In his Subul al-huda wa al-rashad fi sirat khayr al-’ibad...

In his Subul al-huda wa al-rashad fi sirat khayr al-’ibad, known as al-Sirat al-Shamsiyyah, as mentioned by al-Halabi in Insan al­-’uyun. A scholar of eminence. Al-Hafiz ibn al-Dayba’ al-Shaybani (d. 943/1536). In his Taysir al-usul ila Jami’ al-usul, iii, 297. An eminent scholar and traditionist. Shams al-Din Ibn Tulun al-Dimashqi (d. 953/1546). In his al-Shadharat al-dhahabiyyah, 66 (published under the title al-A'imat al-Ithna ‘ashar, Beirut, 1377 H.) ed. Dr.

Salah al-Din al-Munjid, from Sahih Muslim. A leading scholar of his era. [^3] Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Sharbini al-Khatib (d. 968/1560). In his exegesis al-Siraj al-munir, ii, 528, iv, 167. Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn Hajar al-Haythami al-Makki (d. 973/1565).

In his al-Sawa’iq al-muhriqah, 25, 89 - 90, 132 and al-Minah al-Makkiyyah fi sharh al-qasidat al-hamziyyah under the couplet: Muhammadun sayyidul kawnayni waththaqalayn wa'l fariqayni min ‘urbin wa min ‘ajam A leading scholar of his era. Nur al-Din ‘Ali ibn Husam al-Din al-Muttaqi al-Hindi (d.975/1567). In his Kanz al-’ummal from al-Tabarani from Zayd ibn Arqam. A leading scholar, traditionist, author and legist. Muhammad Tahir al-Fitanni al-Gujrati (d. 986/1578).

In his Majma’ al-bihar fi gharib al-hadith under thaql and ‘itrah, as well as in Takmilat Majma’ al-bihar under thaql. A leading scholar of his age. ‘Abbas ibn Mu’in al-Din, known as Mirza Makhdum al-­Jurjani al-Shirazi (d. 988/1580). In his al-Nawaqid from Sahih Muslim from Zayd ibn Arqam. An eminent scholar. Al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Shaykh ‘Abd Allah al-Aydarus al-Yamani (d. 990/1582). In al-’Iqd al-Nabawi wa al-sirr al-Mustafawi (MS) from Ibn Abi Shaybah, from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Awf.

An eminent scholar. Kamal al-Din ibn Fakhr al-Din al-Jahromi (d. after 994/1586). In his al-Barahin al-qati’ah fi tarjumat al-Sawa’iq al-muhriqah, in Persian. An eminent scholar from Bijapur, India. [^4] Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Mustafa ibn Ibrahim al-Sufi, known as Badr al-Din al-Rumi. In his Taj al-durrah fi sharh al-burdah under the lines: Ala baytin nabiyyi 'inna fu'adi laysa yusallayhi ‘alaykumutta'sa'u ‘Ata' Allah ibn Fadl Allah al-Shirazi, known as Jamal al-Din al-Muhaddith (d. 1000/1591).

In his al-Arba’in fi fada'il Amir al-Mu'minin (MS) and Rawdat al-ahbab fi siyar al-Nabi wa al-Al wa al-Ashab, from Hudhayfah ibn Usayd. An eminent scholar. [^1]: Ibid., vii, 1-32. [^2]: Al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Bukhari, Tadhkirat al-abrar, MS; Nuzhat al-khawatir, iv, 223.