Qurbat al Darayn

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   قربة الدارين في مناقب عثمان بن عفان عليه الرضوان Editor’s Foreword   All praise to Allah. We praise Him, we seek his help, we beg His forgiveness, we believe in Him and we rely upon Him. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil within ourselves, and from the evils of our deeds. Whomsoever Allah has guided none can mislead, and whom He […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Biography of Abu al Khayr al Talqani   He is Ahmed ibn Ismail ibn Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn al ‘Abbas Abu al Khayr al Talqani al Qazwini. Taliqan is a district in Qazvin found in modern day northern Iran; to this day it is known by this name. His son, Abu al Manaqib Muhammad, states: My father was born on the 27 Ramadan […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The importance of the book; its title and authenticating its attribution to the author   Hagiographies dedicated to the Companions are known and famous amongst the students of religious disciplines. The extensive list includes works such as; Kitab Fada’il al Sahabah of Imam Ahmed, al Daraqutni’s work, Fada’il al Khulafa’ al Arba’ah of Abu Nuaim, Minhaj al Qasidin of Ibn Qudamah al Maqdisi […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Sources of the treatise   The author used a large number of works in compiling his treatise. Most of the sources are books authored in the third century. He would narrate the traditions found in these works with a complete chain –from himself until the Prophet-, if he narrates from the work for a second time he merely mentions the name of the […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Abu al Khayr’s Teachers   The author’s father, Ismail ibn Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn al ‘Abbas Abu Sa’d al Talqani al Qazwini. He was an ascetic, led a righteous life and was well versed in Jurisprudence and laws of inheritance.[1] He narrates the book Kitab ‘Itilal al Qulub from al Qadi Abu al Mahasin ‘Abdul Wahid ibn Ismail al Tabari who narrates from […]