Imam Shu'bah bin Al-Hajjāj and the interest of the Mohaddessin to memorize and collect his hadiths

Abstract

Imam Shubah (RH) belongs to the group of all those Mohaditin (narrators) who narrated Ahadith of the Holy Prophet (saw) and then guarded and separated into sahih (correct ones) and saqeem (sick ones). He served the hadith in such a prestigious way that all the Enemies and friends accepted undoubtedly. Imam shoabha belongs to all those ullama who are well known in history for Ijtihad (efforts and struggles) for their compilation. Although Imam Shoabha (RH) is not like those Ulama who are famous for their Ijtihad (efforts and struggles) in respect of their compilation .However his ulooms (knowleeges) are similarly beneficial and useful like those who struggled and took pains for their compilations. Imam Shafi (RH) accepts his greatness and says, if there was no shoabha, there would be no one in Iraq to have knowledge about correct hadith .Abu Zayed Ansari says that all uluma are directly connected to Imam Shoabha.

Imam shoabha listened and confirmed and then narrated Hadith. He had a great and big treasure of hadith. Due to this reason, All the learned ullama remember and collect his Hadith with great care, In this article we will explain throw light on all those narrators who have narrated /copied and collected sayings in their compilations, So that it may be cleared on/known to everyone that a great Part of Hadith is also narrated by Imam Shoabha (RH).