A Commentary on the Poem of Al-Bayquniyyah (Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen)

ISBN: 0992813642
Author: Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen
Publisher: Dar Al-Arqam Publishing (2016)
Pages: 184 Binding: Paperback

Description from the publisher:

A commentary on the famous poem in the field of hadith sciences entitled al-Manzumah al-Bayquniyyah by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen (rahimullah).

The Merits of the Poem of al-Bayquni:

Shihab al-Din al-Dimyathi said; “The poem of the knowledgeable imam of understanding and perception; al-Shaykh al-Bayquni (rahimullah) is one of the most interesting summaries of the science of hadith and the most eloquent of the writings upon which one takes the rigorous course upon; for it is comprised of clear yet fine expressions that overwhelms its counterparts with a grim face.”

The importance of this subject:

The knowledge of usul al-hadith is a science that serves the radiant Prophetic traditions; with it one can distinguish the Prophetic narrations in terms of authenticity and fabrication; soundness and weakness.

Al-Imam ‘Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak said; “The quality of the hadith is not in the conciseness of the isnad; rather its quality lies in the soundness of its narrators.'

Al-Imam Yahya ibn Sa`id al-Qattan said; “Do not look at the hadith but rather look at its chain. If the chain is sound [then the narration is sound]. If not; then do not be deceived by the narration with a chain that is not sound.”

Al-Hafiz ibn Qutaybah al-Daynuri said; “There is no nation amongst the nations with the isnad like their chains (i.e. this nation); narrator from narrator; the trustworthy from the trustworthy in such a way until it reaches the Prophet (salallahu alayhi wa sallam) and his Companions; so that the sound can be differentiated from the weak; the connected from the disconnected and the fabricated from the genuine.”