 فشرف بل اشتغالي بالعلم ولا تبغي به ما عشت يدى بدلا وياله من شراف عظيم الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل وأشد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهدي السبيل وأشد أن سيدنا والنبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وصحبه والتابعين وقاله بإحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد إن شاء الله تعالى in today's lesson this is the fourth lesson right? this is the third lesson we're going to take the biography تعريف الموجز بمصني في كتاب البلوغ المرام من دلة الحكام الحافظ من حجر رحمه الله تعالى we're going to take a summary or a summarized biography of the author of the book الحافظ ابن حجر رحمه الله تعالى and the way we're going to take him is in the following way the point number one the first thing that we're going to be speaking about number one which is the first one is going to be his name, his lineage his his nickname and his Kunya his Kunya his Kunya is who is he attributed to as a son who is he attributed to as to be of his sons Abu Wat as a Kunya the second insha'Allah تعالى that we're going to be speaking about is موليده ومكان ولادتي which we'll speak about his birth and where he was born the second one is going to be birth and where he was born number three is going to be the third is going to be how he grew up his upbringing and his path in seeking knowledge that was the third right the fourth is going to be his position of knowledge his caliber of knowledge his status of knowledge what is it and how the scholars praised him what did the scholars say about him praising him the fifth insha'Allah تعالى is going to be his books that he wrote the books in which he wrote مصنفاته the books that ابن حجر رحمه الله wrote those are the five points that we will speak about in the life of ابن حجر رحمه الله تعالى number one let's go back to the first one what's his name his name is أحمد ابن عالي ابن محمد ابن محمد ابن عالي ابن محمود ابن أحمد so his name is أحمد ابن عالي ابن محمد ابن محمد ابن عالي ابن محمود ابن أحمد and this is that name that I mentioned is what his student he said in his كتاب الجواهر والدرار عالي مام السخوي in his book الجواهر والدرار and it's a book that he wrote in just a biography of who ابن حجر it's called الجواهر والدرار في ترجمة شيخ الإسام ابن حجر and it's three volumes and many scholars many scholars they studied ابن حجر PhDs were taken on him Masters were taken on him thesis and dissertations were done on his life رحمه الله تعالى one of the best books written on his life is the one that is written by دكتور شاكر محمود عبد المنعم دكتور شاكر محمود عبد المنعم he wrote a book called ابن حجر العسقلاني ابن حجر العسقلاني مصنفاته ودراسة في منهجه وموريده في كتابه الإصابة also Kamaluddin عز الدين لازبكود ابن حجر العسقلاني مؤرخا other than him عبد ستار الشيخ يروي بكود الحافظ ابن حجر العسقلاني وامير المؤمنين في الحديث محمد يوسف أيوب he wrote الحافظ ابن حجر العسقلاني حياته وشعره so many angles and many fields he was studied دكتور صالح السياح his book is also good because he talks about his methodology in how he speaks about the imma and the narrators that are in صحيح البخاري in which ابن حجر springs the ones who are criticized there are some who are criticized by ابن أمام البخاري some scholars they criticize some of the narrators ابن حجر he defended امام البخاري so a book was written on that by a doctor صالح السياح he called it منهج الحافظ ابن حجر في دفاعه عن رجال صحيح البخاري المتكلم فيهم so that's his name مع أحمد ابن عالي ابن محمد ابن محمد ابن عالي ابن محمود ابن أحمد and that's what his student الامام الصخاوي said after he brought his name like that after he brought his name صخاوي رحمه الله بعد انساقه after he brought نسبه he said هذا هو المعتمد في نسبه لا اذكروا زيادة على ذلك he said this is what is relied upon in his lineage and his name and he said I don't I will not mention any additional point to this I don't remember any additional names of his and the thing he's trying to point out here صخاوي رحمه الله and he's trying to point out is there's a خلاف in which occurred in his fourth granddad his fourth granddad you see there's a discussion that went which is is his name محمود or is it أحمد his fourth granddad is it what the fourth one is he محمود or is it أحمد there's a discussion so if you count don't count don't count his name and don't count his father's name so start counting from his actual granddad his father's father his father's father's name is who محمد so محمد محمد علي and the fourth granddad is going to be who محمود right that محمود is his name محمود or is it أحمد there's a خلاف that's a dispute as for the remaining there's no problem with it his nickname is this is his nickname that is his nickname his كنية is and his father gave him this كنية his father gave him this كنية and this is the كنية this is the the كنية in which he became very well known for now we've mentioned his name we've mentioned his nickname لقب we've also mentioned his what his كنية we now have to mention his lineage where is he from where's his lineage و أما نسبته as for his lineage فإنه يقال له he is called كناني his كناني العسقلاني كناني is a tribe نسبة إلى قبيلة كنانة إحدى القبائل العربية it's from one of the Arab tribes it's called كناني is one of the Arab tribes و أما العسقلاني و أسفو عسقلاني then العسقلان is a it's a city بساحل الشام من فلسطين it is a shore of Sham and you know Sham is what Jordan Syria Palestine Lebanon they all are what they are all Jordan they are all Sham even part of Saudi Arabia is Sham like تبوك those are frozen there Sham you see so he was he was what he's a Nisbah his lineage is to عسقلان which is a city on the what on the shores of Palestine are you with me and this place عسقلان this city كانت موطن أصولي و جداري this is where his lineage and this is where his forefathers are from that's the city but what happened إلا أن قالهم but they never moved from that city who moved them from there صلاح الدين الأيوبي صلاح الدين الأيوبي he moved his family and his tribe from this city to Egypt are you with me لما خربها بعد أن رأى المصلحة في ذلك after he destroyed it after he destroyed it and he saw صلاح الدين saw a benefit في ذلك على إثن الحروب صلابي صليبي after the fight that he had with the crusades he saw a benefit to destroy this city so he's what he's great granddads and his forefathers all of them are from عفقلان which is a مدينة it's a مدينة بساحة للشام من فلسطين also what is additionally added onto his lineage is المصري he's a mystery Egyptian and القاهري from Cairo why لأنه وولي دبي مصر because حجر was born in Egypt he was born and he moved to where he moved to القاهرة he moved to قاهرة so that's why you find he's Kenani because that's his tribe العصقلان because that's where his forefathers were from and the land that they were from but he's Egyptian in the sense where he was born in Egypt and he lived in قاهرة so he's a القاهري now the question arises as why is he well known as ابن حجر why ابن حجر و أما اشتهاره ابن حجر as for him becoming very well known as the name ابن حجر فظاهر what is apparent is أنه لقبل لأحد الأعلى الأعلى في نسبه what is apparent أنه لقبل لأحد الأعلى في نسبه that this is what that this is the nickname that was given to the Ahmed at the ending of the name the last person we mentioned in the lineage was Ahmed right that Ahmed because ابن حجر had the same name as him they gave him the nickname of his as ابن حجر and that's the opinion that was strengthened by كما رجحه ذلك الصخاوي as Imam الصخاوي strengthened that in his book في ضوء اللامع and Imam الشوكاني was strengthened in his book البدر الطالع and that is the opinion strengthened by الصخاوي in his kitab الضوء اللامع specifically mentioned that because since we were mentioning و الصخاوي was saying you might think to yourself that it is in his book الجواهر والدورة في ترجام الشيخ بالسام من حجر but that's not where he said this or where he strengthened it it is in his book الضوء اللامع and all shoukani رحمه الله Imam الشوكاني محمد بن علي الشوكاني in his kitab البدر الطالع so now we've finished the first point the first point of speaking about ابن حجر's name we mentioned that we spoke about his lineage spoke about his nickname and we spoke about his kunia we're now going to speak about the second point موليده و مكان ولادتي موليده و مكان ولادتي his birth when we say his birth we mean when he was born و مكان ولادتي where was he born the scholars that spoke about the biography of بن حجر in this situation the scholars that spoke about the biography of بن حجر in this situation we won't give them a high president و حجر himself spoke about his time of birth that's it if a person mentions their own time of birth and they talk about it themselves then the person knows himself and where he got this information from صحب و لذلك there's a book there's a book which is called الدليل الشافي this book is called الدليل الشافي and it has in it one of his students his name is called ابن تغيري بردي ابن تغيري البردي he's a student of ابن حجر رحمه الله he's a student and he put a question to ابن حجر رحمه الله and ابن حجر answered that by telling him what year and when he was born so ابن حجر himself said when he was asked about his time of birth and when he was born ابن حجر صر في ثاني عشرين شعبان I was born in the 22nd of شعبان and the year was what ثلاثين وسبعينة وسبعمائة seven hundred and seventy three seven hundred and seventy three and also that is the view that was strengthened by الإمام السقاوي in his كتاب الجواهر والدورر but where was he born where was the place in which he was born سقاوي added on to that he said أما مولده في الثاني والعشرينة من شعبان سنة ثلاثين وسبعينة وسبعمائة and then he went on to say so he agreed with ابن تغيري but he added on about another thing which is the place in which ابن حجر was born so where was ابن حجر born he was born على شاط إنيلي بمصر the river Nile in Egypt والمنزل الذي يولد فيه بمصر معروف and the house or the place in which ابن حجر was born is very famous it was very very famous it was known and it's a place as close to بالقرب من دار النحاس والجامع الجديد it's very close to دار النحاس جامع الجديد it's very close to it and then he moved from that place ابن حجر and he went to Cairo and that's where he died he moved from that place and he went to Cairo and he died there رحمه الله تعالى we're now going to move on to the third point which is نشأته وطلبه للعل he's upbringing and he's seeking of knowledge نشأ الحافظ ابن حجر رحمه الله تعالى يتي من ابن حجر he grew up as an orphan ابن حجر grew up as an orphan his father died إذا ما تأبوه في رجب his father died in the month of Rajab سلت سبعين وسبعين وسببمائة the year 700 and 77 so how old was ابن حجر at that time 4 years because 4 years وعمره أنا ذاك 4 سنوات he was only 4 years صح and his mother died way before that وما تتأمه قبل ذلك his mother died before all of that his father before he died he's father ابن حجر's father before he died قد أوصع بإثناني من الذين كانت بينه وبينهم مودت واختصص his father before he died he gave a farewell a farewell and he elected two individuals that he had a very strong bond with his father and they were very close and he told those two to take care of ابن حجر the first one of those two is أبو بكر زكي الدين محمد ابن علي الخروبي أبو بكر زكي الدين محمد ابن علي الخروبي he died a year what? 787 787 and this man أبو بكر زكي الدين محمد ابن علي الخروبي وكان رجلا صالحا he was the righteous man وتاجرا كبيرا he was a big businessman من تجاري مصراء from the businessman of Egypt the first second person is the second person is الشيخ شمس الدين ابن القطان الشيخ شمس الدين ابن القطان he died a year 830 from those two أبو بكر زكي الدين محمد ابن علي الخروبي and the second one who is الشيخ شمس الدين ابن القطان those two the first one who is ابو بكر زكي الدين محمد ابن علي الخروبي the first one قاما بأمريه he stood up for the affairs of ابن حجر خير قيام the best so the first one then a better job he stood up for ابن حجر the fair in an excellent unprecedented معنى فنشة ابن حجر ابن حجر had an upbringing رغم يتمه even though he was an orphan he had a very good upbringing he grew up upon chest he was protected from all the the the muharrabahd and the sins to the extent that ابن حجر grew up and no one knew of his mistakes and shortcomings and his faults and أبو بكر زكي الدين محمد ابن علي الخروبي he didn't لم يألي جهدا he didn't hold back any efforts في رعاية والعلاية بتعليمي in taking care of him and putting effort in him learning he used to accompany ابو بكر زكي الدين محمد ابن علي الخروبي he used to accompany him in all of his business travelings and ابو بكر زكي الدين محمد ابن علي الخروبي used to have a yali a yali travel where he would go to Makkah ابن حجر وزوز with him فأكمل حفظ القرآن أن ابن حجر فنشت قرآن وله تسعو السنين he was only nine years old at the age of nine ابن حجر فنشت قرآن أنه only that وأما بالناس التراويح هلد التراويح وهو بالثنتين عشر سنة twelve years of age هلد التراويح in the ka'ba and this was after what بعد أن حجر مع وصيه الخروبي وصيه الخروبي with ابو بكر زكي الدين محمد ابن علي الخروبي and he stayed in Makkah until the next year of Ramadan فهو يار from حج to the next year of Ramadan he spent there رحمه الله so the year he went and done hajj was the year seven hundred and eighty four seven hundred and eighty four he went and done hajj and with ابو بكر زكي الدين محمد وعدي خروبي and he stayed in Makkah until the year seven hundred and eighty five خروبي he had a very great virtue as a virtue and a right great in making sure that ابن حجر had the right environment in which he could just focus on seeking knowledge and he directed him towards the people of knowledge and so that's so whilst he was in Makkah he went to the Musnad of Makkah rather he was the Musnad of Hijaz all of Hijaz his name was a sheikh أفيف الدين عبد الله ابن محمد who died the year seven hundred and ninety when did he take from him this is who الشيخ أفيف الدين عبد الله ابن محمد when did he take from him he took from him the majority of صحيح البخاري غالب صحيح البخاري and this was said to be the first sheikh أول شيخ the first sheikh سمع عليه الحديث in which he heard a hadith from him he also took whilst he was there the Kitab عمدة الحكام للإمام عبدالغاني عبدالواحيد المقدسي on who على القاذي who was the scholar of Hijaz as well الحافظ أبي حامد محمد ابن ظاهرة الحافظ أبي حامد محمد ابن ظاهرة and him and his son Hajar they both researched together فق الحديث فق and the Jews students to extract from hadith they did it together so ابن حجر the first time أبتداء أطلب العلم عند الحافظ النحجر the starting point for ابن حجر in seeking knowledge was that year which in that Ramadan which was the year 785 that year 785 how old would he be at that particular time because I already told you how old was he when he led the tarawih 12 so he was 12 years of age 12 13 years of age then what happened was he came back to Egypt with Al-Kharubi and the year they came back was the year 786 and he busied himself فشتغف أقبال عالش تغالب العلم he busied himself in knowledge جد و اجتهد he strove he put effort in and he memorized ابن حجر و حفظ كثيرا من المطون العلم he memorized a lot of from them is عمضة الاحكام he memorized that book which is a hadith book he also memorized the book الحاوي الصغير by Al-Qazwini which is a shafiq يسفق الشافعي اسقود الحاوي الصغير by Al-Qazwini he memorized that he also he memorized مختصر ابن الحاجب مختصر ابن الحاجب which is any أصول الفقبق he also studied ملحة العراب by Al-Hareeri I memorized it he also studied the book من هاجل وصول by Al-Baytawi he also studied الفية العراقي by his own teacher by المم العراقي he also memorized and studied الفية تبن مالك which is a grammar book he also even memorized the تنبيه of I was حاك الشي رايزي the book by I was حاك الشي رايزي which is a فق الشافعي a book انحبد لله ياديكم الله أسلحب عليكم ابن حاجب did not stop that's what he memorized these books right now they are all volumes they're volumes he memorized all of that and he didn't stop there the student he studied at Jumia that's it he's a علم يضربوا إليه أكبادوا الابل people are riding beasts to come to him and take knowledge from him صح that's not the case the issue is he memorized these big these books صراحة never been studied some of them never been taught publicly because of the weight that they have and these were the these were the first stages of his life in seeking knowledge الفيتم الماليك who studied that except to us whoever studied الفيتم الماليك and understood الفيتم الماليك is what who do we consider him as we consider him as النحريب من النحات would say he's a seeper way of this time yeah إذا قالت حدامي فصدقوها فإن القول ما قالت حدامي that's what he becomes if he says if he studies الفيتم الماليك this was في أوائل الطارب this is the first stage of seeking knowledge he's a what he's first he studied مختصر من حاجب مختصر من حاجب is not a أصول فقبق purely أصول راضئة has الملكلاء من علم المنطق and everything in it it's confusing right with me ملحة العراب he's studying من هاجل وصول باي باي ضاوي أن تنبيه باي بسحق الشيارازي رحمه الله تعالى so these are big books really books that are taught has to go through a long منهج in order to get to them but that's the first stages ثم إنه لا يزالو then he still stopped there he started to read and he went around to read on the scholars of علم the scholars and the people of knowledge and to memorize the موتون still all of this was considered as what مرحرة الفوتوة والشباب this is his early stages this was his first phase you with me but the problem that happened was إم الحاجر with all of that which he was doing and all of that effort that he was putting in the problem that happened was الخروبي died الخروبي died the year 787 and then what happened was because الخروبي was a rich man and he had money he could suffice him حاجر from just to sit down and to seek knowledge and when a person has that opportunity where money can come into him and he can study and he can focus it's an opportunity والله because you never know when this can come to an end and I started to benefit from those opportunities and he benefits if he has a means of money to come in نعم but then what happened was when الخروبي البقر زكيو الدين الخروبي died it became a period and it became the reason كان موتوه سبب وفي تفوتوره عن العلم مدة 3 سنوات 3 سنوات ابن حجر became absent from the field of seeking knowledge and knowledge because he not only financially lost the aid and the support but he also lost the what من يحصوه عن العلم the person was pushing him to seek knowledge and telling him to seek knowledge فشتغل بالتجالة and ابن حجب this then what he did was he started to go into business and he started to go into business and he started to go into business why did he do that لأجل أن يكفى لنفسه so he can suffice himself and he can aid himself he went into business خروبي died what year? 787 right how many years did I say he was absent from the field so what year would he come back again? 790 90 so stay here 790 ابن حجر رحمه الله he came back how old would he be at this age 17 if I'm not wrong اكما لسبعة عشر من عمري he completed 17 of his years نعم but the issue here right now is when he did come back his perception and his focus now has become what? history الالتاريخ and he went towards الأدب لتشة he was focused on those rather he reached a point at this moment of his life حتى إنه لا يكادر يسمع الشعب that he doesn't hear a line of poetry إلا ويستحذر except he can tell you من أين أخده نظمه the person who said this if he heard you say a line of poetry he would say to you you got it from فلان ابن فلان who said it and when he said a line of poetry he got to a point where he would know where he got it from فتولع بذان he became known for that became very strong in that until ابن حجر رحمه الله تعالى the field of tariq history and the field of literature and the Arabic language and poetry and what not he became something else in his time and he passed وطارح الأدب الكبار he passed the great literature of his time he surpassed him and he wrote himself poetry and this is what he did for six years of his life he focused on that for six years he was into just literature and history so what year would this be 796 then what happened الله سبحانه و تعالى pushed ابن حجر and placed in his heart the love of and he realized at this point the knowledge that he took from literature and the knowledge that he took from the history he realized that he required and he felt in himself that he required that he had a he had a he was specific أحد علوم الشرقية one of the Islamic sciences that he learned one of them واللغة و والتاريخية the language he specialized in something to focus on something and now I want you to realize because the life of the great noble scholars like him helps us in our way to seek knowledge صح the thing that he started with had given him the upper hand to choose now what to study because when the person my brother is wallahi with all honesty if a person grounds himself on the Arabic language very well and he studies it very well my brother is wallahi he has the right he's got the chance of choosing what he wants to study