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
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biographical compendium ⓘ book on the Companions of the Prophet ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
document the identities of the Companions
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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
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al-Dhahabi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
entries on female Companions
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entries on male Companions ⓘ narrations about the Companions ⓘ reports of virtues and merits (fada’il) ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic history
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hadith studies ⓘ prosopography ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
genealogies of the Companions
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hadith transmitters among the Companions ⓘ lives of the Prophet’s Companions ⓘ names and kunyas of the Companions ⓘ virtues of the Companions ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical dictionary
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rijal al-hadith ⓘ |
| importance |
considered one of the earliest comprehensive works on the Companions
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major source for later compilers of Sahaba biographies ⓘ |
| influenced | later biographical works on the Companions ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Sahaba
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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
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traditional Islamic seminaries ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early Islamic period
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era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs ⓘ lifetime of Prophet Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleInArabicScript | الاستيعاب في معرفة الأصحاب NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
reference work in biographical evaluation
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reference work in hadith sciences ⓘ source for early Islamic history ⓘ |
| writtenInRegion | al-Andalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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