Ibn Rajab

Zayn al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Barakāt Masʿūd al-Sulamī al-Ḥanbalī al-Baghdādī al-Dimashqī , commonly known as Ibn Rajab (; 736-795 AH/ 1335–1393 CE), was a Sunni scholar. He was a prominent Hanbali jurist, traditionist, historian, theologian and preacher. He was also associated with the Qadiri Sufi order.

Early life Birth He was born in Baghdad in Rabiʿ al-Awwal 736 (November 1335). He became known as Ibn Rajab in reference to his grandfather, who was nicknamed Rajab because of the month in which he was born.

Education He received his first education from his father and grandfather, both of whom were ḥadīth scholars. According to his own statement, he attended the lectures of ʿAbd al-Raḥīm b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Zarīrānī at the Mujāhidiyya Madrasa in Baghdad while still a child—too young, as he said, to fully appreciate the scholar’s worth. Encouraged by his father, he joined scholarly gatherings in Baghdad even at a young age, studying under such scholars as Ṣafī al-Dīn Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Baghdādī, and Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Tilī al-Dimashqī, from whom he received ijāzas (certificates of transmission).

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani said: “He was highly proficient in the science of hadith in terms of the names of reporters, their biographies, their paths of narration and awareness of their meanings.”

Ibn Muflih: “He is the Shaykh, the great scholar, the Hafiz, the ascetic, the Shaykh of the Hanbali madhhab and he authored many beneficial works.”

Works Tafsir and Qur'anic studies Tafsir Surah al-Ikhlaas Tafsir Surah al-Faatihah Tafsir Surah an-Nasr I'raab al-Bismillah Al-Istighnaa bil-Qur'an

Hadith studies and explanations Sharh al-Tirmidhi Fath al-Bari bi Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari (An incomplete commentary on Sahih Bukhari) Jami' al-'Uloom wal-Hikam fi Sharh khamsina Hadithan min Jawami al-Kalim, considered one of the best and largest commentaries on Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadith. Maa Dhi'bani Ja'iaan ursilaa fi Ghanam Ikhtiyaar al-Awlaa fi Sharh Hadith Ikhtisaam al-Mala al-A'alaa Noor al-Iqtibas fi Mishkaat Wasiyyat an-Nabi Libn Abbas ( Explanation of the advice of the Prophet to Ibn 'Abbas ) Ghayat an-Nafa fi Sharh Hadith Tamthil al-Mu'min bi Khamat az-Zara Kashf al-Kurbah fi Wasfi Hali Ahl al-Ghurbah ( Alleviating Grieviances in Describing the Condition of the Strangers )

Fiqh Al-Istikhraj fi Ahkam al-Kharaj Al-Qawa'id al-Fiqhiyyah Kitab Ahkam al-Khawatim wa ma yat'alaqu biha

Biographical and historical accounts Adh-Dhayl 'alaa Tabaqat al-Hanabilah Mukhtasar Sirah Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz Sirah 'Abd al-Malik ibn Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz

Other Lata'if al-Ma'arif fima li Mawasim al-Aam min al-Wadha'if At-Takhweef min an-Naar wat-Ta'reef bi Hali Dar al-Bawar Al-Farq bayna an-Nasihah wat-Ta'yir ( The difference between advising and condemning ) Ahwal Ahl al-Quboor Fadhl 'Ilm Al-Salaf 'alā'l-Khalaf ( The superiority of the knowledge of the predecessors over the knowledge of the successors )