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Imam Jalaluddin Suyuti v1.0 PDF
Imam Jalaluddin Suyuti v1.0 PDF
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His Birth
Imm Suyi on himself
Imm Suyi commenting on his autobiography
His Demise
His Works
Imm Suyi's books as he mentions them in usn al-Muaarah
Tafsir, Qirt and Related Sciences
adth and Related Sciences
Fiqh and Related Sciences
Miscellaneous Sciences
Arabic and Related Sciences
Fann al-Usl wal Bayn wat Taawwuf
Fann at-Trikh wal Adab
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Bismillhir Ramnir Ram
His Birth:
Imm afi Jalluddin bd ar-Ramn Ab Bakr as-Suyi was born in the month of Rajab, 849
AH [1445 AD]. His father took him to Shaykh Muammad al-Majdhb, a saint living close to the
tomb of Sayyidah Nafsah1. He prayed for this child to be blessed.
Sayyidah Nafsah raiyallhu nh, a saintly lady from the Ahl al-Bayt; contemporary of Imm Shfi.
aqqah
3 In Asuy, Egypt. Asyt is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is in the south of the country, and covers a stretch of the
Nile. Its capital goes by the same name. [Wikipedia]
4 Non-Arab; It also means mute; it is said that the ancient Arabs were so proud of their language that anyone who didnt
speak it, would as well be mute.
5 Iraq falls to the east of Egypt.
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I was orphaned at a very young age. I memorized the Qurn when I was a little older than
eight. I also memorized the books: Al-mdah, Minhj al-Fiqh, Usl and Alfiyah of Ibn Malik.6
ydarsi says: Suyi's father died on Monday, the 5th of Safar, 855 AH. He made Kamluddin
ibn Humm7 as the guardian of his son; Ibn Humm took good care of Suyi."8
ydarsi and Sakhw have both written that his mother was a Turkish lady.
Suyi says: I traveled widely and visited the cities in Shm9, Hijz10, Yemen, India, Morocco
and Takrur11. He also visited the major cities of Egypt at that time: Fayym12, Dumy13 and
Maalla14among others.
When I went to ajj, I drank from the well of Zamzam and prayed for many things15. Among
them: I prayed to attain the rank of Sirjuddin Bulqni in fiqh and fi ibn ajar al-sqalni in
adth.
Suyi studied under many scholars; he has compiled a directory of 150 of them and among those
who gave him authorizations16. He studied under Bulqn extensively and he granted him
authorization to teach and issue fatw in the year 876 AH. He then completed readings of
Shfi fiqh under Sharafuddn Munw. He studied Arabic and adth under Taqyuddin Shibl
al-Hanaf for four years and Muiyuddin al-Kfiy-jiy for fourteen years.
Suyi says: Shaykh Shibli wrote recommendations to my books: Shar Alfiyatu Ibn Mlik and
Jam-l Jawmi fil rabiyyah. He would [always] consider my opinion in matters related to
adth. In his marginalia of [Qi ys] Shif he attributed the adth of Ab Hamr about the
Divine Journey [Al-Isra] to Ibn Mjah. I checked Ibn Mjah completely and couldnt find it. I
thought it must have been my oversight and checked it thoroughly the second and thereafter a
third time. But I found that adth in Mjam as-abah of Ibn al-Qni. I went to the shaykh
and informed him. Just on my word he picked up his pen and scored the word Ibn Mjah from
the marginalia and wrote Ibn al-Qni instead. It increased my respect of the shaykh immensely
and made me feel very small. I suggested that perhaps he should verify it before he made the
change. He replied, I had simply copied Burhn al-alab when I said Ibn Mjah I never left
the shaykh as long as he lived.
He says: I have been granted a mastery of these seven sciences: Qurnic exegesis, tradition,
jurisprudence, grammar, literary sciences17 in the fashion of the eloquent Arabs; not in the
manner of non-Arabs or the philosophers.
Apart from these seven, are: principles of jurisprudence, debate, morphology, composition,
inheritance, recitations - though I didn't learn that from any teacher - and medicine.18 However,
mathematics for me, has been a very tough subject. It is the farthest from my understanding.
Whenever I try to solve a mathematical problem, it seems like moving a mountain.
In my early days, I used to dabble with logic. Allh made me detest it and I heard that ibn al
ruled that it was forbidden, hence I abandoned it. Allh granted me the mastery of adth
instead, which is the noblest of all subjects.
Suyi also claimed that he had reached the grade of ijtihad.19
Najmuddin Ghazzi says: When Suyi was forty years of age, he chose solitude and retreated to
worship Allh without any distraction. It was in these days that he wrote most of his books.
Even though, by then, he had already renounced his occupation as a teacher and a mufti. He has
written a book At-Tanfs wherein he describes the reasons and the excuse for his becoming a
recluse.
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It is reported from Suyi: I saw a dream in which I was in the presence of RaslAllh allAllhu
layhi wa sallam. I mentioned my book Jaml Jawami and asked him whether I could read out
from it. RaslAllh allAllhu layhi wa sallam said, "Bring it here, O master of the adth"
[Shaykh al-adth]. This dream is a glad tiding which I treasure more than anything in this
world.
His Demise:
ydars while mentioning the events of the year 911 AH (1505 AD): Suyi suffered a brief
illness and after the third day, at the time of evening prayer [r], on the 19th of Jamdiy al-l,
911 AH, the great scholar [and erudite imm] passed away. His funeral was held in the African
mosque, below the citadel and buried near the eastern gate of the Qurfah cemetry. He was sixty
three.22
Najmuddn Ghazz writes: He passed away in the wee hours of the morning of Friday, the 19th of
Jamdiy al-l, 911 AH in his place in Rawah al-Miqys after being unwell for seven days due
to a swelling in his left arm; he was about two months short of being sixty two. A prominent
mausolem was built on his grave near the Qurfah door. A funeral (in absentia) was held in the
Umawi mosque in Damascus.
His Works:
He was one of the most prolific writers, and is perhaps the most well-known author of the latter
times. He has left behind atleast a book in every branch of Islamic science that include both short
monographs of few pages and tomes spanning volumes. Some of his books are also first of their
kind and standards for those that were written after.
Many of his books are published; they are easily and widely available. This in itself is a
testimony of his acceptance among the people and a lofty rank with Allh.
Ibn md writes: "Most of his works become world famous right in his lifetime. His ability to
write was phenomenonal. His student Dwdi says: I was with the shaykh [Suyi] once, and
he wrote three volumes on that day. He used to dictate annotations on adth, and answer my
objections at the same time. He was the most knowledgeable scholar in his time of the adth
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Ab Shmah is the teacher of Imm Naww.
22 An-Nr as-Sfir, p.51
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and associated sciences, knowledge of the narrators including the uncommon ones [shdh], the
text of the adth [matn], its chain of narrators [asnd], the derivation of ruling from adth
[istinba]. He has himself told me, that he had memorized a hundred thousand adth.23
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Trikh as-abah
abaqt al-uffa
abaqt an-Nutul Kubr
abaqt an-Nutul al-Wus
abaqt an-Nutul as-ughr
abaqt al-Usliyyn
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abaqt al-Mufassirn
abaqt al-Kuttb
ilyatul Awliya
abaqt Shur al-rab
Trikh al-Mir (usn al-Muarah f Akhbril Miri wal Qhirah)
Trikh al-Khulafa
Trikh Asy
Full encyclopedia of his teachers: tibu Layl wa Jrifu Sayl
Mini encyclopedia: Al-Muntaq
Tarjamah an-Nawaw
Tarjamah al-Bulqayni
Al-Multaqi minad Durar al-Kminah
Trikh al-mar as an appendix to Inba al-Ghumar
Rafl Baas n Bany al-bbs
An-Nafatul Miskiyyah wat Tufatul Makkiyyah
Durar al-Kalim wa Ghurar al-ikam
Dwn Khuab
Dwn Shir
Al-Maqmt
Ar-Rilatul Fayymiyyah
Ar-Rilatul Makkiyyah
Ar-Rilatud Dumytiyyah
Al-Wasyil il Marifatil Awyil
Mukhtaar Mjamul Buldn
Yqt al-Mashriq f lmit Trikh
Al-Jumnah
Maqiul ijz
Nr al-adiqah
Al-Mujmal fir Raddi ala'l Muhmal
Al-Man fil Kan
Fal ash-Shita
Mukhtaar Tahdhb al-Asma lin Naww
Al-Ajwibatuz Zakiyyah nil Alghzis Subkiyyah
Rafsh Shn al-abshah
Asinul Aqbs f Masinul Iqtibs
Tufatul Madhkir fil Muntaq Min Trkh ibn skir
Shar Bnat Sud
Tufatu urafa bi Asmyil Khulafa
Qadatur Riyah
Mukhtaar Shifa al-Ghall f Dhammis ibi wal Khall.
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