Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra
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Book by Taj al-Din al-Subki
| The first edition ever published of Tabaqat al-Shāfi'iyya al-Kubra, published in 1906 in Cairo by al-Matba'a al-Husayniyya al-Misriyya. The Arabic text written on the book cover: Tabaqat al-Shāfi'iyya al-Kubra by Shaykh al-Islam, the Luminary of Luminaries, the Proof of al-Huffaz (memorizers of the Qur'an and Hadith traditions) and al-Mufassirin (the interpreters or the commentators of the Qur'an), the Sword of al-Nuzzar (the rationalists or theorists) and al-Mutakallimīn (dialecticians, theologians, or scholars of kalam), the Champion of Sunnah, the Supporter/Strengthener of Religion, Taj al-Din Abi Nasr 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn Taqi al-Din al-Subki, may God be pleased with him, and benefit us from him. | |
| Editors | Mahmud Muhammad al-Tanahi [ar] and 'Abd al-Fattah Muhammad al-Hilw [ar] Mustafa 'Abd al-Qadir 'Ata |
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| Author | Taj al-Din al-Subki |
| Original title | طبقات الشافعية الكبرى |
| Language | Arabic |
| Subject | Tabaqat, Biography, Islamic history, Arabic literature, Kalam, Sufism |
| Publisher | Al-Matba'a al-Husayniyya al-Masriyya, 1906 Matba'at 'Isa al-Babi al-Halabi, 1964 Dar Ihya' al-Kutub al-'Arabiyya, 1976 Dar Hajar, 1992 Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyya [ar], 1999 |
Publication date | 1906 |
| Publication place | Egypt during the Mamluk rule |
| ISBN | 9782745128560 |
| Preceded by | Jam' al-Jawami' (The Collection of Collections) |
| Followed by | Mu'id al-Ni'am wa Mubid al-Niqam (The Restorer of Favours and the Restrainer of Chastisements) |
Original text | طبقات الشافعية الكبرى at Arabic Wikisource |
| Website | www.al-ilmiyah.com/details?id=978-2-7451-2856-0 |
Tabaqat al-Shāfi'iyya al-Kubra (Arabic: طبقات الشافعية الكبرى, lit. 'The Major Classes/Generations of the Shafi'is') is a voluminous encyclopedic biographical dictionary written by the Shafi'i-Ash'ari scholar Taj al-Din al-Subki (d. 771/1370), in which he presents biographies of scholars of the Shafi'i legal school in Sunni Islam, from the time of Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (d. 204/820) all the way to his own contemporary time.[1] [2]
The work also chronicles the history of the Ash'ari school of thought, since its beginning with Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (d. 324/936) all the way to Taj al-Din al-Subki's own era; because most of the Ash'ari scholars are following the Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence.[3]
Content
[edit ]The work is divided into seven classes (tabaqat), as follows:[4]
- Those who were students (disciples) of Imam al-Shafi'i (d. 204/820), the founder of the Shafi'i school.
- Those who died between 200 AH and 300 AH.
- Those who died between 300 AH and 400 AH.
- Those who died between 400 AH and 500 AH.
- Those who died between 500 AH and 600 AH.
- Those who died between 600 AH and 700 AH.
- Those who died after 700 AH.
In the last volume, al-Subki devotes about 150 pages to his own father, Shaykh al-Islam Taqi al-Din al-Subki (d. 756/1355).[4]
Notes
[edit ]- Taj al-Din al-Subki wrote three different works on this same subject, a large work entitled, 'Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra', a more summarized edition called, 'Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Wusta', and the most shortened edition called, 'Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Sughra'. These tabaqat ("classes" or "generations") of scholars by him have the fame of being the best biographies of Shafi'i scholars ever written.[4]
Gallery
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Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra (Arabic: طبقات الشافعية الكبرى)
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Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Wusta (Arabic: طبقات الشافعية الوسطى)
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Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Sughra (Arabic: طبقات الشافعية الصغرى)
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Жизнь и убеждения имама Абуль-Хасана аль-Аш'ари An abridged Russian translation of the biography of Imam al-Ash'ari from the book "Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra" by Taj al-Din al-Subki.
See also
[edit ]- Deaths of Eminent Men and the Sons of the Epoch
- Hilyat al-Awliya'
- List of Sunni books
- Al-Majdi fi Ansab al-Talibiyyin
References
[edit ]- ^ Harry S. Neale (2022). Sufi Warrior Saints: Stories of Sufi Jihad from Muslim Hagiography. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 125. ISBN 9780755643394.
- ^ Michal Biran (2012). Chinggis Khan. Simon and Schuster. p. 127. ISBN 9781780742045.
- ^ Muhammad Fathi al-Nadi, ed. (2010). رسائل في المذهب الأشعري [Treatises on the Ash'ari Madhhab (doctrine or school)] (in Arabic). Egyptian National Library and Archives. pp. 3–5. ISBN 9796500149578.
- ^ a b c Gibril Fouad Haddad (2015). The Biographies of the Elite Lives of the Scholars, Imams & Hadith Masters. As-Sunnah Foundation of America. p. 279.
Further reading
[edit ]- 'Awad Muhammad Ahmad Kadikki (1998). Taj al-Din al-Subki wa al-Qadaya al-Adabiyya min Khilal Kitabuh Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra تاج الدين السبكي والقضايا الأدبية من خلال كتابه طبقات الشافعية الكبرى [Taj al-Din al-Subki and the Literary Issues through his Book Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra] (in Arabic). Doha: Dar al-Fath.
External links
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Arabic Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- Tabaqat al-Shāfi'iyya al-Kubra on Goodreads.com
- TABAKĀTÜ’ş-ŞÂFİİYYETİ’l-KÜBRÂ on İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish)
- Tabaqat al-Shāfi'iyya al-Kubra by Shaykh Gilles Sadek on YouTube (in Arabic)
- Tabaqat al-Shāfi'iyya al-Kubra by Dr. Yahya al-Ghouthani on YouTube (in Arabic)
- Tabaqat al-Shāfi'iyya al-Kubra on Internet Archive (in Arabic)
