{"title":"Imam ad-Dhahabi \u0026 Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection brings together the work of two of the greatest hadith masters of the Islamic tradition. Imam Shams al-Din adh-Dhahabi (673–748 AH) was a celebrated scholar of hadith, history, and narrator-criticism from Damascus and a student of Ibn Taymiyyah, renowned for vast works such as \u003cem\u003eSiyar A'lam an-Nubala\u003c\/em\u003e and his biographical dictionaries of hadith narrators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAl-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (773–852 AH), known as Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith, was the foremost muhaddith of his age and author of \u003cem\u003eFath al-Bari\u003c\/em\u003e, the celebrated commentary on \u003cem\u003eSahih al-Bukhari\u003c\/em\u003e. Together their scholarship forms a cornerstone of the sciences of hadith and narrator-evaluation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBelow are the available titles at The Islamic Book Cafe.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-illustrious-women-of-islam-from-the-first-generation","title":"The Illustrious Women of Islam From The First Generation By Imam ad-Dhahabi and Ibn Hajar Asqalani","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe women of the first generation of Islam are among the most important figures in Islamic history — yet their stories remain among the least known to English-speaking Muslims. They were the wives and daughters of the Prophet, the mothers and sisters of the Companions, the first teachers of the women of this ummah, and witnesses to the revelation itself. Their biographies are not supplementary to Islamic history — they are at its center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Illustrious Women of Islam from the First Generation\u003c\/strong\u003e is a collection of biographies drawn from two of the most authoritative sources in Islamic biographical literature: the works of Imam al-Dhahabi and Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — two scholars whose standards of hadith verification and biographical documentation are among the most rigorous in Islamic history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat This Book Contains\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Wives and Closest Women of the Prophet\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first section covers the women closest to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) — his wives (Mothers of the Believers), his daughters, his nursing mothers, his granddaughters, his paternal aunts, his paternal cousins, and his nursing sisters. These biographies come from Imam al-Dhahabi's monumental biographical dictionary, filtered and presented here in English for the first time. For Khadijah, Aisha, Fatimah, and the other wives and daughters — this is among the most authentically sourced biographical resource available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eA Biographical Encyclopedia — From Mankind and the Jinn\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second section, drawn from Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's encyclopedic work, is arranged alphabetically and covers an extraordinary range of notable women from the first generations of Islam — from the Companions to the Tabi'een — including not only the famous names but dozens of lesser-known women whose stories have never been translated into English before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Original Sources\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImam Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi (673–748 AH) was one of the greatest scholars of hadith criticism and Islamic biography in history. Al-Hafiz Ahmad ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (773–852 AH) was the author of Fath al-Bari and is considered the greatest hadith scholar of the ninth Islamic century. Published by Authentic Statements Publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWho This Book Is For\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery Muslim woman who wants to know the women who came before her — their courage, their knowledge, their sacrifice, and their standing in the sight of Allah. Muslim men who want to understand the first generation of Muslim women as they actually were. Parents raising daughters in the deen who need role models from Islamic history. And any Muslim who wants a rigorously sourced window into the lives of the women who helped build this ummah from its beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Authentic Statements Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44119400513849,"sku":"TIBC0129","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/9306\/2201\/files\/20250602-190815.jpg?v=1749000042"}],"url":"https:\/\/theislamicbookcafe.com\/collections\/imam-ad-dhahabi-ibn-hajar-al-asqalani.oembed","provider":"The Islamic Book Cafe LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}