Al-Kutub al-Sittah

part translated into French by W. Marçais in the Journal asiatique, series ix., vols. 16–18 (1900–1901).
• Forty Hadiths ﺔﻳﻭﻮﻨﻟﺍ ﻥﻮﻌﺑﺭﻷﺍ, collection of the forty (actually forty-two) chief traditions has been frequently
published along with numerous commentaries.
• Ma Tamas ilayhi hajat al-Qari li Saheeh al-Bukhaari ﻱﺭﺎﺨـﺒﻟﺍ ﺢﻴﺤـﺼﻟ ﻱﺭﺎﻘﻟﺍ ﺔﺟﺎﺣ ﻪﻴﻟﺇ ﺲﻤﺗ ﺎﻣ,
• Tahrir al-Tanbih ﻪﻴﺒﻨﺘﻟﺍ ﺮﻳﺮﺤﺗ,
• Kitab al-Adhkar ﺭﺍﺮﺑﻷﺍ ﺪﻴﺳ ﻡﻼﻛ ﻦﻣ ﺔﺒﺨﺘﻨﻤﻟﺍ ﺭﺎﻛﺫﻷﺍ, is a collection of supplications of prophet Muhammad.
• al-Tibyan fi adab Hamalat al-Quran ﻥﺁﺮﻘﻟﺍ ﺔﻠﻤﺣ ﺏﺍﺩﺁ ﻲﻓ ﻥﺎﻴﺒﺘﻟﺍ,
• Adab al-fatwa wa al-Mufti wa al-Mustafti ﻲﺘﻔﺘﺴﻤﻟﺍﻭ ﻲﺘﻔﻤﻟﺍﻭ ﻯﻮﺘﻔﻟﺍ ﺏﺍﺩﺁ,
• al-Tarkhis fi al-Qiyam ﻡﻼﺳﻹﺍ ﻞﻫﺃ ﻦﻣ ﺔﻳﺰﻤﻟﺍﻭ ﻞﻀﻔﻟﺍ ﻱﻭﺬﻟ ﻡﺎﻴﻘﻟﺎﺑ ﺺﻴﺧﺮﺘﻟﺍ,
• Manasik ﻚﺳﺎﻨﻤﻟﺍ ﻲﻓ ﺡﺎﻀﻳﻹﺍ ﻦﺘﻣ, on Hajj rituals.
• Sharh Sunan Abu Dawood
• Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari
• Mukhtasar at-Tirmidhi
•• Tabaqat ash-Shafi'iyah
•• Rawdhat al-Talibeen
•• Bustan al-`arifin

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Recent English Language Editions
• Bustan al-`arifin (The Garden of Gnostics), Translated by Aisha Bewley
Minhaj Et-Talibin
• Minhaj et talibin: A Manual of Muhammadan Law ; According To The School of Shafi, Law Publishing Co
(1977) ASIN B0006D2W9I
• Minhaj et talibin: A Manual of Muhammadan Law ; According To The School of Shafi, Navrang (1992) ISBN
81-7013-097-2
• Minhaj Et Talibin: A Manual of Muhammadan Law, Adam Publishers (2005) ISBN 81-7435-249-X
The Forty Hadith
• The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom; Translation of Jami' Uloom wal-Hikam by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
translated by Abdassamad Clarke, Turath Publishing (2007) ISBN 0-9547380-2-0
• Al-Nawawi Forty Hadiths and Commentary; Translated by Arabic Virtual Translation Center; (2010) ISBN
978-1-4563-6735-0
• Ibn-Daqiq’s Commentary on the Nawawi Forty Hadiths; Translated by Arabic Virtual Translation Center; (2011)
ISBN 1-4565-8325-5
• Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadith, Translated by Ezzeddin Ibrahim, Islamic Texts Society; New edition (1997) ISBN
0-946621-65-9
• The Forty Hadith of al-Imam al-Nawawi, Abul-Qasim Publishing House (1999) ISBN 9960-792-76-5
• The Complete Forty Hadith, Ta-Ha Publishers (2000) ISBN 1-84200-013-6
• The Arba'een 40 AHadith of Imam Nawawi with Commentary, Darul Ishaat
• Commentary on the Forty Hadith of Al-Nawawi (3 Vols.), by Jamaal Al-Din M. Zarabozo, Al-Basheer (1999)
ISBN 1-891540-04-1
Riyadh As-Salihin
• Gardens of the righteous: Riyadh as-Salihin of Imam Nawawi, Rowman and Littlefield (1975) ISBN
0-87471-650-0
• Riyad-us-Salihin: Garden of the Righteous, Dar Al-Kotob Al-Ilmiyah
• Riyadh-us-Saliheen (Vol. 1&2 in One Book) (Arabic-English) Dar Ahya Us-Sunnah Al Nabawiya
References
[1] Kitaabun – Classical and Contemporary Muslim and Islamic Books: What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam: Esposito, John L
OXFORD (http:/
 
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kitaabun.
 
com/
 
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product_info.
 
php?products_id=1445)
[2] A Short Biography of Imaam an-Nawawi (http:/
 
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www.
 
islaam.
 
net/
 
main/
 
display_article_printview.
 
php?id=244), The Islamic Network
[3] an-Nawawi and his works (http:/
 
/
 
www.
 
islaam.
 
net/
 
40hadeeth/
 
nawawi.
 
html) – The Islamic Network
[4] An-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths (http:/
 
/
 
www.
 
isna.
 
net/
 
services/
 
library/
 
hadith/
 
hadithnabawi.
 
html) -Translation of Imam An-Nawawi's Book
[5] http:/
 
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al-islam.
 
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phinj
• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911).
Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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External links
• A short bio on Imam Nawawi (http:/
 
/
 
www.
 
haqislam.
 
org/
 
imam-al-nawawi/
 
)
• An-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths (http:/
 
/
 
www.
 
witness-pioneer.
 
org/
 
vil/
 
hadeeth/
 
hadithnawawi.
 
html)
Masabih al-Sunnah
Masabih al-Sunnah is a collection of hadith by the Persian Shafi'i scholar Abu Muhammad al-Husayn ibn Mas'ud
ibn Mubammad al-Farra' al-Baghawi, from sometime before 516 H. An improved version of this work, Mishkat
al-Masabih, has additional hadith, and was the work of another Persian traditionist Al-Tabrizi d. 741H.
Description
The collection is divided into a number of books which are divided into chapters which are further divided into two
separate sections, one for Sahih ahadeeth as labeled by him ( from the collections of Bukhari and Muslim), the
second section was for hasan ahadeeth according to his own labelling (from Al-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and others).
Al-Tabrizi would alter certain ahadeeth positions in his own collection.
Features of the Collection
• Al-Baghawi omitted the isnads of these ahadeeth but kept the names of the Sahaba to whom the ahadith were
traced.
•• Part of his purpose, as explained in the introduction, was to enlighten Muslims about certain things of which the
Quran is silent.
•• Contains a grand total of 4434 ahadeeth.
•• 2434 are from Sahih section:
325 Sahih Bukhari Only
875 Sahih Muslim Only
1234 from both Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim
• Al-Baghawi tells which ahadeeth from the second section of his work are gharib and da'if
•• A number of commentaries were made on this collection. Tuhfat Al-Abrar, Al-Maysir and the commentary by
Abd al-Qadir ibn 'Abd Allah al-Suhrawardi.
References
• Bysiness.Co.Uk 
[1]
• 1568 books obtained by Melvyl, the on line catalog of the University of California library system. 
[2]
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Al-Baghawi
Muslim
 
scholar
Al-Baghawi
Title
Rukn al-Dīn
Muhyi al-Sunnah
Born
433 AH or 436 AH
Died
516 AH
Maddhab
Shafi'i
Main interests Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh
Works
Tafsir al-Baghawi
Abu Muhammad al-Husayn ibn Mas'ud ibn Muhammad al-Farra' al-Baghawi (Persian/Arabic:ﻦﺑ ﻦﯿﺴﺣ ﺪﻤﺤﻣﻮﺑﺍ
ﯼﻮﻐﺑ ﺩﻮﻌﺴﻣ
), born 433 AH
[1] 
or 436 AH
[2] 
- 1122 CE/516 AH) was a renowned Persian Muslim Mufassir, hadith
scholar and a Shafi`i faqih best known for his major work Tafsir al-Baghawi. Al-Farra was in reference to trading
with fur, and al-Baghawi was a reference to his hometown Bagh or Baghshûr (then in Persia) between Herat and
Marw ar-Rud. He died in Marw ar-Rud.
He is also famous for his other works on hadith such as Sharḥ al-sunnah and Masabih al-Sunnah, the latter became
famous as Mishkat al-Masabih with the additions of al-Tabrizi (d. 741H). He was a student of al-Husayn ibn
Muhammad al-Marwa al-Rudi.
Works
• Tafsīr al-Baghawī : al-musammá : maʻālim al-tanzīl (ﻱﻮﻐﺒﻟﺍ ﺮﻴﺴﻔﺗ : ﻰﻤﺴﻤﻟﺍ : ﻞﻳﺰﻨﺘﻟﺍ ﻢﻟﺎﻌﻣ)
• Al-Tahdhīb fī fiqh al-imām al-Shāfiʻī (ﻲﻌﻓﺎﺸﻟﺍ ﻡﺎﻣﻹﺍ ﻪﻘﻓ ﻲﻓ ﺐﻳﺬﻬﺘﻟﺍ)
• Sharḥ al-sunnah (ﺔﻨﺴﻟﺍ ﺡﺮﺷ)
• Masabih al-Sunnah (ﺔﻨﺴﻟﺍ ﺢﻴﺑﺎﺼﻣ)
• Al-Anwār fī shamāʼil al-Nabī al-Mukhtār (ﺭﺎﺘﺨﻤﻟﺍ ﻲﺒﻨﻟﺍ ﻞﺋﺎﻤﺷ ﻲﻓ ﺭﺍﻮﻧﻷﺍ )
• Al-Jamʻ bayna al-Ṣaḥīḥayn (ﻦﻴﺤﻴﺤﺼﻟﺍ ﻦﻴﺑ ﻊﻤﺠﻟﺍ)
• Al-Arbaʻīn ḥadīthan (ًﺎﺜﻳﺪﺣ ﻦﻴﻌﺑﺭﻷﺍ)
• Majmūʻah min al-fatāwā (ﻯﻭﺎﺘﻔﻟﺍ ﻦﻣ ﺔﻋﻮﻤﺠﻣ)
References
[1] Al-Ḥamawī, Yāqūt ibn ʻAbd Allāh. Muʻjam al-buldān.
[2] Ziriklī, Khayr al-Dīn. Tartīb al-aʻlām ʻalá al-aʻwām : al-aʻlām.

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Majma al-Zawa'id
Majma' al-Zawa'id wa Manba'
al-Fawa'id
Author(s)
Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami
Language
Arabic
Subject(s)
hadith
Majma' al-Zawa'id wa Manba' al-Fawa'id (Arabic: ﺪﻳﺍﻮﻔﻟﺍ ﻊﺒﻨﻣﻭ ﺪﻳﺍﻭﺰﻟﺍ ﻊﻤﺠﻣ) is a secondary hadith collection written by
Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami (1335—1404 CE/735—807 AH). It compiles the 'unique' hadith of earlier primary
collections
Description
Al-Zawa'id
As the centuries passed, some authors began to compile secondary collections of hadith derived from the primary
collections – those with isnads connecting those hadith they contain to their sources. One method of composition of
these works was al-zawa'id, the extraction of any 'unique' hadith found in one collection but not in another. Most
commonly, the hadith of one collection would be extracted that were not found in six canonical hadith collections.
[1]
Majma al-Zawa'id
Majma al-Zawa'id is a prominent example of the al-zawa'id methodology of hadith compilation. It contains hadith
extracted from Musnad of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, the Musnad by Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili, the Musnad of Abu Bakr
al-Bazzar, and three of al-Tabarani's collections: Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, Al-Mu'jam Al-Awsat and Al-Mu'jam As-Saghir.
The hadith gathered by al-Haythami are those not found in the six canonical hadith collections: Sahih Bukhari, Sahih
Muslim, Sunan al-Sughra, Sunan Abu Dawood, Sunan al-Tirmidhi and Sunan Ibn Majah.
It is considered secondary because it was collected from previous hadith collections and does not include the isnad
of the hadith. In spite of the fact that its source books are primarily arranged as musnads, Majma' al-Zawa'id is
arranged in the manner of a sunan collection – by topical chapter titles relating to jurisprudence.
[1] 
The author
provides commentary on the authenticity of each hadith and evaluates some of the narrators.
[2] 
He is, however,
considered to have been somewhat lenient in his rulings upon the hadith he graded.
[1]
Praise
Al-Kattani described al-Majma al-Zawa'id as being "from the most beneficial books of hadith, or rather, there is no
book comparable to it and an equivalent has yet to be authored."
[2]
Origins
Majma al-Zawa'id combines several earlier works of the author. Those works are:
1. Ghayah al-Maqsad fi Zawa'id al-Musnad: the zawa'id of Musnad Ahmad, a subject suggested to him by his
teacher, Abd al-Rahim ibn al-Husain al-'Iraqi;
2. Al-Bahr al-Zakhkhar fi Zawa'id Musnad al-Bazzar: the zawa'id of the Musnad of al-Bazzar;
3. The zawa'id of the Musnad of Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili;
4. Al-Badr al-Munir fi Zawa'id al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer: the zawa'id of al-Tabarani's Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir;

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5. Majma al-Bahrain fi Zawa'id al-Mu'jamain: the zawa'id of al-Tabarani's al-Mu'jam al-Awsat and al-Mu'jam
al-Saghir.
[2]
Published editions
• Printed in Cairo 1352–1353 AH/1933-1934 CE.
• Printed by Mu'assash al-Ma'arif in Beirut in 1986 in a total of 10 sections in 5 volumes – 2 sections per volume.
It includes the editing of al-'Iraqi and Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani.
References
[1] Buhuth fi Tarikh al-Sunnah al-Musharrafah, by Diya Ikram al-'Umari, pg. 366-7, Maktabah al-'Ulum wa al-Hikam, Madinah, Saudi Arabia,
fifth edition, 1994.
[2] al-Risalah al-Mustatrafah, by al-Kattani, pg. 171-2, Dar al-Basha'ir al-Islamiyyah, seventh edition, 2007.
Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami
Nur al-Din `Ali ibn Abi Bakr ibn Sulayman, Abu al-Hasan al-Haythami (735AH 1335 – 807AH 1404) was a
Sunni Shafi`i Islamic scholar from Cairo, whose father had a shop on a desert road. He was born in the month of
Rajab in 735 H. corresponding to 1335 CE. He learned the Qur'an and memorized it, and when he was a teenager, he
became a disciple of a highly renowned scholar of Hadith, Abd Al-Raheem ibn Al-Hussain ibn Abd Al-Rahman,
who was better known as Zain Al-Deen Al-Iraqi.
Al-Haythami became a committed associate of Al-Iraqi, staying with him all the time, traveling with him when he
traveled, and offering the pilgrimage in his company. He attended with him every circle he attended in Cairo, other
cities in Egypt, Makkah, Madinah, Jerusalem, Damascus, Baalbak, Aleppo and other places. The only teacher under
whom Al-Haythami read, without being attended by Al-Iraqi, was Ibn Abd Al-Hadi, from whom he heard the Sahih
collection of Imam Muslim. On the other hand, Al-Iraqi heard from only four teachers without Al-Haythami taking
part.
Al-Iraqi, who was only ten years older than Al-Haythami, was a highly distinguished scholar of Hadith.
Al-Haythami was also to distinguish himself as a scholar of Hadith, but despite his broad scholarly achievement, he
preferred to remain in the shadow of his teacher and friend, Al-Iraqi. Indeed, Al-Iraqi relied on Al-Haythami in
conducting much of his affairs, and gave him his daughter in marriage. He trained him in a particular area of Hadith
scholarship and Al-Haythami was to achieve distinction in this field and to produce highly valuable works in it. This
is the area of Zawa’id which we will presently discuss.
Al-Haythami was exemplary in his religious devotion, and his serious approach to Hadith scholarship. He cared little
for worldly matters, which are the main preoccupation of many people, dedicating himself to the study of Hadith,
and associating only with Hadith scholars. While Al-Iraqi was alive, he taught Hadith in his presence. Similarly,
Al-Iraqi rarely taught without Al-Haythami being present. But after Al-Iraqi’s death, he was sought by many students
who wished to read under him. He taught unhesitatingly, but without assuming any personal distinction. He is
praised by many scholars for his humility, kindly manner, and dedication to learning. Ibn Hajar, a Hadith scholar of
the highest caliber who studied much under Al-Haythami, describes him as very kind, highly critical of anyone
indulging in a practice that is unacceptable to Islam, yet he was extremely tolerant when it came to personal
grievances. When other students of Al-Iraqi repeatedly tried to irritate him, he simply tolerated them without much
complaint.
While many scholars mention his commitment to his teacher, showing him great respect in all situations, all are
agreed that his own knowledge was broad, and that he distinguished himself by his great achievement in Hadith
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with other people.
As we have already said, Al-Haythami distinguished himself in a particular area of Hadith scholarship, namely
Zawa’id, which linguistically means ‘addition or increase’. This is a comparative study seeking to identify all the
Hadiths that are listed in a collection by a distinguished Hadith scholar but are not listed in any of the six main
Hadith collections. This is highly useful for students of Hadith, because it identifies for them which Hadiths they
need to learn from any particular collection, if they have already learned the six main ones. Moreover, many of these
collections, from which Al-Haythami extracted the Zawa’id, are not arranged according to topics of Fiqh, while
Al-Haythami arranged them on this basis, which makes for easier reference. Hence, his work is highly valuable.
In all, Al-Haythami extracted the Zawa’id from Al-Musnad by Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and also from Al-Bazzar’s
collection, Ibn Hibban’s Sahih, Al-Musnad by Abu Ya’la, as well as the three collections named Al-Mu’jam by
Al-Tabarani, and then collected all these and listed them all in one voluminous work which he called Majma’
Al-Zawa’id wa Manba’ Al-Fawa’id. He dropped all chains of transmission and arranged his book according to the
topics of Fiqh, which is the pattern used in the six main collections of Hadith. He graded each Hadith, pointing out
which were authentic and which lacked in authenticity. Alternatively, he would mention names of narrators who
were questioned or regarded as unreliable. It should be pointed out that not all Al-Haythami’s gradings were
acceptable to later Hadith scholars. The book was published in 10 volumes by Qudsi in Cairo about 70 years ago, but
more recently, a new annotated edition was published by Dar Al-Fikr in Beirut, Lebanon.
The omission of chains of transmission, justified on grounds of brevity, has been felt as a defect in this work, but it
remains a great encyclopedia of Hadith. Al-Haythami was praised for it by his contemporaries and by later scholars.
Al-Haythami died on 19 Ramadan 807 H, corresponding to 1405 CE. May God bestow abundant mercy on his soul.
Works
• Majma' al-Zawa'id wa Manba' al-Fawa'id (10 vols)
•• Mawarid al-Dham'an ila Zawa'id Ibn Hibbaan ('ala Sahihain)

Bulugh al-Maram
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Bulugh al-Maram
Bulugh al-Maram
Author(s) Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
Language Arabic
Subject(s) Ahadith Ahkam Shafi'i
Bulugh al-Maram min Adillat al-Ahkam, translation: Attainment of the Objective According to Evidences of the
Ordinances by al-Hafidh ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (1372 – 1448) is a collection of hadith pertaining specifically to
Islamic Jurisprudence of the Shafi'i madhab. This genre is referred to in Arabic as Ahadith al-Ahkam.
Contents
Bulugh al-Maram contains a total of 1358 hadiths. At the end of each hadith narrated in Bulugh al-Maram, al-Hafidh
ibn Hajar mentions who collected that hadith originally. Bulugh al-Maram includes hadith drawn from numerous
primary sources of hadith in it including, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawud, Jami at-Tirmidhi,
Sunan al-Nasa'i, Sunan ibn Majah, and Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal and more.
Bulugh al-Maram holds a unique distinction as all the hadith compiled in the book have been the foundation for
Shafi'i Islamic Jurisprudence rulings. In addition to mentioning the origins of each of the hadith in Bulugh al-Maram,
ibn Hajar also included a comparison between the versions of a hadith that came from different sources. Because of
its unique qualities, it still remains a widely used collection of hadith regardless of school of thought.
Explanations
• Al-Badr al-Tamam by al-Husain ibn Muhammad al-Maghribi
• Subul al-Salam by Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Amir al-Sana'ni, who abridged al-Badr al-Tamam
Translation
• Bulugh Al-Maram: Attainment of the Objective According to Evidence of the Ordinances, Dar-us-Salam; 1st
edition (1996), ASIN: B000FJJURU
Other books of Ahadith al-ahkam
• Tahdhib al-Athar by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
• 'Umdah al-ahkam by Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi
• Al-Sunan al-Kubra by Ahmad Bayhaqi
• al-Muntaqa by Majd ibn Taymiyah explained by Muhammad ash-Shawkani in Nayl al-Awtar Sharh Muntaqa
al-Akhbar

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External links
• Audio lectures explaining the hadiths found in Bulugh al-maram on Tahara, Marriage, Business, Etc. 
[1]
• Bulugh Al-Maram Min Adillat Al-Ahkam by Imam Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani 
[2]
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co.
 
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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
Born
773 A.H.
Died
852 A.H.[1]
Era
Medieval era
Region Egyptian scholar
School Shafi'i
For other uses, see Ibn Hajar.
Al-Haafidh Shihabuddin Abu'l-Fadl Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad, better known as Ibn Hajar due to the
fame of his forefathers, al-Asqalani due to his family origin (Arabic: ﻲﻧﻼﻘﺴﻌﻟﺍ ﺮﺠﺣ ﻦﺑﺍ) (February 18, 1372 –
February 2, 1448, 852 A.H.
[1]
), was a medieval Shafiite Sunni scholar of Islam who represents the entire realm of the
Sunni world in the field of Hadith. He is also known as shaykh al islam.
Early life
He was born in Cairo in 1372, the son of the Shafi'i scholar and poet Nur al-Din 'Ali. Both of his parents died in his
infancy, and he and his sister, Sitt al-Rakb, became wards of his father's first wife's brother, Zaki al-Din al-Kharrubi,
who enrolled Ibn Hajar in Qur'anic studies when he was five. Here he excelled, learning Surah Maryam in a single
day, and progressing to the memorization of texts such as the Quran, then the abridged version of Ibn al-Hajib's work
on the foundations of fiqh.
Education
When he accompanied al-Kharrubi to Mecca at the age of 12, he was considered competent to lead the Tarawih
prayers during Ramadan. When his guardian died in 1386, Ibn Hajar's education in Egypt was entrusted to hadith
scholar Shams al-Din ibn al-Qattan, who entered him in the courses given by al-Bulqini (d. 1404) and Ibn
al-Mulaqqin (d. 1402) in Shafi'i fiqh, and Abd al-Rahim ibn al-Husain al-'Iraqi (d. 1404) in hadith, after which he
travelled to Damascus and Jerusalem, to study under Shams al-Din al-Qalqashandi (d. 1407), Badr al-Din al-Balisi
(d. 1401), and Fatima bint al-Manja al-Tanukhiyya (d. 1401). After a further visit to Mecca, Medina, and Yemen, he
returned to Egypt. Al-Suyuti said: “It is said that he drank Zamzam water in order to reach the level of al-Dhahabi in
memorization, which he succeeded in doing, even surpassing him.”
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