Your Era and the Rise of Hadith Sciences

Your era was marked by the flourishing and advancement of Hadith sciences. You met many great Hadith scholars, benefited from them, listened to Hadith, and narrated them. Hafiz al-Dhahabi listed your teachers and Hadith masters in his books “Tadhkirat al-Huffaz” and “Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala”, from whom you heard Hadith. Some of the prominent among them include:

➊ Ibrahim ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Hatim al-Harawi (d. 244 AH) ➋ Abu Mus‘ab Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr al-Zuhri al-Madani (d. 242 AH) ➌ Ahmad ibn Mani‘ ➍ Ishaq ibn Rahwayh ➎ Isma‘il ibn Musa al-Fazari al-Suddi (d. 245 AH) ➏ Abu Dawood Sulayman ibn al-Ash‘ath (Compiler of Sunan) (d. 275 AH) ➐ Suwayd ibn Nasr ibn Suwayd al-Marwazi (d. 243 AH) ➑ ‘Abdullah ibn Mu‘awiyah al-Jumahi (d. 243 AH) ➒ ‘Ali ibn Hujr al-Marwazi (d. 244 AH) ➓ ‘Ali ibn Sa‘id ibn Masruq al-Kindi al-Kufi (d. 249 AH) ⓫ ‘Amr ibn ‘Ali al-Fallas (d. 942 AH – likely a typographical error, possibly 242 AH) ⓬ Muhammad ibn Bashar Bandār (d. 252 AH) ⓭ Qutaybah ibn Sa‘id al-Thaqafi Abu Raja’ (d. 240 AH) ⓮ Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Abi al-Shawarib (d. 244 AH) and others ⓯ Mahmud ibn Ghilan al-Marwazi al-Baghdadi (d. 239 AH)

⓰ Alongside narrating Hadith, you acquired knowledge of Hadith sciences, narrator evaluation, and Hadith jurisprudence from Imam Muhammad ibn Isma‘il al-Bukhari.

⓱ You also heard Hadith from Imam Muslim and even narrated one Hadith from him in your collection.