LEADING NAME OF METHODOLOGY OF HADITH: IBN HAJAR AL-ASKALANI
HADİS USÛLÜNÜN ZİRVE İSMİ: İBN HACER el-ASKALÂNÎ

Author : Necmi SARI
Number of pages : 533-563

Abstract

Ibn Hajar al-Askalani, who lived between 773/1372 - 852/1449, received more than 150 works on various sciences, especially the hadith. He is a scholar who is worthy of the Sheikh al-Islamic authority in regard to his competence in hadith sciences in the eyes of his peers and subsequent scholars. One of the fields where he is most influential in hadith sciences is undoubtedly hadith methodology. His works on this area, named Nukhbat al-Fikar fi Mustalah Ahl al-Asar and its commentary Nuzhat al-Nazar fî Tavdih Nukhbat al-Fikar and also al-Nukat ala Kitab Ibn al-Salah, had been sources of the later hadith methodologists. In this article, the life, scientific personality and works of Ibn Hajar are mentioned and his place in hadith methodology analyzed based on these works in the context of his contribution to the hadith methodology and his influence on subsequent hadith methodologists.

Keywords

Ibn Hajar al-Askalani, Hadith Methodology, Nukhbat al-Fikar, Nuzhat al-Nazar.

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