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He was a Sheikh of Hanbali fiqh and usul, muhaddith, historian,
theologian and preacher. One of the great memorisers of hadith and a
great Sufi of the Qadiri Order. Among his books are
a commentary of Bukhari and a commentary on Nawawi's 40 hadith.
Author of Tabaqat
al-Hanabila, a well documented biography of all the Hanbali
scholars of his time as well as those before him, one of the
classics of Islamic scholarship. |