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and The Sunnah by Abū Dharr al-Harawī (1) \ 65.; The Elucidation by Ibn Batta (2); Commentary on the Foundations of the Sunnah by Abū al-Qāsim al-Lālakāʾī (3); The Sunnah by Abū Hafs ibn Shāhīn (4); and Foundations of the Sunnah by Abū Umar
(1) Abū Dharr ʿAbd ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Harawī al-Mālikī was a trustworthy hadith master. He died in 434 AH. For his biography, see *Shadharāt al-Dhahab*, 3/254; *Tabyīn Kadhib al-Muftarī*, pp. 255–256; and *al-Alām*, 4/41. Al-Ziriklī lists *The Sunnah and the Attributes* among his works, while ʿUmar Kahhāla mentions him in *Muʿjam al-Muʾallifīn*, 5.
(2) The biography of Ibn Batta and a discussion of his two works, *The Major Elucidation* and *The Minor Elucidation*, appeared above at 1/61 and 2/22–23. Mustajīzāda wrote above the title of his book: “I possess this book and have examined most of its contents. It is an eminent work.” See also Sezgin, m [0–9], j [0–9], pp. [0–9] 39–240. Preceding it is *The Sacred Law* by Abū Bakr al-Ājurrī—Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Baghdādī al-Ājurrī, an exemplary imam and hadith scholar, who died in Mecca in 360 AH. For his biography, see *Tadhkirat al-Huffāz*, 3/936; *Wafayāt al-Ayān*, 3/419; *Tabaqāt al-Shāfiʿiyya*, 3/149; *Shadharāt al-Dhahab*, 3/35; *Tārīkh Baghdād*, 2/203; Sezgin, m [0–9], j [0–9], pp. [0–9] 89–392; and *al-Alām*, 6/328. *The Sacred Law*, edited by Muhammad Hāmid al-Fiqī, was published in 1369 AH/1950 CE. A manuscript copy is held in the Āsafiyya Library under no. 377, as noted by Brockelmann, 3/209.
(3) Hibat Allah ibn al-Hasan ibn Mansūr al-Tabarī al-Rāzī, Abū al-Qāsim al-Lālakāʾī, was a Shāfiʿī jurist and hadith scholar. He died in 418 AH. For his biography, see *Tadhkirat al-Huffāz*, 3/1085–1087; *Shadharāt al-Dhahab*, 3/211; and *al-Alām*, 9/57. Brockelmann, 3/305–306, lists two works by him: *Proofs for the Foundations of the Creed of the People of the Sunnah and the Community*, of which a manuscript is held in Leipzig under no. 1, 318; and *Commentary on the Foundations of the Creed of the People of the Sunnah and the Community, Based on the Book, the Sunnah, the Consensus of the Companions and the Followers after Them, and the Scholars of the Muslim Community Who Opposed Them*, of which a manuscript is held in the Zāhiriyya Library under no. 3, 124, 37. Sezgin mentions him at m [0–9], j [0–9], pp. [0–9] 11–212. A portion of the work, edited by Dr. Ahmad Saʿd Hamdān, was published in Mecca in 1402 AH; see the editor’s introduction.
(4) His biography appeared above at 1/23. According to the *Catalogue of Microfilmed Manuscripts at the Arab League*, 1/136–137, the Zāhiriyya Library holds a manuscript of parts 20 and 19 of his work *The Subtle Exposition of the Doctrines of the People of the Sunnah and Knowledge of the Ordinances of the Sunnah*, under no. 164/56 Hadith, 146 Hadith. See Sezgin, m [0–9], j [0–9], p. [0–9] 26.
وَ
" السُّنَّةُ "
لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ الْهَرَوِيِّ
(١)
\ ٦٥.، وَ
" الْإِبَانَةُ "
لِابْنِ بَطَّةَ
(٢)
.، وَ
" شَرْحُ أُصُولِ السُّنَّةِ "
لِأَبِي الْقَاسِمِ اللَّالْكَائِيِّ
(٣)
.، وَ
" السُّنَّةُ "
لِأَبِي حَفْصِ بْنِ شَاهِينَ
(٤)
.، وَ
" أُصُولُ السُّنَّةِ "
لِأَبِي عُمَرَ
(١) أَبُو ذَرٍّ عَبْدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَرَوِيُّ الْمَالِكِيُّ الْحَافِظُ الثِّقَةُ، تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ٤٣٤. تَرْجَمَتُهُ فِي: شَذَرَاتِ الذَّهَبِ ٣/٢٥٤ ; تَبْيِينِ كَذِبِ الْمُفْتَرِي ٢٥٥ - ٢٥٦ ; الْأَعْلَامِ ٤/٤١. وَذَكَرَ الزِّرِكْلِيُّ مِنْ كُتُبِهِ " السُّنَّةَ وَالصِّفَاتِ " وَذَكَرَهُ عُمَر كَحَالَة فِي مُعْجَمِ الْمُؤَلِّفِينَ ٥
(٢) سَبَقَتْ تَرْجَمَةُ ابْنِ بَطَّةَ وَالْكَلَامُ عَنْ كِتَابَيْهِ " الْإِبَانَةِ الْكُبْرَى " وَ " الْإِبَانَةِ الصُّغْرَى " ١/٦١، ٢/٢٢ - ٢٣. وَكَتَبَ مُسْتَجِي زَادَهْ فَوْقَ اسْمِ كِتَابِهِ: " وَعِنْدِي هَذَا الْكِتَابُ وَطَالَعْتُ أَكْثَرَ مَوَاضِيعَهُ وَهُوَ كِتَابٌ جَلِيلٌ ". وَانْظُرْ: سِزْكِين، م [٠ - ٩] ، ج [٠ - ٩] ، ص [٠ - ٩] ٣٩ - ٢٤٠.، وَقَبْلَهُ " الشَّرِيعَةُ " لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ الْآجُرِّيِّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ الْآجُرِّيُّ، الْإِمَامُ الْمُحَدِّثُ الْقُدْوَةُ، تُوُفِّي بِمَكَّةَ سَنَةَ ٣٦٠. تَرْجَمَتُهُ فِي: تَذْكِرَةِ الْحُفَّاظِ ٣/٩٣٦ ; وَفَيَاتِ الْأَعْيَانِ ٣/٤١٩ ; طَبَقَاتِ الشَّافِعِيَّةِ ٣/١٤٩ ; شَذَرَاتِ الذَّهَبِ ٣/٣٥ ; تَارِيخِ بَغْدَادَ ٢/٢٠٣ ; سِزْكِين، م [٠ - ٩] ، ج [٠ - ٩] ، ص [٠ - ٩] ٨٩ - ٣٩٢ ; الْأَعْلَامِ ٦/٣٢٨. وَنُشِرَ كِتَابُ " الشَّرِيعَةِ " بِتَحْقِيقِ مُحَمَّد حَامِد الْفِقِي ١٣٦٩/١٩٥٠، وَمِنْهُ نُسْخَةٌ خَطِّيَّةٌ فِي آصْفِيَّةَ رَقْمُ ٣٧٧ (ذَكَرَهَا بُرُوكِلْمَان ٣/٢٠٩)
(٣) هِبَةُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ الطَّبَرِيُّ الرَّازِيُّ، أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ اللَّالْكَائِيُّ، الْفَقِيهُ الشَّافِعِيُّ الْمُحَدِّثُ، تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ٤١٨. تَرْجَمَتُهُ فِي: تَذْكِرَةِ الْحُفَّاظِ ٣/١٠٨٥ - ١٠٨٧ ; شَذَرَاتِ الذَّهَبِ ٣/٢١١ ; الْأَعْلَامِ ٩/٥٧. ذَكَرَ لَهُ بُرُوكِلْمَان ٣/٣٠٥ - ٣٠٦ كِتَابَيْنِ: " حُجَجَ أُصُولِ اعْتِقَادِ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ وَالْجَمَاعَةِ " وَمِنْهُ نُسْخَةٌ خَطِّيَّةٌ بِلِيبْزِج رَقْمُ ١، ٣١٨ ; " شَرْحَ أُصُولِ اعْتِقَادِ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ وَالْجَمَاعَةِ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَالسُّنَّةِ وَإِجْمَاعِ الصَّحَابَةِ وَالتَّابِعِينَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ وَالْمُخَالِفِينَ لَهُمْ مِنْ عُلَمَاءِ الْأُمَّةِ " وَمِنْهُ نُسْخَةٌ خَطِّيَّةٌ بِالظَّاهِرِيَّةِ رَقْمُ ٣، ١٢٤، ٣٧. ذَكَرَهُ سِزْكِين م [٠ - ٩] ، ج [٠ - ٩] ، ص [٠ - ٩] ١١ - ٢١٢. وَقَدْ طُبِعَ قِسْمٌ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ بِتَحْقِيقِ الدُّكْتُورِ أَحْمَد سَعْد حَمْدَان، مَكَّةَ الْمُكَرَّمَةِ، ١٤٠٢ (وَانْظُرْ مُقَدِّمَةَ التَّحْقِيقِ)
(٤) سَبَقَتْ تَرْجَمَتُهُ ١/٢٣. وَفِي فِهْرِسِ الْمَخْطُوطَاتِ الْمُصَوَّرَةِ بِالْجَامِعَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ ١/١٣٦ - ١٣٧ أَنَّهُ تُوجَدُ نُسْخَةٌ خَطِّيَّةٌ مِنَ الْجُزْءَيْنِ ٢٠، ١٩ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ " اللَّطِيفِ لِشَرْحِ مَذَاهِبِ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ وَمَعْرِفَةِ شَرَائِعِ السُّنَنِ " فِي الظَّاهِرِيَّةِ بِرَقْمِ ١٦٤/٥٦ حَدِيث، ١٤٦ حَدِيث. وَانْظُرْ: سِزْكِين م [٠ - ٩] ، ج [٠ - ٩] ، ص [٠ - ٩] ٢٦