al-Isaba fi Tamyiz al-Sahaba

By شيخ الإسلام ابن حجر العسقلاني

الإصابة في تمييز الصحابة

Ibn Hajar's five-volume discrimination of the Companions — gathering the Istīʿab, its supplement and Usd al-ghaba with many additions of his own; al-Suyuti abridged it as 'Ayn al-isaba' 1.

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Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Egypt & Nile · Levant & Iraq
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"Al-Isaba fi Tamyiz al-Sahaba" (The Attainment in Distinguishing the Companions) by the hadith scholar Shihab al-Din Abu al-Fadl Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani), in five large volumes. 1

What Hajji Khalifa mentions

It gathers what is in "Al-Istiab", its supplement, and "Usd al-Ghaba", and it corrects many of their omissions. Al-Suyuti abridged it and called the abridgement "Ayn al-Isaba". 1

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شيخ الإسلام ابن حجر العسقلاني

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Sources

  1. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p. 462
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