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Muhammad (570–632) prepared the
Constitution of Medina taught the
Quran and advised his companions
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`Abd Allah bin Masud (Died 650) taught |
Ali (607-661) fourth caliph taught |
Aisha Muhammad's wife and first caliphs daughter taught |
`Abd Allah ibn `Abbas (618-736) taught |
Zaid bin Thabit (610-660) taught |
Umar (579-644) second caliph taught |
Abu Hurairah (603 – 681) taught |
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Alqama ibn Qays (died 681) taught | |
Hussein ibn Ali (626–680) taught |
Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr (657-725) taught and raised by Aisha |
Urwah ibn Zubayr (died 713) taught by Aisha, he then taught |
Said ibn al-Musayyib (637-715) taught |
Abdullah ibn Umar (614-693) taught |
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (624-692) taught by Aisha, he then taught | |
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Ibrahim al-Nakha’i taught | | | Ali ibn al-Husayn
Zayn al-Abidin (659–712) taught | | | | |
Hisham ibn Urwah (667-772) taught |
Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (died 741) taught |
Salim ibn Abd-Allah ibn Umar taught |
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Hammad bin ibi Sulman taught | | |
Muhammad al Baqir (676-733) taught |
Farwah bint al-Qasim Abu Bakr's great grand daughter Jafar's mother | | |
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Abu Hanifa (699 — 767) wrote Al Fiqh Al Akbar
[2] and Kitab Al-Athar, jurisprudence followed by
Sunni, Sufi, Barelvi, Deobandi,
Zaidiyyah Shia and originally by the
Fatimid and taught |
Zayd ibn Ali (695-740) |
Ja'far al-Sadiq (702–765) Ali's and Abu Bakr's great great grand son taught |
Malik ibn Anas (711 – 795) wrote
Muwatta
[3], jurisprudence from early Madina period now mostly followed by Sunni in Africa and taught | | |
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Abu Yusuf (729-798) wrote
Usul al-fiqh |
Muhammad al-Shaybani (749–805) | | | | |
Al-Shafi‘i (767—820) wrote
Al-Risala (book), jurisprudence followed by Sunni |
Ismail ibn Ibrahim | | | |
Ali ibn al-Madini (778–849) wrote The Book of Knowledge of the Companions | | |
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Isma'il ibn Jafar (719-775) |
Musa al-Kadhim (745-799) | |
Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780—855) wrote
Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal jurisprudence followed by Sunni and hadith books |
Muhammad al-Bukhari (810-870) wrote
Sahih al-Bukhari hadith books
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Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (815-875) wrote
Sahih Muslim hadith books
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Muhammad ibn `Isa at-Tirmidhi (824-892) wrote
Jami` at-Tirmidhi hadith books
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Al-Baladhuri (died 892) wrote early history
Futuh al-Buldan,
Genealogies of the Nobles |
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Ibn Majah (824- 887) wrote
Sunan ibn Majah hadith book | |
Abu Dawood (817–889) wrote
Sunan Abu Dawood Hadith Book |
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Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864- 941) wrote
Kitab al-Kafi hadith book followed by Twelved Shia | | | | | | | | | | |
Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (838–923) wrote
History of the Prophets and Kings,
Tafsir al-Tabari | |
Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (874–936) wrote Maqālāt al-islāmīyīn, Kitāb al-luma, Kitāb al-ibāna 'an usūl al-diyāna |
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Ibn Babawayh (923-991) wrote
Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih jurisprudence followed by twelver Shia | |
Sharif Razi (930-977) wrote
Nahj al-Balagha followed by Twelver Shia | |
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201-1274) wrote jurisprudence books followed by Ismaili and Twelver Shia | | |
Al-Ghazali (1058–1111) wrote The Niche for Lights
[7]
[8],
The Incoherence of the Philosophers,
The Alchemy of Happiness on
Sufism | |
Rumi (1207-1273) wrote
Masnavi,
Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi on
Sufism | |
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KEY: Some Of
Muhammad's Companions | KEY: Taught in Madina | KEY: Taught in Iraq | KEY: Worked in Syria | KEY: Travelled Extensively Collecting The Sayings Of Muhammad And Wrote Hadith Books | KEY: Worked in Iran |