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Table of Contents

Preface 17

The Meaning of Tawatur 19

Note 20

Some Sahih Versions of the Hadith 21

The Various Occasions Related to Hadith al Thaqalayn 25

1. At ‘Arafat 25

2. At Ghadir Khumm 26

3. In the Mosque of Madinah 28

4. In the Prophet's Chamber During His Last Illness 29

Note 29

‘Abaqat al-Anwar 30

1. Sayyid Dildar ‘Ali al-­Naqawi al-­Nasirabadi 30

2. Shaykh Jamal al-­Din Abu Ahmad Mirza Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-­Nabi Akbarabadi (d. 1232/1816) 30

3. ‘Allamah Mirza Muhammad ibn 'Inayat Ahmad Khan Kashmiri Dehlawi (d. 1235/1820) 30

4. Mawlawi Hasan ibn Aman Allah Dehlawi ‘Azimabadi (d. c. 1260/ 1844) 31

5. ‘Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Quli ibn Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Lackhnowi Kanturi (d. 1260/1844) 31

6. Mawlawi Khayr al-­Din Muhammad Allahabadi 31

7. ‘Allamah Sayyid Muhammad ibn Sayyid Dildar ‘Ali (d. 1284/ 1867) known as Sultan al-­‘Ulama' 31

8. Sayyid Ja’far Abu ‘Ali Khan ibn Ghulam ‘Ali Musawi Banarasi 31

9. ‘Allamah Sayyid Mufti Muhammad ‘Abbas Musawi Tustari Jaza'iri (d. 1306/1888) 31

10. Al-­Shaykh Ahmad ibn ‘Ali Kirmanshahi (d. 1235/1819) 31

Notes 34

Narrators of Hadith al Thaqalayn From Among the Sahabah 40

1. Amir al-­Mu'minin ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (A) (23BH­40H/600­661) 40

2. Al-Imam al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali (A) (3­50/624­670) 40

3. Salman al-Farsi (d. 36/656) 40

4. Jundab ibn Junadah, Abu Dharr al-Ghifari. (d. 32/650) 40

5. ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abbas (3 BH­68/619­87) 40

6. Sa’d ibn Malik, Abu Sa’id al-Khudri (10 BH­74/613­693) 40

7. Jabir ibn ‘Abd Allah al­'Ansari (16 BH­78/607­697) 41

8. Abu al­-Haytham Malik ibn al­-Tayhan (d. 20/641) 42

9. Ibrahim Abu Rafi’, one of the Prophet's mawali (d. after 40/ 661) 42

10. Hudhayfah ibn al­-Yaman (d. 36/656) 42

11. Hudhayfah ibn Usayd al-Ghifari 42

12. Khuzaymah ibn Thabit Dhu Shahadatayn (d. 37/657) 43

13. Zayd ibn Thabit (11 BH­45/611­665) 43

14. Abu Hurayrah, ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Sakhr (d. 59/679) 43

15. ‘Abd Allah ibn Hantab 44

16. Jubayr ibn Mut’im (d. 59/679) 44

17. Al­Bara' ibn ‘Azib (d. 71/690) 44

18. Anas ibn Malik (10 BH­93/612­712) 44

19. Talhah ibn ‘Ubayd Allah al-Taymi (28 BH­36/596­656) 44

20. ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Awf (44 BH­32/580­652) 44

21. Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas (d. 23BH­55/600­675) 44

22. ‘Amr ibn al­-As (50 BH­43/574­664) 44

23. Sahl ibn Sa’d al­-Ansari (d. 91/710) 44

24. ‘Adi ibn Hatim (d. 68/687) 44

25. ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amir (d. 58/678) 44

26. Abu Ayyub al­-Ansari, Khalid ibn Zayd (d. 52/672) 45

27. Abu Shurayh al­-Khuza’i, Khuwaylid ibn ‘Amr (d. 68/687) 45

28. Abu Qudamah, al­-Ansari (martyred 37/657) 45

29. Abu Layla al­-Ansari (martyred 37/657) 45

30. ‘Umayrah al­-Aslami 45

31. ‘Amir ibn Layla ibn Damrah 45

32. Zayd ibn Arqam (d.68/687) 45

33. ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Umar (10 BH­73/613­692) 45

34. Fatimah al­-Zahra' (A) (18 BH­11/604­632) 45

35. Umm Salamah, Hind bint Suhayl (28 BH­62/596­681) 45

36. Umm Hani, Fakhtah bint Abi Talib (d.40/661) 46

Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn from Among the Tabi’un 47

37. Abu al-Tufayl ‘Amir ibn Wathilah al-Laythi (3­100/625­718) 47

38. ‘Atiyyah ibn Sa’d al-Awfi 47

39. Hanash ibn al-Mu’tamar 47

40. Al-Harith al-Hamdani 47

41. Habib ibn Abi Thabit 47

42. ‘Ali ibn Rabi’ah 47

43. Al-Qasim ibn Hassan 47

44. Husayn ibn Sabrah 47

45. ‘Amr ibn Muslim 47

46. Abu al-Duha Muslim ibn Sabih 47

47. Yahya ibn Ju’dah 47

48. Al-Asbagh ibn Nubatah 47

49. ‘Abd Allah ibn Abi Rafi’ 47

50. Al-Muttalib ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Hantab al­-Makhzumi 47

51. ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Sa’id al-Khudri 47

52. ‘Umar ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib 47

53. Fatimah ibnat ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib 47

54. Al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib 47

55. Zayn al­-Abidin ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn (A) 47

56. Yazid ibn Hayyan 47

57. Malik ibn Damrah 47

58. Abu Salih 47

Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Second- Eighth Century 48

59. Sa’id ibn Masruq al­-Thawri (d. 126/743) 48

60. Al-Rukayn ibn al-Rabi’ Abu al-Rabi’ al-Fazari al-Kufi (d.131/ 748) 48

61. Yahya ibn Sa’id ibn Hayyan, Abu Hayyan al-­Taymi al-Kufi (d.145/762) 48

62. ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Abi Sulayman Maysarah al-Arzami al-Kufi (d.145/762) 48

63. Al-A’mash, Sulayman ibn Mihran al-Asadi al-Kufi al-­Kahili (61 ­ 147/680 ­ 764) 48

64. Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-­Thaqafi al-Madani (d.151/ 768) 48

65. Isra'il ibn Yunus al-­Sabi’i, Abu Yusuf al-Kufi (d. 160/776) 48

66. ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Utbah ibn Mas’ud al-Kufi al-Mas’udi (d.160/776) 49

67. Muhammad ibn Talhah ibn Musarrif al-Yami al-Kufi (d. 167/ 783) 49

68. Abu ‘Awanah al-­Waddah ibn ‘Abd Allah al-­Yashkari al-­Wasiti al-Bazzaz (d. 176/792) 49

69. Sharik ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Qadi (d. 177/793) 49

70. Hassan ibn Ibrahim ibn ‘Abd Allah al-­Kirmani (d. 176/792) 49

71. Jarir ibn ‘Abd al-Hamid al-Dabbi al-Kufi (d. 188/803) 49

72. Abu Bishr Isma’il ibn Ibrahim ibn Muqsim al-Asadi al-Basri, known as Ibn ‘Ulayyah (d. 193/808) 49

73. Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman Muhammad ibn al-Fudayl al-Dabbi al-Kufi (d. 194/809) 50

74. ‘Abd Allah ibn Numayr al-Hamdani (d. 199/814) 50

75. Habib ibn Abi Thabit (d. 119/737) 50

76. Abu Ishaq ‘Amr ibn ‘Abd Allah al-­Sabi’i (d. 129/746) 50

77. Muhammad ibn ‘Umar ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib 50

78. Hakim ibn Jubayr al-Asadi 50

79. Zakariyya ibn Abi Za'idah (d. 147/764) 50

80. Fitr ibn Khalifah al-­Makhzumi (d. 153 or 155/770 or 772) 50

81. Kathir ibn Zayd (d. 158/774) 50

82. Ma’ruf ibn Kharrabudh al-Makki 50

83. Abu al-Jahhaf Dawud ibn Abi ‘Awf al-Tamimi 51

84. Salih ibn Abi al-Aswad al-Laythi 51

85. Abu al-Jarud Ziyad ibn al-Mundhir al-Abdi 51

86. Hatim ibn Isma’il al-Madani (d. 186/802) 51

87. Kathir ibn Isma’il al-Nawa' al-Kufi 51

88. Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn Musahhar al-Qarashi (d. 189/805) 51

89. ‘AIi ibn Thabit al-Jazari 51

90. ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan al-Zuhri 51

91. Harun ibn Sa’d al-’Ijli 51

92. Yunus ibn Arqam 52

93. ‘Uthman ibn Abi Zur’ah al-Mughirah al-Thaqafi al-Kufi 52

94. Zayd ibn al-Hasan al-Qarashi al-Anmati, Abu al-Husayn al-Kufi 52

Notes 52

Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Third- Ninth Century 54

95. Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah Abu Ahmad al-Zubayri al-Habbal al-Kufi (d. 203/818) 54

96. Abu ‘Amir ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Amr ibn Qays al-Aqadi al-Basri (d. 204/819) 54

97. Ja’far ibn ‘Awn al-Makhzumi al-Kufi (d. 206/821) 54

98. Yazid ibn Harun al-Wasiti (d. 206/821) 54

99. Al-Aswad ibn ‘Amir Shadhan al-Wasiti (d. 205/820) 54

100. Ya’la ibn 'Ubayd al-Tanafisi (d. 209/824) 54

101. ‘Ubayd Allah ibn Musa al-Absi al-Kufi (d. 213/828) 54

102. Talid ibn Sulayman al-Muharibi al-Kufi 54

103. Hashim ibn al-Qasim Abu al-Nasr (Nadr) al-Kinani al-Baghdadi (d. 207/822) 55

104. Yahya ibn Hammad ibn Abi Ziyad al-Shaybani al-Basri (d. 215/830) 55

105. Abu Ghassan al-Nahdi Malik ibn Isma’il al-Kufi (d. 219/834) 55

106. Muhammad ibn Sa’id ibn Sulayman ibn al-Isfahani (d. 220/835) 55

107. Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Abdi al-Basri (d. 223/837) 55

108. Sa’id ibn Sulayman al-Wasiti al-Baghdadi (d. 225/839) 55

109. ‘Abd Allah ibn Bukayr al-Ghanawi 55

110. Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Habib al-Hashimi al-Baghdadi (d. 215/830) 55

111. Sa’id ibn Mansur al-Khurasani (d. 227/841) 55

112. Dawud ibn ‘Amr al-Dabbi al-Baghdadi (d. 228/842) 56

113. ‘Ammar ibn Nasr al-Maruzi al-Baghdadi (d. 229/843) 56

114. Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Sa’d al-Zuhri al-Basri (d. 230/844) 56

115. Abu Muhammad Khalaf ibn Salim al-Mukharrimi al-Muhallabi al-Sindi al-Baghdadi (d. 231/845) 56

116. Minjab ibn Al-Harith al-Tamimi al-Kufi (d. 231/845) 56

117. Zuhayr ibn Harb ibn Shaddad, Abu Khaythamah al-Nasa'i (d. 234/848) 56

118. Abu al-Fadl Shuja’ ibn Makhlad al-Fallas al-Baghawi al-Baghdadi (d. 235/849) 56

119. Abu Bakr ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad, known as Ibn Abi Shaybah al-Kufi (d. 235/849) 57

120. ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Salih al-Azdi al-Kufi (d. 235/849), settled in Baghdad 57

121. Bishr ibn al-Walid al-Kindi (d. 238/852) 57

122. Muhammad ibn Bakkar ibn al-Rayyan al-Hashimi al-Baghdadi (d. 238/852) 57

123. Abu Ya’qub Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, known as Ibn Rahwayh (d. 238/852) 57

124. Abu Muhammad Wahban ibn Baqiyyah ibn ‘Uthman al-Wasiti (d. 239/853) 57

125. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hanbal al-Shaybani (d. 241/855) 57

126. Ja’far ibn Hamid al-Qarashi al-Kufi (d. 240/854) 58

127. Isma’il ibn Musa al-Fazari ibn Bint al-Suddi al-Kufi (d. 245/859) 58

128. Sufyan ibn Waki’ ibn al-Jarrah (d. 247/861) 58

129. Nasr ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Bakkar al-Baji al-Kufi al-Washsha' (d. 248/862) 58

130. Abu Muhammad ‘Abd ibn Hamid al-Kissi (or al-Kashshi) (d. 249/863) 58

131. ‘Abbad ibn Ya’qub al-Rawajini al-Asadi (d.250/864) 58

132. Nasr ibn ‘Ali ibn Nasr ibn ‘Ali al-Jahdami al-Basri (d. 250/ 864) 58

133. Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna Abu Musa al-Anzi (d. 252/ 866) 58

134. Muhammad ibn Yazid, Akhu Karkhwayh al-Wasiti (d. 246/860) 59

135. Yusuf ibn Musa al-Qattan (d. 253/867) 59

136. Ahmad ibn al-Mansur al-Ramadi (d. 265/878) 59

137. Abu Muhammad ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Darimi al-Samarqandi (d. 255/869) 59

138. ‘Ali ibn al-Mundhir al-Tariqi al-Kufi (d. 256/870) 59

139. Muslim ibn Hajjaj al-Qushayri al-Nishaburi (d. 261/874) 59

140. Ahmad ibn Yunus Abu al-Abbas al-Dabbi (d. 268/881) 59

141. Ibrahim ibn Marzuq ibn Dinar (d. 270/883) 59

142. Al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali ibn Ja’far 60

143. Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab Abu Ahmad al-Farra' (d. 272/885) 60

144. Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Yazid ibn Majah al-­Qazwini (d. 273/886) 60

145. Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn Ash’ath al-Sijistani (d. 275/888) 60

146. Abu Qalabah ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad al-Raqqashi al-Basri (d. 276/889) 60

147. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi al-Awwam ibn Yazid ibn Dinar al-Riyahi al-Tamimi (d. 276/889) 60

148. Al-Hafiz Ya’qub ibn Sufyan al-Fasawi (d. 277/890) 60

149. Ibrahim ibn Ishaq, al-Qadi Abu Ishaq al-Zuhri (d. 277/890) 60

150. Abu ‘Isa Muhammad ibn ‘Isa ibn Sawrah al-Tirmidhi (d. 279/ 892) 61

151. Abu Bakr ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Ubayd al-Baghdadi, known as Ibn Abi al­Dunya (d. 281/894) 61

152. Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi (d. 285/898) 61

153. Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn ‘Amr ibn Abi ‘Asim al-Nabil, known as Ibn Abi ‘Asim al-Shaybani (d. 287/900) 61

154. Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman ‘Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal al-Shaybani (d. 290/902) 61

155. Muhammad ibn al-Fadl, Abu Ja’far al-Saqati (d. 288/900) 61

156. Fahd ibn Sulayman al-Nahhas al-Misri 61

157. Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Shaybani al-Baghdadi, known as Tha’lab (d. 291/904) 61

158. Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-Khaliq al-Bazzaz (d. 292/905) 62

159. Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn Sahl al-Faqih al-Qabbani (d. 292/904) 62

160. Ahmad ibn al-Qasim al-Jawhari (d. 293/905) 62

161. Al-Hafiz Salih ibn Muhammad Jazarah (d. 294/906) 62

162. Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Hulwani (d. 296/908) 62

163. Al-Hafiz Abu Ja’far Mutayyan, Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Sulayman (d. 297/909) 62

Notes 62

Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Fourth-Tenth Century 64

164. Al-Hafiz, al-Hasan ibn Sufyan al-Nasawi (d. 303/915) 64

165. Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman Ahmad ibn Shu’ayb ibn ‘Ali al-Nasa'i (d. 303/915) 64

166. Al-Hafiz Abu Yahya Zakariyya ibn Yahya al-Saji (d. 306/919) 64

167. Abu Ya’la Ahmad ibn al-Muthanna' ibn Yahya' al-Tamimi al-Musali (d. 307/919) 64

168. Abu Khubayb al-Abbas ibn Ahmad al-Birti (d. 308/920) 64

169. Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (d. 310/922) 64

170. Abu Bishr Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Dulabi (d. 310/922) 64

171. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Khuzaymah al-Nishaburi (d. 311/923) 64

172. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Al-Harith, Ibn al-Baghandi al-Wasiti (d. 312/924) 64

173. Abu ‘Awanah Ya’qub ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ibn Zayd al-Nishaburi al-Isfarayini (d. 316/928) 65

174. Abu Bakr ibn Abi Dawud ‘Abd Allah ibn Sulayman al-Sijistani (d. 316/928) 65

175. Al-Hasan ibn Musallim ibn al-Tabib al-San’ani 65

176. Abu al-Qasim ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Aziz al-Baghawi (d. 317/929) 65

177. Al-Hafiz al-Tahawi, Abu Ja’far Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Salamah (d. 321/933) 65

178. Abu Ja’far al-’Uqayli, Muhammad ibn ‘Amr ibn Hammad (d. 322/934) 65

179. Abu ‘Umar Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Rabbih al-Qurtubi (d. 328/939) 65

180. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Bashshar, known as Ibn al-Anbari (d. 328/939) 65

181. Abu ‘Abd Allah Husayn ibn Isma’il ibn al-Dabbi al-Muhamili (d. 330/941) 65

182. Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa’id, known as Ibn ‘Uqdah (d. 332/943) 65

183. Al-Hasan ibn Ya’qub, Abu al-Fadl al-Bukhari (d. 342/953) 66

184. Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ya’qub ibn al-Akhram al-Shaybani (d. 344/955) 66

185. Abu Muhammad ‘Abd Allah ibn Ja’far al-Isfahani (d. 346/ 957) 66

186. Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Tamim al-Khayyat al-Qantari (d. 348/959) 66

187. Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn Duhaym al-Shaybani (d. 351/962) 66

188. Abu Muhammad Da’laj ibn Ahmad ibn Da’laj al-Sijzi al-Mu’addal (d. 315/962) 66

189. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn ‘Umar ibn Muslim al-Tamimi, known as Ibn al-Ji’abi (d. 355/966) 66

190. Abu al-Qasim Sulayman ibn Ahmad al-Tabarani (d. 360/970) 66

191. Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Ja’far ibn Hamdan ibn Malik ibn Shabib al-Qati’i (d. 368/978) 66

192. Al-Hafiz Abu al-Shaykh Ibn Hayyan al-Busti al-Isfahani (d. 369/979) 67

193. Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Talhah al-Azhari (d. 370/980) 67

194. Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Balwayh (d. 374/984) 67

195. Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Hamdan Abu ‘Amr al-Hiri (d. 376/986) 67

196. Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn al-Muzaffar ibn Musa ibn ‘Isa al-Baghdadi (d. 379/989) 67

197. ‘Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hammuyah al-Hamawi al-Sarakhsi (d. 381/991) 67

198. Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn ‘Umar ibn Ahmad al-Darqutni (d. 385/ 995) 67

199. Al-Hafiz Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn ‘Umar ibn Shadhan al-Sukkari (d. 386/996) 67

200. Abu Tahir Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Mukhallis al-Dhahabi (d. 393/1002) 68

201. Abu Muhammad Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Baghdadi 68

Notes 68

Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Fifth-Eleventh Century 69

202. Abu ‘Ubayd Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Harawi (d. 401/1010) 69

203. Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Hakim al-Nishaburi (d. 405/1014) 69

204. Abu Sa’d al-Malik ibn Muhammad al-Wa’iz al-Nishaburi al-Kharkushi (d. 406/1015) 69

205. Yahya ibn Ibrahim Abu Zakariyya al-Muzakki al-Nishabari (d. 414/1023) 69

206. Al-Qadi ‘Abd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad al-Mu’tazili (d. 414/1023) 69

207. Abu al-Faraj Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Shahriyar al-Isfahani 69

208. Abu Ishaq Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Tha’labi (d. 427/1036) 69

209. Abu Nu’aym Ahmad ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Isfahani (d. 430/ 1038) 69

210. Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar al-’Utbi 69

211. Abu Sa’d Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Ganjrudi (d. 453/1061) 70

212. Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn ‘Ubayd Allah ibn Khalaf 70

213. Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali al-Bayhaqi (d. 458/1066) 70

214. Abu Ghalib Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Sahl al-Nahwi, known as Ibn Bushran (d. 462/1069) 70

215. Abu ‘Umar Yusuf ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Namari al-Qurtubi known as Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr (d. 463/1071) 70

216. Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn ‘Ali ibn Thabit al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d. 463/1071) 70

217. Ibn al-Ghariq Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Muhtadi bi Allah (d. 465/1072) 70

218. Abu al-Hasan ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Dawudi al-Bushanji (d. 467/1074) 70

219. Abu Muhammad Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn Musa al-Ghandajani (d. 467/1074) 70

220. Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn Muhammad al-Tayyib al-Jullabi, known as Ibn al-Maghazili (d. 483/1090) 70

221. Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Futuh ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Hamid al-Azdi al-Hamidi (d. 488/1095) 70

222. Al-Sayyid Abu aI-Ma’aIi Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Zayd al-Samarqandi (d. 488/1095) 71

223. Abu al­-Muzaffar Mansur ibn Muhammad al-­Sam’ani (d. 489/1096) 71

Notes 71

Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Sixth-Twelfth Century 72

224. Abu ‘Ali lsma’il ibn Ahmad ibn al-Husayn al-Bayhaqi (d. 507/1113) 72

225. Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn Tahir ibn ‘Ali al-Shaybani al-Maqdisi, known as Ibn al­Qaysarani (d. 507/1113) 72

226. Abu Shuja’ Shirwayh ibn Shahrdar ibn Shirwayh al-­Daylami al-Hamadani (d. 509/1115) 72

227. Abu Muhammad Husayn ibn Mas’ud al-Farra' al-Baghawi, known as Muhyi al-Sunnah (d. 516/1122) 72

228. Abu Bakr al-­Mazrafi, Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Shaybani (d. 527/1132) 72

229. ‘Abd al-Ghafir al-Farsi (d. 529/1134) 72

230. Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn al-Amraki al-­Mattuthi al-­Busanji 72

231. Muhammad ibn Hammuyah al-Juwayni (d. 530/1135) 72

232. Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn ‘Ali al-­Tusi, known as Ibn al-’Iraqi 72

233. Zahir ibn Tahir ibn al-Qasim al-­Shahhami al-Mustamli (d. 533/1138) 72

234. Abu al-Husayn Razin ibn Mu’awiyah al-Abdari (d. 535/ 1140) 73

235. Abu al-Barakat ‘Abd al-Wahhab ibn al-Mubarak al-Anmati al-Baghdadi (d. 538/1143) 73

236. Jar Allah al-Zamakhshari (d. 538/1143) 73

237. Ibn aI-’Arabi al-Maliki (d. 543/1148) 73

238. Al-Qadi Abu al-Fadl ‘lyad ibn Musa al-Yahsabi (d. 544/ 1149) 73

239. Abu Muhammad Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Asimi 73

240. Al-Qadi Abu Muhammad ibn ‘Atiyyah al-Muharibi al-Gharnati (d. 546/1151) 73

241. Abu al-Fadl ibn Nasir al-Salami al-Baghdadi (d. 550/1155) 73

242. Abu al-Mu'ayyad Muwaffaq ibn Ahmad al-Makki, known as Akhtab Khwarazm (538/1143) 73

243. Al-Hafiz Abu al-Ala' al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Attar al-Hamadani (d. 569/1173) 73

244. ‘Umar ibn ‘Isa al-Khatibi al-Dihlaqi 73

245. Abu al-Qasim ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Hibat Allah al-Dimashqi, known as Ibn ‘Asakir (d. 571/1175) 74

246. Muhammad ibn ‘Umar ibn Ahmad ibn ‘Umar al-Isfahani known as Abu Musa al-Madini (d. 581/1185) 74

247. Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Abi al-Fawaris al-Razi 74

248. Siraj al-Din Abu Muhammad ‘Ali ibn ‘Uthman ibn Muhammad al-’Ushi al-Farghani al-Hanafi (d. after 569/1174) 74

249. Abu al-Faraj ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Ali ibn Muhammad, known as Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597/1200) 74

Notes 74

Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Seventh-Thirteenth Century 75

250. Abu al-Futuh As’ad ibn Mahmud ibn Khalaf al-’Ijli al-Isfahani (d. 600/1203) 75

251. Al-Mubarak ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-­Karim, known as Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari (d. 606/1209) 75

252. Fakhr al-Din Muhammad ibn ‘Umar al-Razi (d. 606/1209) 75

253. Abu Muhammad ‘Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Akhdar al-Janabadhi al-Baghdadi (d. 611/1214) 75

254. Al-Rafi’i (d. 623/1226) 75

255. Muwaffaq al-Din ‘Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (d. 629/1231) 75

256. Abu al-Hasan ‘Izz al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Karim, known Ibn al-Athir (d. 630/1232) 75

257. Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Mahmud ibn al-Hasan ibn Hibat Allah, known as Ibn al-Najjar (d. 642/1244) 75

258. Diya' al-Din Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahid al-Maqdisi al-­Hanbali (d. 643/1245) 75

259. Radi al-Din Hasan ibn Muhammad al-­Saghani (d. 650/1252) 75

260. Abu Salim Muhammad ibn Talhah al-Qarashi al-Nasibi al-Shafi’i (d. 652/1254) 76

261. Abu al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn Qizughli, Sibt ibn al-Jawzi (d. 654/1256) 76

262. Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn ‘Umar al-Qurtubi al-Ansari (d. 656/1258) 76

263. ‘Izz al-Din ‘Abd al-Hamid ibn Hibat Allah ibn Abi al-Hadid al-Mu’tazili (d. 656/1258) 76

264. Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Muhammad al-Kanji al-Shafi’i (d. 658/1260) 76

265. Abu al-Fath Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Abiwardi al-Shafi’i (d. 667/1268) 76

266. Abu Zakariyya Muhyi al-Din Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi (d. 676/1277) 76

267. Abu Muhammad Sharaf al-Din ‘Umar ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahid al-Musili 76

268. Al-Qadi Nasir al-Din al-Baydawi (d. 685/1286) 76

269. Abu al-Abbas Muhibb al-Din Ahmad ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Tabari al-Makki al-Shafi’i (d. 694/1294) 77

270. Sa’id al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Farghani (d. 699/ 1299) 77

271. Nizam al-Din Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-­Qummi al-Nishaburi, known as al-Nizam al-A’raj 77

Notes 77

Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Eight-Fourteenth Century 78

272. Zahir al-Din ‘Abd al-Samad al-Fariqi al-Farabi (d. after 707/1307) 78

273. Abu al-Fadl Jamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Mukarram al-Ansari al-Ifriqi al-Misri (d. 711/1311) 78

274. Sadr al-Din Abu al-Majami’ Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Mu’ayyad al-Hamawi (d. 722/1322) 78

275. Abu al-Abbas Najm al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Makki ibn Yasin al-Qamuli (d. 727/1327) 78

276. Ibn Taymiyyah al-Harrani (d. 728/1328) 78

277. ‘Ala' al-Din ‘Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Baghdadi, known as al-Khazin (d. 741/1340) 78

278. Fakhr al-Din al-Hansawi 78

279. Abu ‘Abd Allah Wali al-Din Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Khatib al-Tabrizi 78

280. Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Yusuf al-Mizzi (d. 742/1341) 78

281. Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Tayyibi (d. 743/1342) 78

282. Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Muzaffar al-Shahrudi al-Khalkhali (d. 745/1344) 78

283. Athir al-Din Abu Hayyan al-Andalusi (d. 745/1344) 79

284. Shams al-Din Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Dhahabi (d. 748/1347) 79

285. ‘Ala' al-Din ibn al-Turkamani al-Hanafi (d. 749/1348) 79

286. Jamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn al-Hasan al-Zarandi al-Madani al-Ansari (d. after 750/1349) 79

287. Badr al-Din Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Habib al-Halabi 79

288. Zayn al-Arab ‘Ali ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Misri (d. after 751/1350) 79

289. Sa’id al-Din Muhammad ibn Mas’ud ibn Muhammad al-­Kazeruni (d. 758/1357) 79

290. Isma’il ibn Kathir ibn Daw' al-Qarashi al-Dimashqi (d. 774/1372) 79

291. Muhammad ibn Qasim al-Nuwayri al-Iskandarani (d. after 775/1373) 79

292. Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Wasiti (d. 776/1374) 79

293. Al-Sayyid ‘Ali Shihab al-Din al-Hamadani (d. 786/1384) 79

294. Al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Taliqani 79

295. Sa’d al-Din Mas’ud ibn ‘Umar al-Taftazani (d. 791/1389) 80

296. Abu ‘Abd Allah Husam al-Din Hamid ibn Ahmad al-Mahalli 80

Notes 80

Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Ninth- Fifteenth Century 81

297. Nur al-Din ‘Ali ibn Abi Bakr ibn Sulayman al-Haythami (d. 807/1404) 81

298. Majd al-Din Muhammad ibn Ya’qub al-Firuzabadi al-Shirazi (d. 817/1414) 81

299. Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Hafizi al-Bukhari al-­Naqshbandi, known as Khwajah Parsa (d. 822/1419) 81

300. Abu al-Abbas Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn ‘Ali al-Maqrizi (d. 845/1441) 81

301. ‘Uthman ibn Haji ibn Muhammad al-Harawi 81

302. Malik al-’Ulama' Shihab al-Din ibn Shams al-Din al-­Zawali al-Dawlatabadi (d. 849/1445) 81

303. Nur al-Din ‘Ali ibn Muhammad, known as Ibn al-Sabbagh al-Maliki (d. 855/1451) 81

304. Al-Hafiz ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (d. 852/1448) 81

Notes 81

Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Tenth-Sixteenth Century 82

305. Abu al-Khayr Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sakhawi (d. 902/1496) 82

306. Husayn ibn ‘Ali al-Kashifi (d. 910/1504) 82

307. Jalal al-Din ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr al-Suyuti (d. 911/1505) 82

308. Nur al-Din ‘Ali ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Samhudi (d. 911/1505) 82

309. Al-Fadl ibn Ruzbahan al-Khunji al-Shirazi 82

310. Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Qastallani al-Shafi’i (d. 923/1517) 82

311. Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Alqami (d. 929/1522) 82

312. ‘Abd al-Wahhab ibn Muhammad ibn Rafi’ al-Din al-Bukhari (d. 932/1525) 82

313. Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Dimashqi al-Salihi (d. 942/1535) 83

314. Al-Hafiz ibn al-Dayba’ al-Shaybani (d. 943/1536) 83

315. Shams al-Din Ibn Tulun al-Dimashqi (d. 953/1546) 83

316. Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Sharbini al-Khatib (d. 968/1560) 83

317. Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn Hajar al-Haythami al-Makki (d. 973/1565) 83

318. Nur al-Din ‘Ali ibn Husam al-Din al-Muttaqi al-Hindi (d.975/1567) 83

319. Muhammad Tahir al-Fitanni al-Gujrati (d. 986/1578) 83

320. ‘Abbas ibn Mu’in al-Din, known as Mirza Makhdum al-­Jurjani al-Shirazi (d. 988/1580) 83

321. Al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Shaykh ‘Abd Allah al-Aydarus al-Yamani (d. 990/1582) 83

322. Kamal al-Din ibn Fakhr al-Din al-Jahromi (d. after 994/1586) 83

323. Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Mustafa ibn Ibrahim al-Sufi, known as Badr al-Din al-Rumi 84

324. ‘Ata' Allah ibn Fadl Allah al-Shirazi, known as Jamal al-Din al-Muhaddith (d. 1000/1591) 84

Notes 84

Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Eleventh-Seventeenth Century 85

325. ‘Ali ibn al-Sultan Muhammad al-Harawi, known as ‘Ali al-Qari (d. 1013/1604) 85

326. ‘Abd al-Ra'uf ibn Taj al-Arifin al-Munawi (d. 1031/1621) 85

327. Nur al-Din ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn ‘Ali al-Halabi al-Shafi’i (d. 1033/1623) 85

328. Ahmad ibn al-Fadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir al-Makki (d. 1037/1627) 85

329. Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-­Shaykani al-Qadiri al-Madani 85

330. Al-Sayyid Muhammad ibn al-Sayyid Jalal Mah ‘Alam al-Bukhari (d. 1045/1635) 85

331. Al-Shaykh ‘Abd al-­Haqq al-Dehlawi (d. 1052/1642) 85

332. Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Umar al-Khafaji al-Misri al-Hanafi (d. 1069/1658) 85

333. ‘Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Azizi al-­Bulaqi al-Shafi’i (d. 1070/1659) 86

334. Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Susi al-­Maghribi (d. 1094/1683) 86

335. Mulla Ya’qub al-­Banyani al-Lahori (1098/1686) 86

Notes 86

Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Twelfth- Eighteenth Century 87

336. Salih ibn Mahdi ibn ‘Ali Muqbili al-­San’ani (d. 1108/1696) 87

337. ‘Abd al-Malik al-Isami al-Makki (d. 1111/1699) 87

338. Muhammad Amin al-­Muhibbi (d. 1111/1699) 87

339. Ahmad Afandi, known as Munajjim Bashi (d. 1113/1701) 87

340. Kamal al-Din Ibn Hamzah al-Husayni (d. 1120/1708) 87

341. Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Baqi ibn Yusuf al-Azhari al-Zarqani al-Maliki (d. 1122/1710) 87

342. Husam al-Din ibn Muhammad Ba Yazid ibn Badi’ al-Din al-Saharanpuri 87

343. Mirza Muhammad ibn Mu’tamad Khan al-Harithi al-Badakhshi 87

344. Radi al-Din ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn Haydar al-Husayni al-Shami al-Shafi’i (d. 1142/1729) 87

345. ‘Abd al-Ghani ibn Isma’il al-Nabulusi al-Hanafi (d. 1143/1730) 87

346. Muhammad Sadr al-Alam 87

347. Ibrahim al-Shabrawi Shaykh al-Azhar (d. 1162/1749) 88

348. Shah Wali Allah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahim al-Dehlawi (d. 1176/1762) 88

349. Muhammad Mu’in ibn Muhammad Amin al-Sindi 88

350. Muhammad ibn Isma’il al-Amir al-Yamani al-San’ani (d.1182/1768) 88

351. Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Saban 88

352. Abu al-Fayd Muhibb al-Din Muhammad Murtada al-Wasiti al-Zubaydi al-Hanafi al-Bilgirami 88

353. Ahmad ibn ‘Abd al-Qadir ibn Bakr al-’Ujayli al-Shafi’i (d.1182/1768) 88

Notes 88

Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Thirteenth- Nineteenth Century 89

354. Mir Ghani al-Husayni (d. 1207/1792) 89

355. Muhammad Mubin ibn Muhibb Allah al-Lakhnowi (d. 1220/1805) 89

356. Muhammad Ikram al-Din ibn Muhammad Nizam al-Din al-­Dehlawi 89

357. Rashid al-Din Khan al-Dehlawi (d. 1243/1827) 89

358. Mirza Hasan ‘Ali Muhaddith al-Lakhnowi (d. 1255/1839) 89

359. ‘Abd al-Rahim ibn ‘Abd al-Karim al-Safipuri (d. 1267/1850) 89

360. Wali Allah ibn Habib Allah al-Lakhnowi (d. 1270/1853) 89

361. ‘Ashiq ‘Ali Khan al-Lakhnowi 89

362. Al-Shaykh Hasan al-Adawi al-Hamzawi 89

363. Sulayman ibn Ibrahim, known as Khwajah Kalan al-Husayni al-Balkhi al-Qunduzi 89

364. Mawlawi Siddiq Hasan Khan al-Qannawji 89

365. Mawlawi Hasan al-Zaman 90

Notes 90

Narrators of Hadith al-Thaqalayn of Fourteenth- Twentieth Century 91

366. Ahmad Zayni Dahlan 91

367. Ahmad Diya' al-Din al-Kamushkhanawi 91

368. Mu'min ibn Hasan al-Shablanji 91

369. Behjat Buhlul Afandi 91

370. Al-Shaykh Mansur ‘Ali Nasif al-Misri 91

371. Yusuf ibn Isma’il al-Nabhani 91

372. Al-Abbas ibn Ahmad al-Yamani 91

373. Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri 91

374. Ahmad al-Banna al-Sa’ati 91

375. ‘Abd Allah al-Shafi’i 91

376. Mahmud Abu Rayyah 91

377. Tawfiq Abu ‘Alam 91

378. Habib al-Rahman al-A’zami 91

The Meaning of Hadith al-Thaqalayn 92

Some Traditions that Appear to Conflict with Hadith al-Thaqalayn 96

Tradition n.1 96

Tradition n.2 97

Tradition n.3 98

Tradition n.4 99

Tradition n.5 99

Tradition n.6 100

Tradition n.7 101

Notes 103