Tabaqat al-Hanabila

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.

Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanābilah

Author	Ibn Abi Ya'la
Original title	طبقات الحنابلة
Language	Arabic
Genre	Biography
Publisher	al-Maʻhad al-Faransī lil-Dirāsāt al-ʻArabīyah, Dimashq
Publication date	1370 AD
Publication place	Damascus, Al-Sham
OCLC	19759213

See also

• Tabaqat