The Eminence of the Hadith Adherents

From the back of The Eminence of the Hadith Adherents. It is reported that the Messenger of Allah stated, "There will continue to be a group of my nation who prevail upon the truth, and they will not be harmed by those who forsake them."

Al-Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal said in regard to this statement, "If they are not the ḥadīth adherents, then I do not know who they are!"Al-Ḥāfiz Ibn Ḥajar said, "Rare is the science from the sciences of al-ḥadīth on which al-Khaṭīb did not author an independent book.

 Indeed, it is as al-Ḥāfiẓ Abu Bakr ibn Nuqṭah said, 'Every objective person knows that the ḥadīth masters after al-Khaṭīb are dependent upon his books.'" Mullā ʿAlī al-Qārī expanded upon this, "This is akin to the statement of al-Shāfiʿī, 'All are dependent upon Abī Ḥanīfah in jurisprudence.'" [Sharḥ Sharḥ Nukhbati 'l-Fikar (139-141)]