Manāqib · Çeker §2.28

Tabyīḍ al-Ṣaḥīfa

تبييض الصحيفة

al-Suyūṭī السيوطي

Jalāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī Bakr al-Suyūṭī

Opens a line of Shāfiʿī biographies of Abū Ḥanīfa written against partisanship. He drops the reports that name Abū Ḥanīfa in the Prophet's mouth as forged and argues from the 'man from Persia' hadith. Lists 74 teachers and 96 students.

Used by

• al-Ṣāliḥī, ʿUqūd al-JumānQuotes his teacher as 'our shaykh'.
• Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī, al-Khayrāt al-ḤisānAdopts his view on the reports naming Abū Ḥanīfa.
• Nūḥ al-Rūmī, al-Durr al-Munaẓẓam
• Müstaḳīmzāde, Manāqib-i Imām-i Aʿẓam

Teachers, students, family

• al-Ṣāliḥī, ʿUqūd al-JumānStudent of al-Suyūṭī
• Ibn Ṭūlūn, al-Ghuraf al-ʿAliyyaStudent of al-Suyūṭī