Stages of Writing down Interpretation

(Stages of interpretation The seventh stage of interpretation 600-699 AH)

Abstract

The seventh and eighth centuries of the Hijrah - one of the most prosperous ages, as it was full of many empowered scholars who left mature and useful works. Among this is the flourishing of the scientific aspect in general, and the flourishing of the science of jurisprudence in particular, and the interest of every school of thought in it. Among the scholars of the seventh century in religious sciences: Ibn al-Salah taught the hadith scholars, al-Rafi’i: the chief Shafi’i jurist in Qazvin, and al-Nawawi the chief Shafi’i jurist in the Levant and the scholar of hadith. Among them in the Arabic sciences and literature: Ibn Yaish, the commentator of the detailed explanation of Zamakhshari, and Sheikh Ibn Malik. Among them in the sciences of history and translations: Yaqut al-Hamwi al-Roumi, the geographical historian, the traveler, the author of the dictionary of countries and the dictionary of writers, and Ibn al-Adim, the author of the history of Aleppo. And Ibn Khalkan, the owner of the book obituaries notables. Among the scholars of this stage from the Malikis: Ahmed bin Muhammad Al-Azdi: Ibn Al-Hajj Al-Ishbili. And Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Mansour bin Abi Al-Qasim: by Ibn Al-Munir. From the Shafi’is: Ibn al-Khatib. And Al-Amdi. and the Oval Judge. And Muhammad bin Yusuf Al-Jazari. And from the Hanbalis: Ibn Qudamah. And Abdul Salam bin Abdullah Ibn Taymiyyah. And Ahmed Abdel Halim bin Abdel Salam. And Othman bin Asaad bin Al-Manji bin Barakat. And from the Hanafis: Othman bin Omar bin Abi Bakr bin Yunus: by Ibn al-Hajib. If it was not an era of creativity like the eras of ijtihad, then it is - in its entirety and most of its sciences - an era of balanced transmission, conscious imitation, collection and preservation, investigation, editing, correction, refinement, and sometimes even free restricted ijtihad.