📜Biographies of Scholars

Selected from the dictionary of Sheikh Al-Samani

المنتخب من معجم شيوخ السمعاني

Author: عبد الكريم بن محمد بن منصور التميمي السمعاني المروزي، أبو سعد (المتوفى: 562هـ) (d. 562)

About this work

الكتاب «المنتخب من معجم شيوخ السمعاني» للشيخ عبد الكريم السمعاني يُعَدُّ مرجعاً في مجال التراجم والطبقات، حيث يختص بسرد سيرة شيوخ العلماء الذين يحملون أسماءً تبدأ بحرف الألف. يضم الكتاب مجموعة من الأنساب والأنساب المتصلة بالشيخ، مع ذكر سلاسل الإسناد والروايات التي تُظهر صلة كل شيخ بالآخرين. يُظهر المقتطف الافتتاحي للكتاب أسلوباً تقليدياً في تقديم الإسناد والتمهيد للحديث، ما يعكس طابعه التوثيقي والبياني.

Translation

The book “The Selected Min Dictionary of Sheikhs of Al-Sam’ani” by Sheikh Abdul Karim Al-Sam’ani is considered a reference in the field of biographies and classes, as it specializes in narrating the biographies of sheikhs of scholars who have names that begin with the letter Alif. The book includes a group of lineages and genealogies related to the sheikh, mentioning chains of transmission and narrations that show the connection of each sheikh to others. The opening excerpt of the book shows a traditional style of providing attribution and introduction to the hadith, which reflects its documentary and declarative character.

Topics covered

The letter Alif
His name is Ahmed
Another sheikh: Abu Bakr Ahmed bin Ismail Al-Jawhari
Another sheikh: Abu Al-Abbas Ahmed bin Ali bin Kashwayh Al-Razi
His name is Ibrahim
His name is Ismail
Another sheikh: Ismail bin Abi Zaid Al-Sanqi, from the people of Isfahan.
Whose name is Asaad?
His name is Ishaq
His name is Idris
The letter b
His name is Bakhtiar
Who's name is Badr?
From its name, badal, with an additional yā’, is an alternative
His name is Barakat
His name is Bakr
His name is Pindar
His name is Beniman
The letter ta
Who's name is Tamim?
Morphs of nouns in the letter ta
The letter thaa
His name is Thabet
His name is Thamer
Name of an individual

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