2nd Century A.H. : The Period of Tabiens Khaleelpudur00:22 0 comments

 2nd Century A.H. : The Period of Tabiens


Tabiens inherited the knowledge of Ahadith and Sunnah from Sahaba. Their knowledge, however, existed in a scattered form i.e. in the minds of people or in the form of few short writings. Then, finally, several scholars took up the task of collection and compilation. This led to the formal teaching and writing of Ahadith. Along with, foundations were laid for a new branch of Islamic knowledge, named as Ilm al Hadith (i.e. Science of Scrutiny of Hadith).

Caliph Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz sent official orders to his governors for the Collections of Ahadith. This order encouraged various scholars of Hadith to record their own collections. Simultaneously, he entrusted this task to Abu Bakr Ibn Hazam, the Qadi (Judge) of Medina because he was a great scholar of Hadith and was personally taught by his aunt Amra bint Abdul Rahman one of the students of Ayesha Siddiqah. Another great scholar, Mohammad Ibn Muslim Ibn Shehab al Zehri (51 - 124 AH) produced the first comprehensive compilation of Ahadith. A few of the important collections of this century were by :

Scholar	Died A.H.	Place
Abu Muhammad AbdulMali Ibn Jareef	150	Makkah
Mohammad Ibn Ishaq	151	Medina
Moammar Ibn Rasheed	153	Yemen
Shoba Ibn Hajjaj	160	Iraq
Aleeth Ibn Sa’ad	175	Egypt

Simultaneously, several scholars took up the task of teaching Ahadith and opening Hadith centres throughout the Muslim world. The most important among these were the following:

Scholars	Centre
Abu Juraiey	Makkah
Imam Malik	Medina
Sufyan Thauri	Syria
Hammed Ibn Salamah	Iraq
Abdullah Ibn Mubarak	Khurasan.

These scholars made significant contribution to 'Ilm al Hadith" and laid down solid foundations for the evaluation of Hadith.