Stories of Scholars

biography of Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak

Imam Nasaai

Imam Ahmed

Imam Ash-Shafi

Imam Malik

A short biography of the seventh century scholar, Ibn Al-Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

There are two calamities when the true scholars of Islam pass away: firstly is the immediate loss of the individual from whom one can now not benefit from, seek advice from, obtain solutions to our problems and likewise. The second calamity is that the sacred knowledge running through the veins of such people is lost and passes away with its carrier.

This part details his reason for compiling his 'Sahih', his methodology and his other works.

‘I saw the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) in a dream, I was standing in front of him with a fan in my hand, and I was shooing the flies from around him. So asked someone who was skilled in dream interpretation about this. He said ‘You are deflecting away from him the lies, so thus he encouraged me to compile al-Jami’ al-Sahih.’

This part describes the trials that Imam Bukhari faced whilst upholding the truth.