The Scribes of the Prophet ﷺ

by Muhammad Mustafa al-ʿAzami, Anas M. al-ʿAzami (Translator)

This book provides an extensive list of those Companions who had the honor of acting as scribbles to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in his differing capacities as the conduit of Revelation and head of the nascent Muslim State. Through biographies focusing on their secretarial activities, the reader is afforded a vital insight into this aspect of service performed by a privileged number of Companions. By synthesizing an extensive array of sources on Sirah, the author throws light on and reinvigorates the extant corpus documenting these secretarial activities, thus showcasing this branch of our Islamic heritage and the scholarship involved in interpreting it.

Genres: Religion

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Muhammad Mustafa al-ʿAzami, a leading contemporary hadith scholar recognized for his critique of Orientalist studies of hadith, was born in India in 1932 and educated at Darul Uloom Deoband. He went on to study at Al-Azhar University (M.A., 1955) and the University of Cambridge (Ph.D., 1966). He is Professor Emeritus at King Saud University in Riyadh and chaired its Department of Islamic Studies. In 1980, he was the recipient of the prestigious King Faisal International Award for Islamic Studies. He has also served as curator of the National Public Library, Qatar, and acted as Visiting Scholar, Fellow, and Professor respectively at numerous institutes, including Umm al-Qura University, Princeton University, and St. Cross College at the University of Oxford. His publications include Studies in Early Hadith Literature, Hadith Methodology and Literature, On Schacht's Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence, Dirasat fiʾl Hadith an-Nabawi, Manhaj an-Naqd ʿind al-Muhaddithin, and Al-Muhaddithun min al-Yamamah. He has also edited Al-ʿIlal of Ibn al-Madīnī, Kitab at-Tamryiz of Imam Muslim, Maghazi Rasul Allah of Urwah ibn az-Zubayr, Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik, the Sahih of Ibn Khuzaymah, and the Sunan of Ibn Majah.

Reviews

[Abeer Arain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting and well-researched! Alhamdulillah, I was able to find this one and read it. However, I recommend reading any book on the companions of the Prophet (s) before starting this one, as it requires the readers to have some background info.

[Shahrian Shihab · Rating 4 out of 5]

'The Scribes of the Prophet' by Sheikh Muhammad Mustafa al-A'zami (Rahimahullah) provides an extensive list and short biography of those Companions of the Messenger of Allah who had the honour of acting as his scibes.

[Evyta Ar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Meskipun 65 biografi di dalamnya diulas cukup singkat, tapi buku ini sebetulnya membuka perspektif baru bagi pembaca dalam mengenal tokoh yang dikenal maupun jarang dikenal orang banyak sebagai sekretaris nabi, yakni orang-orang berilmu dengan potensinya masing-masing. Sebut saja Ubay bin Ka’ab radhiyallahu’anhu yang menjadi sekretaris pertama dari kalangan Anshar, atau sekretaris paling terkenal bernama Hanzhalah ibnur Rabi’ radhiyallahu’anhu yang menyimpan stempel nabi shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, juga Az-Zubair ibnul Awwam radhiyallahu’anhu yang mendata harta-harta sedekah, atau Zaid bin Tsabit radhiyallahu’anhu yang memegang jabatan hakim (qadhi) sekaligus bertugas menuliskan wahyu Al-Qur’an dan surat-surat yang diperuntukkan kepada para raja, dan masih banyak nama lainnya dengan keistimewaan tersendiri.

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[Jhon Travolta]

i want to read this book

[Guntar Ramadhan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sebagaimana judulnya, buku ini membahas tentang sekretaris Nabi. Dlm. bahasan beliau buku ini mendahulukan kegiatan tulis menulis di zaman awal Islam. Dari dasar tsb. beliau kemudian menyebutkan secara abjad sekretaris Nabi. InsyaAllah dg. membacanya dapat menambah wawasan terutama dalam hal ihwal tradisi tulis di zaman dahulu yang diklaim oleh beberapa peneliti bahwa belum ada tradisi tulis menulis. WaAllahua'lam