Tabaqat al-Hanabila
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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.
