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Scholars: 65 Islamic terms and their meanings

In Deen Words these 65 terms belong to the topic Scholars. Each one is listed with the short meaning the game shows once you have found the word in the grid.

Abu Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud

Abu Hanifah

Founder of the Hanafi school

Abu Yusuf

Student of Abu Hanifah, chief judge

Alusi

Ruh al-Maani, tafsir from Baghdad

Asim

Reciter of Kufah, Asim reading

Ata

Ata ibn Abi Rabah, fiqh in Makkah

Awzai

Imam of Syria, early school of law

Ayni

Umdat al-Qari, commentary on Bukhari

Bahuti

Kashshaf al-Qina, Hanbali fiqh

Bayhaqi

Hadith scholar

Bukhari

Imam from Bukhara, author of the Sahih

Daraqutni

Sunan ad-Daraqutni, hadith collection

Dardir

Ahmad ad-Dardir, Maliki fiqh

Darimi

Sunan ad-Darimi, hadith collection

Dhahabi

Siyar Alam an-Nubala

Fudayl

Fudayl ibn Iyad, ascetic and scholar

Ghazali

Ihya Ulum ad-Din

Hafs

Transmitter of the Asim reading

Hasan Basri

Al-Hasan al-Basri, tabii of Basrah

Ibn Hajar

Fath al-Bari

Ibn Hanbal

Imam Ahmad, Musnad

Ibn Hazm

Al-Muhalla, scholar of Andalusia

Ibn Hibban

Sahih Ibn Hibban, hadith collection

Ibn Ishaq

Early Sira, transmitted by Ibn Hisham

Ibn Kathir

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Ibn Khaldun

Muqaddima, historian

Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah

Ibn Qayyim

Student of Ibn Taymiyyah

Ibn Qudamah

Al-Mughni, Hanbali fiqh

Ibn Rajab

Jami al-Ulum wal-Hikam, Hanbali

Ibn Salah

Ulum al-Hadith, science of hadith

Ibn Taymiyyah

Majmu al-Fatawa

Iyad

Qadi Iyad, ash-Shifa, Maliki scholar

Juwayni

Imam al-Haramayn, Shafii scholar

Kasani

Badai as-Sanai, Hanafi fiqh

Khalil

Mukhtasar Khalil, Maliki fiqh

Kisai

Al-Kisai, one of the seven reciters

Layth

Al-Layth ibn Saad, fiqh in Egypt

Malik

Imam Malik, Madinah, Muwatta

Mizzi

Tahdhib al-Kamal, study of narrators

Mujahid

Student of Ibn Abbas, tafsir

Muslim

Sahih Muslim

Muzani

Student of ash-Shafii, Mukhtasar

Nafi

Reciter of Madinah, Nafi reading

Nasafi

Tafsir an-Nasafi, Hanafi scholar

Nasai

Sunan an-Nasai

Nawawi

40 Hadiths, Riyad as-Salihin

Qatadah

Qatadah ibn Diama, Tabii of Basrah

Qurtubi

Tafsir al-Qurtubi

Ramli

Nihayat al-Muhtaj, Shafii fiqh

Razi

Fakhr ad-Din ar-Razi, Tafsir al-Kabir

Sanani

Subul as-Salam, hadith commentary

Sarakhsi

Al-Mabsut, Hanafi fiqh

Shafii

Imam ash-Shafii, Usul al-Fiqh

Shatibi

Al-Muwafaqat, aims of the shariah

Shubah

Shubah ibn al-Hajjaj, hadith critic

Suyuti

Tafsir al-Jalalayn, with al-Mahalli

Tabarani

Al-Mujam al-Kabir, hadith collection

Tabari

Tafsir and history

Tahawi

Aqidah at-Tahawiyya, Hanafi scholar

Thawri

Sufyan ath-Thawri, fiqh and hadith

Tirmidhi

Sunan at-Tirmidhi

Waki

Waki ibn al-Jarrah, hadith of Kufah

Warsh

Transmitter of the Nafi reading

Zuhri

Ibn Shihab az-Zuhri, early hadith