The Narrators Whom Adh-Dhahabi Has Written Their Biographies In His Book "Tadhkirat'uI-Huffaz", And Judging That They Are Weak In His Books About The Weak Narrators, And The Reasons For That

• Main Author: Shakir Deeb Al-Kawaidah
• Format: Article
• Language: Arabic
• Published: King Saud University 2006-01-01
• Series: Journal of Educational Sciences
• Subjects: The Narrators; Adh-Dhahabi Written; Tadhkirat'uI-Huffaz"; Judging; The Weak Narrators
• Online Access: https://jis.ksu.edu.sa/sites/jis.ksu.edu.sa/files/0018-02-011_0.pdf

The historian of Islam, Adh-Dhahabi, is one of the most famous scholars who compiled books on the science of vouching and discrediting the narrators. His book: "Tadhkirat'ul-Huffaz", is considered as one of the important books in the knowledge of authentic narrators, whereas he has written biographies of 1176 narrators, but he has mentioned among them a number weak narrators whom he himself judged that they are weak, either in his book: "Tadhkirat'ul-Huffaz", or in his other books compiled on the weak narrators. The idea of this research is founded on bringing out those weak narrators, and demonstrating the reasons which prompted Adh-Dhahabi to mention them in his book about the authentic narrators, although they are weak. The work on this research required three stages. The First: The comparison between the 3059 narrators whom Adh-Dhahabi has mentioned in "Al-Tadhkirah", and those mentioned in his books on the weak ones, which their total number is 24592. The Second: Studying those narrators, then excluded the authentic ones, and verifying who are weak. As a result the number is limited to 49 narrators. This stage embodied arranging their names alphabetically, and making biographies for them, with adherence to mention all that can indicate their weakness, and what can be the reason behind stating them in his "Tadhkirah". The Third: The research studied these reasons whereas he has found that they are focusing on six traits, which are: The multitude of the narrator's reported Hadiths, his leadership or precedence in knowledge, his preoccupation with compilation, his knowledge in the sciences of Hadith, his longevity of traveling for gaining knowledge, distingwishness and reputation.