Qur'anScience
Qur'anScience
He lost his mother and father as a small child, memorised the Qur’an at nine, and grew up to become the most famous commentator on Sahih al-Bukhari. The sixteenth book of Tracing the Scholars of Islam tells the story of Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani: author of Fath al-Bari over some twenty-five years, author of Bulugh al-Maram studied in the pondok schools of the Malay world, and a judge who at first refused the office. “My Lord, increase me in knowledge.”
“So high [above all] is Allah, the Sovereign, the Truth. And, [O Muhammad], do not hasten with [recitation of] the Qur’an before its revelation is completed to you, and say, ‘My Lord, increase me in knowledge.’”
Anyone who wants to know the early scholars
Parents & heads of families
Students of Hadith & pondok schools
Preachers, teachers & counsellors
The story of Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani — verses 20:114 and 16:44, three authentic Hadith with linked chains, a timeline of his life, history notes marked separately, and a table of popular stories.