Tabaqat al-Hanabila

Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanābilah (English: History of the Hanbalites)^[1] (Arabic: طبقات الحنابلة, lit. 'Generations of Hanbalis') is a biographical dictionary covering Hanbali scholars, written by Ibn Abi Ya'la (d. 1131 AD). ^[2][3] The book starts from the life of the founder Ahmad ibn Hanbal himself. Later Al-Hafiz Ibn Rajab (d. 1393 AD) wrote a sequel to this book under the name Continuation of the history of the Hanbalites (Dhayl ‘alá Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanābilah).^[4] The Continuation covers those who died after 460 AH.^[1] Modern publishing may available in 4 volumes where two volumes is original book by Ibn Abi Ya'la and following two volumes from Ibn Rajab addition.

Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanābilah

Author	Ibn Abi Ya'la
Original title	طبقات الحنابلة
Language	Arabic
Genre	Biography
Publisher	al-Maʻhad al-Faransī lil-Dirāsāt al-ʻArabīyah, Dimashq
Publication date	1370 AD
Publication place	Damascus, Al-Sham
OCLC	19759213

See also

• Tabaqat

References

1. Makdisi, George (1956). "Autograph Diary of an Eleventh-century Historian of Baghdād—I" (PDF). Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 8 (1). Cambridge University Press: 9–31. doi:10.1017/s0041977x00122189. S2CID 246637775. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
2. Ṭabaqāt al-fuqahāʾ al-Ḥanābilah /. Maktabat al-Thaqāfah al-Dīnīyah. February 1998. ISBN 9789775250193.
3. "Ibn Abī Yaʻlá, Abū al-Ḥusayn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1059-1131. Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanābilah - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)".
4. Al-Dhayl ʻalá Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanābilah /. Dār al-Kutub al-ʻIlmīyah. 1997. OCLC 36961885.