al-Isti‘ab fi Ma‘rifat al-Ashab

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al-Isti‘ab fi Ma‘rifat al-Ashab is a major biographical compendium of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, authored by the Andalusian scholar Ibn Abd al-Barr.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic scholarly work
biographical compendium
book on the Companions of the Prophet
aimsTo document the identities of the Companions
preserve historical information about the Companions
alternativeTitle al-Isti‘ab fi Ma‘rifat al-Sahabah NERFINISHED
author Ibn Abd al-Barr NERFINISHED
authorCenturyGregorian 11th century CE
authorCenturyHijri 5th century AH
citedBy Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani NERFINISHED
al-Dhahabi NERFINISHED
contains entries on female Companions
entries on male Companions
narrations about the Companions
reports of virtues and merits (fada’il)
field Islamic history
hadith studies
prosopography
focusesOn genealogies of the Companions
hadith transmitters among the Companions
lives of the Prophet’s Companions
names and kunyas of the Companions
virtues of the Companions
genre biographical dictionary
rijal al-hadith
importance considered one of the earliest comprehensive works on the Companions
major source for later compilers of Sahaba biographies
influenced later biographical works on the Companions
language Arabic
mainSubject Sahaba NERFINISHED
biographies of the Companions of Muhammad
religiousPerspective Sunni NERFINISHED
religiousStatus classical Sunni reference
religiousTradition Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
structure organized alphabetically by name of Companion
studiedIn departments of Islamic studies
traditional Islamic seminaries
timePeriodDescribed early Islamic period
era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs
lifetime of Prophet Muhammad NERFINISHED
titleInArabicScript الاستيعاب في معرفة الأصحاب NERFINISHED
usedAs reference work in biographical evaluation
reference work in hadith sciences
source for early Islamic history
writtenInRegion al-Andalus NERFINISHED

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Ibn Abd al-Barr notableWork al-Isti‘ab fi Ma‘rifat al-Ashab