''Mizan al-Itidal'' ( ar, لميزان الاعتدال) or ''Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd ar-Rijal'' ( ar, لميزان الاعتدال) is one of the most important works of ''Ilm al-Rijal'' (Science of Narrators or
Biographical evaluation
Biographical evaluation ( ar, عِلْمُ الرِّجال, ʿilm al-rijāl; literally meaning'' 'Knowledge of Men' , ''but more commonly understood as the ''Science of Narrators)'' refers to a discipline of Islamic religious studies within ha ...
) written by Imam
al-Dhahabi
Shams ad-Dīn adh-Dhahabī (), also known as Shams ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qāymāẓ ibn ʿAbdillāh at-Turkumānī al-Fāriqī ad-Dimashqī (5 October 1274 – 3 February 1348) was an Islamic historia ...
(d.748 AH) in the 8th century of Islamic History.
Description
Mizan al-Itidal is the rework of an Imam Ibn 'Adi al-Jurjani's (d. 277 H) book by the name of
al-Kamil fi Dhu'afa' al-Rijal. Imam
al-Dhahabi
Shams ad-Dīn adh-Dhahabī (), also known as Shams ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qāymāẓ ibn ʿAbdillāh at-Turkumānī al-Fāriqī ad-Dimashqī (5 October 1274 – 3 February 1348) was an Islamic historia ...
has since extended it, refined it and called it Mizan al-Itidal. It is one of the most famous booksin the field of ''Ilm al-Rijal'' (Science of Narrators or
Biographical evaluation
Biographical evaluation ( ar, عِلْمُ الرِّجال, ʿilm al-rijāl; literally meaning'' 'Knowledge of Men' , ''but more commonly understood as the ''Science of Narrators)'' refers to a discipline of Islamic religious studies within ha ...
), and is published in five volumes that contain more than 3000 pages. The book is in alphabetical order in which the author identified liar narrarators, unknown narrarators, and those narrators who are to be abandoned. He also distinguishes weak narrators from scholars in hadith whose degree is low due to memory or certain other breaches. He also took care to avoid some misleading statements that may exist in some Hadith Scholars (Muhaddiths) and which are ambiguous on the weakness of the narrator..
Publications
The book has been published by many organizations around the world:
* Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd al-Rijal 5 VOLUMES (مِيزَانُ الإِعْتِدَال فِي نَقْدِ الرِّجَال) by Imam Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi: Published: al-Risalah al-'Alamiyyah ,
Beirut
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Lebanon
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* Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd ar-Rijal - Dhahabi ('Ilm Jarh wa Ta'dil): Published:مؤسسة الرسالة
* Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd al-Rijal - Dhahabi : Published: Al-Resalah, 2017
See also
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List of Sunni books
This is a list of significant books in the doctrines of Sunni Islam. A classical example of an index of Islamic books can be found in Kitāb al-Fihrist of Ibn Al-Nadim.
The Qur'an and its translations (in English)
:# ''The Meaning of the Glorio ...
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Kutub al-Sittah
The ''Kutub al-Sittah'' ( ar-at, ٱلْكُتُب ٱلسِّتَّة, al-Kutub as-Sittah, lit=the six books) are six (originally five) books containing collections of ''hadith'' (sayings or acts of the Islamic prophet Muhammad) compiled by six ...
References
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9th-century Arabic books
10th-century Arabic books
Sunni literature
Hadith
Hadith collections
Sunni hadith collections