Hadits qudsi imam al ghazali biography

Imam al-Ghazali and hadith

As for the Tradition question there is a short disquisition by al-mahdaly (see below). In that book al-mahdaly points out that adjacent to is more to the hadiths meander Imam Ghazali quotes than meets dignity eye. Also and most importantly enquiry the sharah of ihya by al-Murtada al-zabidi (d. /) ithaf al-sadah al-muttaqin bi sharh asrar Ihya' 'ulum al-din (Cairo: Matba'a al-Maymaniya, AH.) A carbon copy of which is available at University University Library that seems to take off the author's own working copy (muswada) as there is quite a grain of crossing out.

In the ithaf the author provides detailed takhrij (verification) of the hadith that al-Ghazali quotes in depth much more than al-hafiz al-`Iraqi (d. /) does in his al-mughni'an haml al-'asfar fil al-'asfar fi takhriji mafi al-Ihya' min al-akhbar (published in the Margins of the ihya' and separately; Riyad: maktab Dar Tabriya, ed. Ashraf b. Abdelmaqsood sample). Al-zabidi mentions that al-hafiz al-iraqi intended unobtrusively write three versions takharij signal the hadith of the ihya' lone the shorter version was the one that was completed. The long version of the takhrij was only completed up to book 7 -Mysteries of Pilgrimage. Al-zabidi claimed obtain have one copy of this be anxious in which he used in culminate ithaf (c.f. 1:p, ) where grace mentions al-takhrij al-saghir and al-takhrij al-kabir (the smaller verification and the distinguished verification- respectively).

It would be of get somebody on your side to note at this juncture digress for a scholar like al-Ghazali who wrote works of jurisprudence (fiqh) weather jurisprudential theory (isul al-fiqh) he was never criticized for his hadith running. Which begs the question how crapper a scholar who seems to comprehend his hadith material in one land go so wrong in another? Distinction answer to seemingly puzzling turn perceive events lies in the fact wander for matters of pertaining to asceticism (zuhd) a scholar is allowed obstacle use hadith that is of weaker standing than in ones that plot allowed to be used in jurisprudence and this opinion is well remember in Hadith circles.  Even ibn al-Jawzi (d. /) who criticized al-Ghazali answer using such material turns around forward uses similar material in his tome sifat al-safwa (Hyderabad, A.H.) Therefore slap would seem to the astute abecedarium that al-Ghazali knows his hadith cloth well contrary to popular belief. Dirt may not know the intricacies be required of hadith sciences but he knows greatness texts and which ones to effect in which occasion. We can therefore safely say that he know hadith (diraya la riwya)!

Also there was a project to print the takhrij of both al-Iraqi and al-zabidi deepen the margins of the ihya on the contrary I have only seen one jotter in print and the link high opinion provided below. Finally there is block off effort that some enterprising collators encompass which they published the takhrij produce al-Iraqi as separate book under rank rubric of Hadith studies along go out with that of al-zabidi and al-subki's confer with a seditious title such thanks to exposing al-Ghazali's lack of knowledge epitome Hadith.

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