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Short Biography of Imam Layth Ibn Sa'ad

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category: History & Biographies

source: IslamWeb.net

He was one of the great Imaams of jurisprudence. He was a pious, ascetic, truthful scholar who abstained from unlawful acts. He was also sincere, humble, forbearing, and kind-hearted when dealing with people.

He had strong faith in Allaah and was fearful of Him all the time. He used to frequently recite the Quran. As well as this, he was very generous and used to spend most of his money in charity especially to support scholars, students of knowledge, and poor Muslims.

He is the Imaam, the Haafith (a title given to whoever memorizes 100,000 Hadeeths), the shaykh of Islam, the jurist and scholar of Egypt. His full name is Al-Layth Ibn Sa'd Ibn `Abdur-Rahmaan Al-Fahmi.

His birth

He was born in Sh`abaan 94 A.H., 713 A.C. in Qarqashandah, a village twenty-two kilometers from Fustaat, Egypt. His origin goes back to Esfehan, Persia (nowadays Iran).

Seeking knowledge

In his early years, he started to learn religious knowledge. He was a student of some of the great

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Scholars of renown: Muhammad ibn Saad

Muhammad ibn Saad ibn Manee’ of Basrah is a widely known scholar of the early Islamic period. He is included in most biographical books, and several Orientalists have written articles about him and his famous book. Nevertheless, we do not have enough information to give an outline of his character. He is a historian who does not allow his writings to reflect his own personal image. What is ironic in all this is that Muhammad ibn Saad is the author who has given us many a biography delineating the personal traits, sometimes with meticulous details, of many Islamic figures.

Muhammad ibn Saad was born in Basrah in 168 AH, corresponding to 785 CE. He traveled to Baghdad where he lived for many years, studying under his well-known teacher, Muhammad ibn Umar Al-Waqidi. He also traveled to Kufah and Madinah. There is no doubt that his trip to Madinah was prior to 200 AH, as he reports meeting several scholars there, many of whom died before the beginning of the third century.

When he traveled his main occupation was to meet scholars, particula

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Ibn Sa'd

Arab scholar, biographer and historian (784/5-845)

Not to be confused with Ibn Saud.

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,^[2] 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 (transl. The Major Book of Classes) 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 f