Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya wa Juhuduhu fi Khidmat al-Sunna al-Nabawiyya wa Ulumiha

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya wa Juhuduhu fi Khidmat al-Sunna al-Nabawiyya wa Ulumiha (Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya and His Efforts in the Service of the Prophetic Sunnah and Its Sciences) is an academic study in Hadith scholarship by Jamal bin Muhammad al-Sayyid, originally presented as a doctoral dissertation in the Department of Graduate Studies at the Islamic University of Madinah Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya wa…+1. The work investigates the contributions, theoretical views, and practical methodologies of the eighth-century Hanbali scholar Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (691–751 AH) in the field of Hadith and its ancillary disciplines Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya wa…+1.

Background and Purpose

The author was inspired to undertake the project after reading discussions of Hadith methodology in Ibn al-Qayyim's treatises Al-Furusiyya and Tahdhib al-Sunan during preparatory graduate courses at the Islamic University of Madinah Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya wa…. Identifying an absence of comprehensive monographs dedicated specifically to Ibn al-Qayyim's contributions to Hadith science, al-Sayyid aimed to achieve two primary objectives: first, to clarify Ibn al-Qayyim's standing among hadith critics by analyzing his methodological principles and comparing them with those of classical masters; and second, to systematically extract and arrange his scattered observations across his extensive corpus in a structured thematic manner Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya wa…+1.

Structure and Scope

The book is arranged into an introduction, three main parts (abwāb), and a conclusion Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya wa…+1:

• Part One (Ibn al-Qayyim’s Life and Works): Divided into four chapters covering his political, religious, social, and intellectual environment; his biography, character, and trials; his scholarly career, teachers, students, library, and travels; and his compositional method, sources, and survey of his written works Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya wa…+1.
• Part Two (Ibn al-Qayyim’s Method in Hadith and Its Sciences): Comprises four chapters analyzing his technical positions on Hadith terminology (such as the sound, fair, mursal, defective, and fabricated reports); his rules and terminology in narrator evaluation (al-jarḥ wa-al-taʿdīl); his approach to Hadith extraction (takhrīj) and grading; and his interpretive methods in Hadith commentary, including linguistic clarifications, geographical identifications, and the reconciliation of conflicting traditions Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya wa…+2.
• Part Three (Applied Hadith Study): A detailed practical application that collects a corpus of specific hadiths evaluated by Ibn al-Qayyim—whether authenticated, weakened, or declared defective—and provides rigorous takhrīj alongside comparative analyses against the judgments of leading classical hadith authorities Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya wa…+1.

Methodology and Sources

In compiling the study, the author surveyed more than thirty published works of Ibn al-Qayyim, citing his statements directly from primary editions rather than secondary compilations Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya wa…+1. Al-Sayyid summarized extensive passages where appropriate, noted variant editions, and offered critical assessments when disagreeing with Ibn al-Qayyim's grading in light of traditional hadith principles Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya wa…+1. Standard abbreviations were used throughout the work for foundational collections such as the Sunan of Abu Dawud, the Jami' of al-Tirmidhi, and the Musnad of Ahmad ibn Hanbal Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya wa…+1.