Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
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Ibn Hajar Asqalani was a Sunni scholar.
In 817, Ibn Hajar commenced the enormous task of assembling his Fath al-Bari, the most valued Sunni commentary of Sahi Bukhari.
He deemed the leader of the troops that killed Husain ibn Ali, Umar ibn Sa'ad, to be trustworthy.
He followed the Shafi'i madhab.
Works
- Fath al-Bari
- al-Durar al-Kamina - a biographical dictionary of leading figures of the eighth century
- a commentary on the Forty Hadith of Imam al-Nawawi (a scholar for whom he had particular respect)
- Tahdhib al-Tahdhib (an abbreviation of Tahdhib al-Kamal, the encyclopedia of hadith narrators by al-Mizzi)
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-Sahaba (the most widely-used dictionary of Companions)
- Bulugh al-Maram min adillat al-ahkam (on Shafi‘i fiqh).
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