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The life of the righteous predecessors by Ismail bin Muhammad Al-Isbahani

سير السلف الصالحين لإسماعيل بن محمد الأصبهاني

Author: إسماعيل بن محمد بن الفضل بن علي القرشي الطليحي التيمي الأصبهاني، أبو القاسم، الملقب بقوام السنة (المتوفى: 535هـ) (d. 535)

About this work

يُعتبر كتاب "سير السلف الصالحين" لإسماعيل الأصبهاني من الكتب الهامة في مجال التراجم والطبقات، حيث يُقدم معلومات قيمة عن الصحابة والخلفاء الراشدين.

Translation

The book “Biographies of the Righteous Predecessors” by Ismail Al-Asbahani is considered one of the important books in the field of biographies and classes, as it provides valuable information about the Companions and Rightly Guided Caliphs.

Topics covered

  • The ten promised Paradise
  • Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq, may God be pleased with him
  • A chapter mentioning his description, birth, and death
  • A chapter mentioning his conversion to Islam, may God be pleased with him
  • A chapter on his piety, may God be pleased with him
  • A chapter on his asceticism, may God be pleased with him
  • A chapter mentioning the harm he suffered from the polytheists
  • A chapter on mentioning his spending for the sake of God and his charity
  • A chapter on mentioning his sermons, sermons, and speeches
  • season
  • A chapter on the indication of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, that he is the Caliph after him
  • A chapter on Abu Bakr freeing those who were tortured for the sake of God
  • A chapter on Abu Bakr’s conversion to Islam, may God be pleased with him
  • A chapter on the sermon of Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with him
  • A chapter mentioning his death, may God be pleased with him, on whatever day it was
  • Abu Hafs mentioned Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him
  • A chapter mentioning the conversion to Islam of Omar, may God be pleased with him
  • Chapter on mentioning the killing of Omar, may God be pleased with him
  • Chapter and what was mentioned about his virtues with strange chain of transmission
  • A chapter without chain of transmission about his biography and circumstances
  • A chapter on the command to follow the example of Abu Bakr and Omar, may God be pleased with them
  • In another chapter, we delete the chains of transmission
  • A chapter on his acceptance of the truth from the noble and the lowly
  • A chapter on his sermons, sermons, and speeches
  • Abu Amr Othman mentioned Dhul-Nurayn, may God be pleased with him

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