Ibn Sa'd Explained
| Religion: | Islam |
| Muhammad ibn Sa'd ibn Mani' al-Hashimi |
| Katib al-Waqidi |
| Birth Date: | 784/785 CE (168 AH) |
| Death Date: | 16 February 845 (aged 61) (230 AH)[1] [2] |
| Works: | 'كتاب طبقات الكبرى', Kitab Tabaqat Al-Kubra (Book of the Major Classes) |
| Influences: | Al-Waqidi |
| Birth Place: | Basra[3] |
Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Sa‘d ibn Manī‘ al-Baṣrī al-Hāshimī[4] or simply Ibn Sa'd (Arabic: ابن سعد) and nicknamed Scribe of Waqidi (Katib al-Waqidi), was a scholar and Arabian biographer. Ibn Sa'd was born in 784/785 CE (168 AH)[5] and died on 16 February 845 CE (230 AH).[5] Ibn Sa'd was from Basra,[1] but lived mostly in Baghdad, hence the nisba al-Basri and al-Baghdadi respectively. He is said to have died at the age of 62 in Baghdad and was buried in the cemetery of the Syrian gate.[6]
Kitāb al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kabīr
The Kitāb al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kabīr is a compendium of biographical information (tabaqāt) about famous Islamic personalities. This eight-volume work contains the lives of Muhammad, his Companions and his Helpers, including those who fought at the Battle of Badr as a special class, and of the following generation, the Followers, who received their traditions from the Companions.
Ibn Sa'd's authorship of this work is attested in a postscript to the book added by a later writer. In this notice he is described as a "client of al-Husayn ibn ‘Abdullah of the ‘Abbasid family".[7] The work was subject to a major study by a European scholar already in 1869.[8]
Contents
- Books 1 and 2 contain a prophetic biography.
- Books 3 and 4 contain biographies of companions of Muhammad.
- Books 5, 6 and 7 contain biographies of later Islamic scholars.
- Book 8 contains biographies of Islamic women.
Published editions
Arabic
- Book: Ibn Saʻd, Muḥammad . Kitāb al-Ṭabaqāt al-kabīr : wa-huwa mushtamil aydan ʻalá al-Sīrah al-Sharīfah al-Nabawīyah / taṣnīf Muḥammad ibn Saʻd Kātib al-Wāqidī ; ʻaniya bi-taṣḥīḥihi wa ṭabʻihi Idward Sakhaw ; Kārl Brūkilmān . Brill . 1904–40 . Sachau . Eduard . Eduard Sachau . 9 vols . Leiden . ar . ar:كتاب الطبقات الكبير : وهو مشتمل أيضاً على السيرة الشريفة النبويّة. الجزء الثامن . Biographien Muhammeds, seiner gefährten und der späteren träger des Islams bis zum jahre 230 der flucht . Brockelmann . Carl . Carl Brockelmann. (includes brief German synopses with page references for each book, reprinted in 2022 as Book: Muḥammad Ibn Saʿd . 13 January 2022 . Biography of Muḥammad, His Companions and the Successors up to the Year 230 of the Hijra: Eduard Sachau's Edition of Kitāb Al-Ṭabaqāt Al-Kabīr | publisher = BRILL | pages = | isbn = 978-90-04-46989-1 | oclc = 1291632208 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QafczgEACAAJ}}online link
- In 1968, Iḥsān Abbās edited it (Beirut: Dār Sādir).
- Book: ‘Alī Muḥammad ‘Umar . 2001 . Kitāb al-ṭabaqāt al-kabīr . Cairo . Maktabat al-Khānjī . Contains 11 volumes.[9]
English
- S. Moinul Haq (transl.), Ibn Sa'd's Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir: Volume I, Parts I & II; Karachi: Pakistan Historical Society, 1967 [= ''Pakistan Historical Society Publication'', no. 46]online link
- S. Moinul Haq (transl.), Ibn Sa'd's Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir: Volume II, Parts I & II; Karachi: Pakistan Historical Society, 1972 [= ''Pakistan Historical Society Publication'', no. 59]online link
- S. Moinul Haq (transl.), Ibn Sa'd's Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir: Volume I (Kitab Bhavan, New Delhi, 1981)online link
- S. Moinul Haq (transl.), Ibn Sa'd's Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir: Volume ll (Kitab Bhavan, New Delhi, 1981)online link
- Abridged translations of Volumes 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 have been translated by Aisha Bewley and published under the titles of The Companions of Badr, The Men of Madina-II, The Scholars of Kufa, The Men of Madina-I, and The Women of Madina.online link
See also
External links
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Notes and References
- Ibn Hajar, Taqrib al-Tahdhib
- Encyclopedia of Islam, Vol. 1, p.546, Edition. I, 1964
- Siyar A'lam al-Nubala (10/664) .
- Encyclopedia: J.W. . Fück . Ibn Saʿd . Encyclopedia of Islam . 2 . Brill . 1960 . 9789004161214 . 2015-11-05.
- Web site: MM . Imamate . Al-islam.org . 2010-05-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090821032700/http://www.al-islam.org/imamate/biblio.htm . 2009-08-21 .
- Book: Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 3. 65. Muhammad ibn Saad. Ibn Khallikan. Ibn Khallikan. William MacGuckin de Slane. 1868. Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Web site: Muhammad Ibn Sa'ad Ibn al-Hyder Abadee Blogspot . Ibnalhyderabadee.blogspot.com . 2006-04-20 . 2010-05-19.
- cf. Loth, Otto, Das Classenbuch des Ibn Sa‘d: Einleitende Untersuchungen über Authentie und Inhalt nach den handschriftlichen Überresten (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1869).
- Book: Demiri, Lejla . Muslim Exegesis of the Bible in Medieval Cairo: Najm al-Dīn al-Ṭūfī's (d. 716/1316) Commentary on the Christian Scriptures. . 2013 . BRILL . 978-90-04-24320-0 . 549 . 2015-11-05.
