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The injury in distinguishing between the Companions

الإصابة في تمييز الصحابة

Author: أبو الفضل أحمد بن علي بن محمد بن أحمد بن حجر العسقلاني (المتوفى: 852هـ) (d. 852)

About this work

الإصابة في تمييز الصحابة كتاب ألفه ابن حجر العسقلاني سعى فيه لاستقصاء جميع الصحابة (أي من صحبوا النبي محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم) وتراجمهم، ويعد من أهمّ وأوسع ما ألف من الكتب في تاريخ الإسلام على الإطلاق، وموضوعه التمييز بين الصحابة: من صحت صحبته ومن لم تصح، ومن صح وجوده أو لم يصح. ومجموع تراجمه (12446) ترجمة. وقد استغرق تأليفه أربعين عامًا.

Translation

Al-Isaabah fi Tamiyez al-Sahabah is a book written by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani in which he sought to survey all the Companions (i.e. those who accompanied the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace) and their biographies. It is considered one of the most important and extensive books ever written in the history of Islam, and its subject is distinguishing between the Companions: whose companionship was authentic and who it was not, and whose existence was authentic or not. The total number of his translations is (12,446) translations. It took forty years to write.

Topics covered

  • First volume
  • Who is the companion?
  • Companion language:
  • The Companion according to the scholars of fundamentals
  • The Companion according to hadith scholars
  • Explanation of definition:
  • Are angels companions?
  • The infallibility of angels
  • Do the jinn have companions?!
  • What does the companion know?
  • God's wisdom in choosing companions
  • Rank of the Companions
  • As for the book:
  • As for the Sunnah:
  • Scholars praise the Companions
  • The doctrine of the Sunnis in preferring the Companions
  • First: Factors for the Companions’ memorization of the Qur’an and Sunnah
  • First factor:
  • Second factor:
  • Third factor:
  • Fourth factor:
  • Fifth factor:
  • Sixth factor:
  • Seventh factor:
  • Factor 8:

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