The science of men originated and developed from the first century

هذا كتاب في علم الرجال، يبحث في نشأة هذا العلم وتطوره عبر القرون، من القرن الأول الهجري حتى نهاية القرن التاسع. يقدم المؤلف دراسة منهجية لأنواع كتب الرجال المختلفة، مثل كتب الطبقات، ومعرفة الصحابة، والجرح والتعديل، والتواريخ المحلية، وكتب الأسماء والكنى، وغيرها، مع تعريف بكل نوع وأشهر المصنفات فيه.

Topics covered

• introduction
• Introduction
• Chapter One: Classes Books
• The second topic: Classes of narrators in the era of the novel
• The third section: one of the most famous works on classes
• Section Four: A brief introduction to the Book of Classes by Muhammad bin Saad
• Chapter Two: Books on knowledge of the Companions
• The first section: Definition of a companion and methods of proving companionship
• The second topic: The status of the Companions in Islam
• The third section: The classes of the Companions and the most famous works in their biographies
• Chapter Three: Books of wounds and amendments
• The second topic: The layers of those whose words are based on wounding and modification
• The fourth section: A brief introduction to examples of the books of jarh and ta’deel
• Chapter Four: Local men’s history books
• The first topic: What is meant by it and when did it appear?
• The second topic: one of the most important works on local men’s histories
• The third topic: a brief introduction to the history of Baghdad
• Chapter Five: Books on knowing and distinguishing names
• The first section: Books of names, nicknames, and titles
• The second topic: books that are reconciled and different
• The third section: The books of Al-Muttaqaf, Al-Mufraq, and Al-Muttab
• Section Four: Obituary books
• The fifth topic: books of dictionaries of the sheikhs
• Part Two: Books classified in specific books
• The first topic: What was written about this in the men of a single book