Kitab at-Tabaqat al-Kabir : The Men of Madina: Volume 1
The Men of Madina: Volume 1
By Muhammad Ibn Sa'd
Translator: Aisha Bewley
Hardback 316 Pages
ISBN: 9781842002308
Publisher: Ta-Ha Publishers, UK
About The Book
This book is the translation of Volume 7 of the Kitab at-Tabaqat al-Kabir of Ibn Sa'd which deals with the Companions, Tabi'un and the subsequent generations of the people of knowledge in Basra, Baghdad, Khurasan, Syria and Egypt.
This book is of particular interest because its pages demonstrate the attitude and action of the Companions and the Tabi'un when confronted by the most dangerous of trials fitna, or civil war. This is extremely important in the modern age, in which fitna is commonplace, for we can learn a great deal from how the early Muslims dealt with it.
About The Author
Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Sa'd is one of the earliest authorities on Muslim biography. He was born in 168AH in Basra, and died in 230 AH (845) at the age of 62. He moved to Baghdad where he studied under various people, specially Muhammad ibn Umar al-Waqidi.
He came to be known as the secretary of al-Waqidi because of his close connection to him. He also visited Kufa and Madina in the course of his quest for Knowledge. Authorities such as as Ibn Hajar, adh-Dhahabi, al-Khatib al-Baghdadi and Ibn Khallikan have testified to his reliability.
About The Translator
Aisha Abdurrahman at Tarjumana Bewley is one of today’s most prolific translators of classical Arabic work into English. Aisha Bewley not only understands Arabic but she is also aware of the basic meanings and nature of teachings and history of Islam. Her knowledge is born of experience and direct transmission, not merely academic theory and learning by rote.
For more than twenty-five years she has been concerned with making the contents of many classical works in Arabic more Accessible to English-speaking readers for the first time, including Ash-Shifa of Qadi “Iyad. She is co-translator The Noble Qur'an A New Rendering of its Meaning in English. Other works include -Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik , Glossary of Islamic Terms, Islam: The Empowering of Women, Muslim Women A Biographical Dictionary, Published by Ta-Ha London.
