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Biographies of the Imams who wrote the six books | Episode (5) | Imam Al-Nasa'i, may God have mercy on him

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0:00 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
0:03 O you who recite the words of the Prophet, how beautiful is your voice in guiding others to the truth.
0:14 The biographies of the authors of the Six Books.
0:19 Six biographies, a gathering of beauty and majesty.
0:24 Summarized with care.
0:26 From the peerless, magnificent book.
0:29 Biographies of the most noble.
0:32 By Imam al-Dhahabi, may Allah have mercy on him.
0:37 Prepared by Shaykh Muhammad al-Muhanna, may Allah preserve him.
0:53 Imam al-Nasa'i, may Allah have mercy on him.
0:59 The Imam, the Hafiz, the reliable authority.
1:01 Shaykh al-Islam.
1:03 The critic of hadith.
1:05 Abu 'Abd al-Rahman.
1:07 Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasa'i.
1:09 The author of the Sunan.
1:11 He was born in Nasa.
1:13 In the year 215 AH.
1:15 He sought knowledge in his youth.
1:18 He traveled to Qutaybah in the year 230 AH.
1:22 He stayed with him in Baghlan for a year.
1:25 He narrated extensively from him.
1:27 Baghlan is the town of the great Imam and hadith scholar.
1:30 Qutaybah ibn Sa'id.
1:32 It is now.
1:34 A province in northern Afghanistan.
1:38 He heard from Ishaq ibn Rahwayh.
1:41 And Hisham ibn 'Ammar.
1:43 And Ahmad ibn 'Abdah al-Dabbi.
1:45 And Ahmad ibn Mani'.
1:47 And 'Ali ibn Hujr.
1:49 And 'Umar ibn 'Ali al-Fallas.
1:51 And Muhammad ibn Bashshar.
1:53 And Hannad ibn al-Sari.
1:55 And a great many others.
1:57 He also sought to narrate from his peers.
2:00 He was an ocean of knowledge.
2:02 Possessing deep understanding, precision, and insight.
2:05 He was an expert on the narrators and a master of composition.
2:09 He traveled in pursuit of knowledge through Khurasan, the Hijaz, Egypt.
2:13 Iraq, al-Jazirah, the Levant, and the frontier regions.
2:17 Then he settled in Egypt.
2:19 The scholars of hadith traveled to him.
2:21 He had no equal in this field.
2:25 Narrating from him were Abu Bishr al-Dulabi.
2:28 And Abu Ja'far al-Tahawi.
2:30 And Abu 'Ali al-Naysaburi.
2:32 And 'Abd al-Karim ibn Abi 'Abd al-Rahman al-Nasa'i.
2:36 And Abu al-Qasim Sulayman ibn Ahmad al-Tabarani.
2:40 And a great many others.
2:42 He was a dignified shaykh with a handsome face.
2:45 Of clear complexion and a beautiful white beard.
2:48 His face remained radiant despite his advanced age.
2:51 He lived in the Qanadil alley in Egypt.
2:54 Al-Hakim said.
2:56 The discourse of al-Nasa'i on the fiqh of hadith is extensive.
3:00 Whoever examines his Sunan is astonished by the excellence of his speech.
3:04 Ibn al-Athir said in the introduction to Jami' al-Usul.
3:08 Al-Nasa'i was a Shafi'i.
3:11 He authored works on rituals according to the Shafi'i school.
3:14 He was pious and scrupulous.
3:17 It is said that he went to al-Harith ibn Miskin.
3:20 Dressed in a way that al-Harith disapproved of.
3:22 Wearing a cap and a tunic.
3:25 Al-Harith was fearful of matters related to the authorities.
3:30 He feared that he might be a spy sent against him.
3:33 So he barred him from entry.
3:34 Thus, he would come and sit behind the door to listen.
3:38 That is why he did not say "Al-Harith narrated to us."
3:41 Rather, he said.
3:43 "Al-Harith ibn Miskin said, while I was listening to him read."
3:48 The Hafiz Abu 'Ali al-Naysaburi said.
3:51 We were informed by the undisputed Imam of hadith.
3:55 Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Nasa'i.
3:58 And Abu al-Hasan al-Daraqutni said.
4:01 Abu 'Abd al-Rahman is superior to everyone mentioned in this science from his era.
4:07 There was no one at the turn of the three-hundredth year more retentive than al-Nasa'i.
4:12 He was more skilled in hadith, its hidden defects, and its narrators than Muslim.
4:17 And Abu Dawud and Abu 'Isa.
4:20 He ran in the same racecourse as al-Bukhari and Abu Zur'ah.
4:24 He compiled a Musnad of 'Ali.
4:27 And a comprehensive book on the kunya (agnomens).
4:30 As for the book Khasa'is 'Ali.
4:33 It is included within his Great Sunan.
4:36 Likewise the book 'Amal al-Yawm wa al-Laylah.
4:39 It is a single volume.
4:41 In some manuscripts, it is part of the Great Sunan.
4:44 He also has a book of Tafsir in one volume.
4:47 And a book on the weak narrators, among other things.
4:50 What we have of his Sunan is the abridged book.
4:55 Some call it al-Mujtaba.
4:58 Abu 'Abd Allah ibn Mandah said.
5:00 Those who produced the authentic hadiths.
5:03 And distinguished the sound from the defective, and the error from the correct.
5:07 Are four.
5:08 Al-Bukhari and Muslim.
5:10 And Abu Dawud.
5:12 And Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Nasa'i.
5:15 And Muhammad ibn al-Muzaffar the Hafiz said.
5:18 You heard our shaykhs in Egypt.
5:21 Describing al-Nasa'i's diligence in worship by night and day.
5:26 And that he went out for the military expedition with the governor of Egypt.
5:29 They described his courage and his upholding of the established Sunnah during the ransoming of the Muslims.
5:35 And his avoidance of the gatherings of the ruler with whom he went out.
5:40 And his simplicity in food.
5:42 And that this remained his habit.
5:45 Until he was martyred in Damascus at the hands of the Khawarij.
5:49 Al-Daraqutni said.
5:51 Al-Nasa'i went out for Hajj.
5:54 He was tested in Damascus and attained martyrdom.
5:57 He said, "Carry me to Makkah."
6:01 He was carried there and passed away in that city.
6:03 He is buried between al-Safa and al-Marwah.
6:06 His death occurred in Sha'ban in the year 303 AH.
6:11 He said.
6:12 He was the most learned in fiqh among the shaykhs of Egypt in his time.
6:15 And the most knowledgeable of them regarding hadith and the narrators.
6:18 And Abu Sa'id ibn Yunus said in his history.
6:22 Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Nasa'i was an Imam, a Hafiz, and a reliable authority.
6:27 He left Egypt in the month of Dhu al-Qa'dah.
6:30 In the year 302 AH.
6:33 And he died in Palestine.
6:35 On Monday.
6:37 The thirteenth of Safar.
6:39 In the year 303.
6:41 I say: this is more correct.
6:43 For Ibn Yunus is a vigilant Hafiz.
6:46 He learned from al-Nasa'i.
6:48 And he was well-acquainted with him.
6:50 Biographies of the authors of the Six Books.
6:55 You have beautifully hummed the tune of hadith.
7:06 As if you were a companion to them.
7:09 And heard their humming yourself.
7:13 You were sorrowful at times, then smiling at others.
7:19 You were comforted, then humility appeared upon you.
7:25 Boasting at times of the Sunnah of Ahmad.
7:31 Devout at times, gentle in your path.
7:37 Read, for I have offered myself as a ransom for you.
7:42 I wish I could have read all your voice with such resonance.
7:49 My veins have yearned for the hadith and its people.
7:55 So open your authentic collections.
7:58 And quench my thirst with the chains of narration.
8:01 With the "he said," "he said," and the "he narrated."
8:04 With our "he narrated to us," and "he narrated to us."
8:07 And the eloquent, precise, comprehensive words.
8:13 For the words of the Prophet, peace be upon him, carry majesty.
8:18 And his speech holds authority over all other speech.
8:24 Upon it is a light, blooming with tranquility.
8:30 It flows into my soul, which remains submissive to it.