Imam Al-Sadiq

56 Muslim, a part of the authentic tradition (reported by) Jabir. Ahmad, Musnad, 5/89, 2/29
and 129. Bin Hajar, Al- Sawa'iq, chapter 1, Part I, Al- Syyuty, Tarikh Al-Khulafa', and the like.
57 Al- Qinduzy, Yanabi' Al- Mawada, 427 and 430 and 442.
Kifayat Al- Athar, Al- Muqtadab, Al- Kanz, and the like.
58 See Sharh Al- Nahj: 1/455-463. In this book, you will find the details of what we have
briefly mentioned.
59 In this manner the tradition has been mentioned in the origin of the book. We have not
found it in the available books. What we have found is this text: "Whoever dies without an
Imam dies the death of jahiliya." Kanz Al- 'Umal: 1/103.
60 If you want to know much more about the Imamate, then see our printed study , Al-Shi'a
wa Al- Imama.'
61 The memorizer (of the Koran) and representative of the science of Hadith, Shams al-Din
Abu Abd Allah Mohammed b. 'Uthman al- Dimashqy, born in 673, died in 748.
62 The memorizer (of the Koran) Abu Zakariya Muhiyy al- Din b. Sharaf al- Din, died 676.
63 Ahmad b. Mohammed b. Ibrahim b. Abu Bakr, b. Khulakan. He was born at the town of
Arbil near Mousil (in Iraq). He moved to Mousil, traveled to Elope, entered Egypt. He replaced
al- Sakhawy in judgeship. Then he became a judge in Sham for ten years. He died in
Damascus in 681. His biography has been written in Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyah: 5/14, Fawat al-
Wafiyat: 1/55, al- Siyuty (Husin al- Muhadara): 1/267, Mu'jam al- Matbu'at: 1/98, and the like.
64 In the scientific life of al- Sadiq, we will point to his knowledge of chemistry and to Jabir's
studying under him and a part of Jabir's life.
65 (His name was) Mu'min b. Hasan Mu'min al- Masry. Shiblanj is among the villages of Egypt.
He studied the sciences at al- Azhar Mosque. He was born at Najaf in 1250. His death has not
been mentioned.
66 (His name was) Mohammed b. 'Ali al- Shafi'i al- Hanafi. He was born in Egypt. His biography
has been mentioned in (the book) Mu'jam Al- Matbu'at: 2/1194.
67(His name was) Abu al- Mawahib Abd al- Wahab b. Ahmad b. 'Ali al- Ansary al-Shafi'i al-
Masry called al- Sha'arany. He entered Cairo in 911 and died there. His biography has been
mentioned in Mu'jam Al- Matbu'at: 1/1126.
68 (His name was) Abu Muzafar Shams al- Din Yousif b. Quz" Ali (the famous preacher) al-
Hanafi. He was born in 582 or 581, and died on Dhi al- Hijja 21st, 654.
69 (His name was) Kamalldin the Shafi'i. He died in 654.
70 (His name was) Shahabuldin Ahmad b. Hajar al- Haythamy. He lived in Mecca.
71 By Shaykh Sulaiman b. Ibrahim known as Khaja Kalan. He completed the book on
Ramadan, 1291.
72 (His name was) Ahmad b. Abd Allah al- Asbihany. He died in the year 430 A.H.
73 Al- Tamimy Al- Hanzaly Al- Harawy. He traveled to Iraq, heard the scholars of his time. He
entered Baghdad and reported traditions in it. He died in 177. Al- Khadib alBaghdady wrote his
biography. 14/80.
74 (His name was) Nuridin 'Ali b. Mohammed al- Sabbagh al- Maliky. He was born in 784 and
died in 855. Al- Sakhawy wrote his biography in the books 'Al- Daw' Al- Lami': 5/283. He has
mentioned his shaykhs and his book 'Al- Fusul Al- Muhima'.
75 (His name was) Mohammed Amin al- Baghdady. The family of al- Siwidy are among the
eminent families in Baghdad till today. He was among the great figures of the past century. He
ended his book in Shawwal, 1229(A.H.).
76 By the famous genealogist Jamalidin Ahmad b. 'Ali al- Dawudy al- Husayny, who died in the
year 828 (A.H.)
77 (His name was) Abu al- Fath Mohammed b. Abu al- Qasim. He was a theologian