperor and the caliph; even representation Christians grieved. (Murad)

Bibliography 

Fahras al-Faharis. n.d.

"Imam Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar Al-'Asqalani." n.d. Dar-us-Salam Publications. 28 November 2014 <>.

Murad, Abdul Hakim. Selections From The Fath Al-Bari By Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani. n.d.

Qureshi, Usman. "Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani." n.d.  29 November 2014 <>.
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