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the Acts of Allah’s Servants* by al-Bukhārī (1); Monotheism by Abū Bakr ibn Khuzayma (2); The Sunnah by Abū al-Qāsim al-Tabarānī (3), Abū al-Shaykh al-Asbahānī (4), and Abū Abd Allāh ibn Mandah (5); and The Names and Attributes by Abū Bakr al-Bayhaqī (6);
(1) Al-Bukhārī’s *Creation of the Acts of Allah’s Servants* was published in Delhi in 1306 AH. Ibn Taymiyya referred to it previously at 2/253. A manuscript copy is held in the Āshir Raʾīs Library under no. 139, as noted by Brockelmann, 3/179. The book was also published in the aforementioned collection *Creeds of the Early Muslims*.
(2) Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Ishāq ibn Khuzayma ibn al-Mughīra ibn Sālih ibn Bakr al-Sulamī al-Naysābūrī was the leading scholar of Nishapur in his time. Al-Subkī called him “the Imam of the Imams.” Al-Bukhārī and Muslim narrated from him outside their two *Sahīh* collections. He was born in 223 AH and died in 311 AH. For his biography, see *Tadhkirat al-Huffāz*, 2/720–731; *Tabaqāt al-Shāfiʿiyya*, 3/109–119; and *al-Alām*, 6/235. His *Monotheism and the Affirmation of the Attributes of the Lord, Mighty and Majestic* was published by al-Munīriyya Press, Cairo, in 1353 AH.
(3) Abū al-Qāsim Sulaymān ibn Ahmad ibn Ayyūb ibn Mutayr al-Lakhmī al-Tabarānī—whose nisba refers to Tiberias in al-Shām—was one of the leading hadith scholars. He was born in 260 AH and died in Isfahan in 360 AH. For his biography, see *Wafayāt al-Ayān*, 2/141; Ibn al-Jawzī, *Manāqib al-Imām Ahmad*, al-Khānjī ed., p. 619; *al-Alām*, 3/181; and Sezgin, m [0–9], j [0–9], pp. [0–9] 93–396. I found no mention among his listed works of the book to which Ibn Taymiyya referred. Above the words “and *The Sunnah*,” the annotator Mustajīzāda wrote: “Praise be to Allah, I possess this book and have read it many times.”
(4) Abū Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Jafar ibn Hayyān, known as Abū al-Shaykh al-Ansārī al-Asbahānī, was a prolific hadith transmitter. He was born in 274 AH and died in 396 AH. For his biography, see *Tadhkirat al-Huffāz*, 3/945–947; *Shadharāt al-Dhahab*, 3; Ibn al-Athīr, *al-Lubāb*, 1; and *al-Alām*, 4/264. Brockelmann also mentions him at 3/226–227, and Sezgin at m [0–9], j [0–9], pp. [0–9] 04–406, but neither mentions his book *The Sunnah*. Mustajīzāda wrote above the title: “I possess this book and have read it.”
(5) The biography of Ibn Mandah—Muhammad ibn Ishāq ibn Muhammad—appeared above at 1/425. Brockelmann also provides his biography at 3/228–229, as does Sezgin at m [0–9], j [0–9], pp. [0–9] 38–440, but neither mentions this book of his.
(6) Abū Bakr Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn Alī al-Bayhaqī al-Shāfiʿī was the leading scholar of Khurasan and one of the foremost hadith authorities. The text states that he was born in 458 AH. For his biography, see *Tabaqāt al-Shāfiʿiyya*, 4–16; *Shadharāt al-Dhahab*, 3/304–305; and *al-Alām*, 1/113. His *The Names and Attributes*, edited by Muhammad Zāhid al-Kawtharī, was published in Cairo in 1358 AH.
أَفْعَالِ الْعِبَادِ
" لِلْبُخَارِيِّ
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وَكِتَابُ "
التَّوْحِيدِ
" لِأَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ
(٢)
، وَكِتَابُ "
السُّنَّةِ
" لِأَبِي الْقَاسِمِ الطَّبَرَانِيِّ
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، وَلِأَبِي الشَّيْخِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ
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، وَلِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَنْدَهْ
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، "
وَالْأَسْمَاءُ وَالصِّفَاتُ " لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ الْبَيْهَقِيِّ
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(١) طُبِعَ كِتَابُ " خَلْقِ أَفْعَالِ الْعِبَادِ " لِلْبُخَارِيِّ بِدِهْلَى سَنَةَ ١٣٠٦. وَقَدْ أَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ ابْنُ تَيْمِيَّةَ مِنْ قَبْلُ ٢/٢٥٣، وَمِنْهُ نُسْخَةٌ خَطِّيَّةٌ فِي مَكْتَبَةِ عَاشِر رَئِيس رَقْمُ ١٣٩ ذَكَرَهَا بُرُوكِلْمَان ٣/١٧٩. وَقَدْ طُبِعَ الْكِتَابُ ضِمْنَ مَجْمُوعَةِ " عَقَائِدِ السَّلَفِ " السَّالِفَةِ الذِّكْرِ.
(٢) أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ صَالِحِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ السُّلَمِيُّ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ إِمَامُ نَيْسَابُورَ فِي عَصْرِهِ، وَلَقَّبَهُ السُّبْكِيُّ بِإِمَامِ الْأَئِمَّةِ، حَدَّثَ عَنْهُ الشَّيْخَانِ خَارِجَ صَحِيحِهِمَا، وُلِدَ سَنَةَ ٢٢٣ وَتُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ٣١١. تَرْجَمَتُهُ فِي: تَذْكِرَةِ الْحُفَّاظِ ٢/٧٢٠ - ٧٣١ ; طَبَقَاتِ الشَّافِعِيَّةِ ٣/١٠٩ - ١١٩ ; الْأَعْلَامِ ٦/٢٣٥. وَقَدْ طُبِعَ كِتَابُ " التَّوْحِيدِ وَإِثْبَاتِ صِفَاتِ الرَّبِّ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ " بِالْمَطْبَعَةِ الْمُنِيرِيَّةِ، الْقَاهِرَةِ، ١٣٥٣.
(٣) أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ مَطِيرٍ اللَّخْمِيُّ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ (مَنْسُوبٌ إِلَى طَبَرِيَةِ الشَّامِ) ، مِنْ كِبَارِ الْمُحَدِّثِينَ، وُلِدَ سَنَةَ ٢٦٠ وَتُوُفِّيَ بِأَصْبَهَانَ سَنَةَ ٣٦٠. انْظُرْ تَرْجَمَتَهُ فِي: وَفَيَاتِ الْأَعْيَانِ ٢/١٤١ ; مَنَاقِبِ الْإِمَامِ أَحْمَدَ لِابْنِ الْجَوْزِيِّ، (ط. الْخَانْجِيِّ) ص ٦١٩ ; الْأَعْلَامِ ٣/١٨١ ; سِزْكِين م [٠ - ٩] ; ج [٠ - ٩] ، ص [٠ - ٩] ٩٣ - ٣٩٦. وَلَمْ أَجِدْ ذِكْرًا لِكِتَابِهِ الَّذِي أَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ ابْنُ تَيْمِيَّةَ ضِمْنَ مَا ذَكَرَ مِنْ كُتُبِهِ وَكُتُبِ الْمُعَلِّقِ مُسْتَجِي زَادَهْ فَوْقَ عِبَارَةِ " وَكِتَابُ السُّنَّةِ " مَا يَلِي: " وَعِنْدِي - لِلَّهِ الْحَمْدُ - هَذَا الْكِتَابُ وَطَالَعْتُهُ كِرَارًا مِرَارًا "
(٤) أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ الْمَعْرُوفُ بِأَبِي الشَّيْخِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ، كَانَ مِنَ الْمُكْثِرِينَ، وُلِدَ سَنَةَ ٢٧٤ وَتُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ٣٩٦. انْظُرْ تَرْجَمَتَهُ فِي: تَذْكِرَةِ الْحُفَّاظِ ٣/٩٤٥ - ٩٤٧ ; شَذَرَاتِ الذَّهَبِ ٣ ; اللُّبَابِ لِابْنِ الْأَثِيرِ ١ ; الْأَعْلَامِ ٤/٢٦٤ وَذَكَرَهُ بُرُوكِلْمَان ٣/٢٢٦ - ٢٢٧. وَسِزْكِين م [٠ - ٩] ، ج [٠ - ٩] ، ص [٠ - ٩] ٠٤ - ٤٠٦ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرَا كِتَابَهُ " السُّنَّةَ " وَكَتَبَ مُسْتَجِي زَادَهْ فَوْقَ اسْمِ كِتَابِهِ: " وَعِنْدِي هَذَا الْكِتَابُ وَطَالَعْتُهُ "
(٥) سَبَقَتْ تَرْجَمَةُ ابْنِ مَنْدَهْ (مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ) ١/٤٢٥. وَتَرْجَمَ لَهُ بُرُوكِلْمَان ٣/٢٢٨ - ٢٢٩ وَسِزْكِين م [٠ - ٩] ، ج [٠ - ٩] ، ص [٠ - ٩] ٣٨ - ٤٤٠ وَلَكِنَّهُمَا لَمْ يَذْكُرَا كِتَابَهُ هَذَا.
(٦) أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْبَيْهَقِيُّ الشَّافِعِيُّ، شَيْخُ خُرَاسَانَ وَمِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الْمُحَدِّثِينَ. وُلِدَ سَنَةَ ٤٥٨. انْظُرْ تَرْجَمَتَهُ فِي: طَبَقَاتِ الشَّافِعِيَّةِ ٤ - ١٦ ; شَذَرَاتِ الذَّهَبِ ٣/٣٠٤ - ٣٠٥ ; الْأَعْلَامِ ١/١١٣. وَقَدْ طُبِعَ كِتَابُهُ " الْأَسْمَاءُ وَالصِّفَاتُ " (بِتَحْقِيقِ مُحَمَّد زَاهِد الْكَوْثَرِيِّ) ، الْقَاهِرَةِ، ١٣٥٨