''Mizan al-Itidal'' () or ''Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd ar-Rijal'' () is one of the most important works of ''Ilm al-Rijal'' (Science of Narrators or
Biographical evaluation
Biographical evaluation (; literally meaning'' 'Knowledge of Men', ''but more commonly understood as the ''Science of Narrators)'' refers to a discipline of Islamic religious studies within hadith terminology in which the narrators of hadith are ...
) written by Imam
al-Dhahabi
Shams ad-Dīn adh-Dhahabī (), also known as Shams ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qāymāẓ ibn ʿAbdillāh at-Turkumānī al-Fāriqī ad-Dimashqī (5 October 1274 – 3 February 1348) was an Atharism, Athari ...
(675-748 AH) in the 8th century of Islamic History in Hijri calendar.
Description
Mizan al-Itidal is the rework of an
Imam Ibn 'Adi al-Jurjani's (277-375 H) book by the name of
al-Kamil fi Dhu'afa' al-Rijal. Imam
al-Dhahabi
Shams ad-Dīn adh-Dhahabī (), also known as Shams ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qāymāẓ ibn ʿAbdillāh at-Turkumānī al-Fāriqī ad-Dimashqī (5 October 1274 – 3 February 1348) was an Atharism, Athari ...
has since extended it, refined it and called it Mizan al-Itidal. It is one of the most famous booksin the field of ''Ilm al-Rijal'' (Science of Narrators or
Biographical evaluation
Biographical evaluation (; literally meaning'' 'Knowledge of Men', ''but more commonly understood as the ''Science of Narrators)'' refers to a discipline of Islamic religious studies within hadith terminology in which the narrators of hadith are ...
), and is published in five volumes that contain more than 3000 pages. The book is in alphabetical order in which the author identified liar narrarators, unknown narrarators, and those narrators who are to be abandoned. He also distinguishes weak narrators from scholars in hadith whose degree is low due to memory or certain other breaches. He also took care to avoid some misleading statements that may exist in some Hadith Scholars (Muhaddiths) and which are ambiguous on the weakness of the narrator..
Publications
The book has been published by many organizations around the world:
* Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd al-Rijal 5 VOLUMES (مِيزَانُ الإِعْتِدَال فِي نَقْدِ الرِّجَال) by Imam Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi: Published: al-Risalah al-'Alamiyyah ,
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* Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd ar-Rijal - Dhahabi ('Ilm Jarh wa Ta'dil): Published:مؤسسة الرسالة
* Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd al-Rijal - Dhahabi : Published: Al-Resalah, 2017
See also
*
List of Sunni books
*
Kutub al-Sittah
(), also known as () are the six canonical hadith collections of Sunni Islam. They were all compiled in the 9th and early 10th centuries, roughly from 840 to 912 CE and are thought to embody the Sunnah of Muhammad.
The books are the of al ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Al-Sunan Al-Sughra
9th-century Arabic-language books
10th-century Arabic-language books
Sunni literature
Books of Sunni Rijal
Sunni hadith collections