Al-Imām al-Dāraqutnī and his Book "al-Ghrāib w'al-Afrād According to the Sequence/Arrangement of Imam Imām Ibni Tāhir al-Maqdisī"s

Abstract

Quran and Hadith are the primary resources of guidance for mankind which complement each other to develop a sound understanding of Islam. A great number of Muslim scholars have devoted their lives for preservation of Prophet's hadith (narrations) and have set principles to distinguish between strong and weak hadith. Imam Daraqutni is one of those prominent personalities who had complete expertise in Hadith sciences, particularly in the field of "Ilal". He authored many precious books in this field, one of them is "Al Gharaib wal Afrad", in 100 volumes. However, this book is difficult to understand, and its chapters are not organized. That is why Imam Ibn e Tahir Maqdisi reorganized this book in order to make it easy for students of Hadith. This article aims to offer a review of these two works.

Keywords

• hadith
• daraqutni
• gharaib
• afrad