The student's reading of the biography of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
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The student: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy.
And after researching the Imam Ibn al-Khatib al-Razi
The Shaykh : about?
The student: About the Imam.
The Shaykh : About? About whom?
The student: About Ibn al-Khatib al-Razi.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The student: First, his name and lineage: He is Muhammad ibn 'Umar ibn al-Husayn ibn al-Hasan ibn 'Ali, known by the kunya Abu 'Abdullah, and the laqab Fakhr al-Din, al-Razi by birth, al-Tabaristani by origin, al-Qurashi by tribe, al-Taymi by sub-tribe, and al-Bakri by clan.
Second, his birth: The Imam al-Razi was born in the month of Ramadan in the year 540 AH, according to the most correct opinion regarding the date of his birth. Indeed, may Allah have mercy on him, he reached the age of fifty-seven in the year 606 AH.
The Shaykh : What contradicts what contradicts, the brothers say that he makes grammatical errors, we say: what contradicts.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No, no, in any case.
The student: In the year 606 AH, he was fifty-seven years old, as he stated in his tafsir of Surat Yusuf, while speaking about reliance upon Allah the Exalted: "So this experience has continued for me from the beginning of my life until this time when I have reached fifty-seven".
Third, his upbringing: Al-Razi grew up in a house of knowledge, for his father, the Imam Diya' al-Din 'Umar, was one of the great scholars of the Shafi'i school, and he was the preacher and scholar of Rayy. He has writings in fiqh and kalam, the most important of which is Ghayat al-Maram fi 'Ilm al-Kalam, as mentioned by Ibn al-Subki.
The Shaykh : Al-Subki.
The student: Al-Subki, and he said: It is the most precious of the books of the people of the Sunnah, and the most rigorous in its verification and the most rigorous.
The Shaykh : Verification.
The student: Verification, so al-Razi is a usuli
The Shaykh : ...
The student: No.
The Shaykh : ...
The student: ... I was afraid to look and I lost a little.
The Shaykh : In any case, this says it is the best book among the books of the people of the Sunnah.
And after researching the Imam Ibn al-Khatib al-Razi
The Shaykh : about?
The student: About the Imam.
The Shaykh : About? About whom?
The student: About Ibn al-Khatib al-Razi.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The student: First, his name and lineage: He is Muhammad ibn 'Umar ibn al-Husayn ibn al-Hasan ibn 'Ali, known by the kunya Abu 'Abdullah, and the laqab Fakhr al-Din, al-Razi by birth, al-Tabaristani by origin, al-Qurashi by tribe, al-Taymi by sub-tribe, and al-Bakri by clan.
Second, his birth: The Imam al-Razi was born in the month of Ramadan in the year 540 AH, according to the most correct opinion regarding the date of his birth. Indeed, may Allah have mercy on him, he reached the age of fifty-seven in the year 606 AH.
The Shaykh : What contradicts what contradicts, the brothers say that he makes grammatical errors, we say: what contradicts.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No, no, in any case.
The student: In the year 606 AH, he was fifty-seven years old, as he stated in his tafsir of Surat Yusuf, while speaking about reliance upon Allah the Exalted: "So this experience has continued for me from the beginning of my life until this time when I have reached fifty-seven".
Third, his upbringing: Al-Razi grew up in a house of knowledge, for his father, the Imam Diya' al-Din 'Umar, was one of the great scholars of the Shafi'i school, and he was the preacher and scholar of Rayy. He has writings in fiqh and kalam, the most important of which is Ghayat al-Maram fi 'Ilm al-Kalam, as mentioned by Ibn al-Subki.
The Shaykh : Al-Subki.
The student: Al-Subki, and he said: It is the most precious of the books of the people of the Sunnah, and the most rigorous in its verification and the most rigorous.
The Shaykh : Verification.
The student: Verification, so al-Razi is a usuli
The Shaykh : ...
The student: No.
The Shaykh : ...
The student: ... I was afraid to look and I lost a little.
The Shaykh : In any case, this says it is the best book among the books of the people of the Sunnah.