Reviewing the biography of Muhammad ibn 'Amr ibn Yunus al-Taghlibi al-Susi with the Shaykh and one of the students.
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The Shaykh : The book of al-'Ayni on the biographies of al-Tahawi?
The student : Yes, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Can you review for me: First: Muhammad ibn 'Umar ibn Yunus al-Susi!
The student : Al-Susi?!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : Fine, the book is in front of me, my Shaykh, one minute.
The Shaykh : Second: Can you take a picture of a copy of it for me?
The student : My Shaykh, the book is large!
The Shaykh : Large?
The student : Yes, so taking a picture is easy, of course!
The Shaykh: All right.
The student : But I have, my Shaykh, a book which I believe, and Allah knows best, I do not assert this, a book by one of the scholars of India who took what is in al-'Ayni and added to it, titled: "Biographies of the Scholars from the Men of the Explanation of the Meanings of the Traditions," in four volumes.
The Shaykh : Yes, where was this one printed?
The student : In India.
The Shaykh : Fine, is it available in the market?
The student : No, it is not available here, by Allah, my Shaykh, unfortunately.
The Shaykh : Ah.
The student : So the book of al-'Ayni is available, which is, as I think, *Mughani al-Akhyar*.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : Yes, I have my manuscript copy of it, naturally.
The Shaykh : Fine, what is this one in front of you?
The student : The one in front of me now is: *Biographies of the Scholars from the Men of the Explanation of the Meanings of the Traditions*, which is by this Indian scholar.
The Shaykh : Ah.
The student : Abu Ayyub al-Madhahiri.
The Shaykh : Fine, now show me: Muhammad ibn 'Umar ibn Yunus, hello!!
The student : I am with you, my Shaykh, the line cut out on your side for a moment.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : "Muhammad ibn 'Amr ibn Yunus al-Taghlibi, he is: Muhammad ibn 'Amr -with fathah- ibn 'Imran ibn Dinar Abu Ja'far ibn Yunus al-Numiri al-Kufi, al-Dhahabi said in al-Mizan: al-'Uqayli said: He was in Egypt, he inclined toward the Rafidah and narrated many hadiths, and al-Hafiz said in al-Lisan: al-'Uqayli said: A Kufi hadith scholar who narrated a lot, and Ibn Yunus mentioned him in al-Ghurab and said: A Kufi who came to Egypt and narrated there, and his return from Hajj was when he died on the road in one of the stations between Makkah and Egypt in the first of Muharram in the year 252, and Abu Sulayman ibn Zafar said: Abu Ja'far al-Tahawi narrated to us: He died while prostrating and had completed one hundred years. End of quote. I say: He narrated from Yahya ibn 'Isa al-Jarrar al-Nahshuri al-Fakhuri, and Asbat ibn Muhammad al-Qurashi, and 'Abdullah ibn Numayr Abu Hisham al-Kufi, and Abu Mu'awiyah Muhammad ibn Khazim, al-Tahawi narrated twenty hadiths from him."
The Shaykh : Ah, but what did al-Susi bring?
The student : Al-Susi brought, my Shaykh, at the beginning: "Muhammad ibn 'Amr -with fathah- ibn Yunus al-Susi al-Taghlibi."
The Shaykh : Ah, so Muhammad ibn 'Amr?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Here it comes as 'Umar.
The student : No, he even specified it: he says: with fathah...
The Shaykh: Good.
The student : Muhammad ibn 'Amr with fathah.
The Shaykh : In al-Mizan?
The student : Yes, he attributed it to al-Mizan, and to al-Lisan.
The Shaykh : Yes, of course.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : All right, may Allah reward you with good.
The student : May Allah bless you, something just came to my mind!
The Shaykh : Excuse me, let us finish!
The student: Excuse me.
The Shaykh : Do you have Muhammad ibn 'Amr ibn Yunus?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Fine, what is the thought?
The student : The thought is that this one is Egyptian, and I told you, my Shaykh, that I recently bought *al-Muqaffa fi Tarikh Misr* by al-Maqrizi.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : And this is in eight volumes, so let me look at this biography, and if I find something extra, I will call you.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The student : Yes, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Can you review for me: First: Muhammad ibn 'Umar ibn Yunus al-Susi!
The student : Al-Susi?!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : Fine, the book is in front of me, my Shaykh, one minute.
The Shaykh : Second: Can you take a picture of a copy of it for me?
The student : My Shaykh, the book is large!
The Shaykh : Large?
The student : Yes, so taking a picture is easy, of course!
The Shaykh: All right.
The student : But I have, my Shaykh, a book which I believe, and Allah knows best, I do not assert this, a book by one of the scholars of India who took what is in al-'Ayni and added to it, titled: "Biographies of the Scholars from the Men of the Explanation of the Meanings of the Traditions," in four volumes.
The Shaykh : Yes, where was this one printed?
The student : In India.
The Shaykh : Fine, is it available in the market?
The student : No, it is not available here, by Allah, my Shaykh, unfortunately.
The Shaykh : Ah.
The student : So the book of al-'Ayni is available, which is, as I think, *Mughani al-Akhyar*.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : Yes, I have my manuscript copy of it, naturally.
The Shaykh : Fine, what is this one in front of you?
The student : The one in front of me now is: *Biographies of the Scholars from the Men of the Explanation of the Meanings of the Traditions*, which is by this Indian scholar.
The Shaykh : Ah.
The student : Abu Ayyub al-Madhahiri.
The Shaykh : Fine, now show me: Muhammad ibn 'Umar ibn Yunus, hello!!
The student : I am with you, my Shaykh, the line cut out on your side for a moment.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : "Muhammad ibn 'Amr ibn Yunus al-Taghlibi, he is: Muhammad ibn 'Amr -with fathah- ibn 'Imran ibn Dinar Abu Ja'far ibn Yunus al-Numiri al-Kufi, al-Dhahabi said in al-Mizan: al-'Uqayli said: He was in Egypt, he inclined toward the Rafidah and narrated many hadiths, and al-Hafiz said in al-Lisan: al-'Uqayli said: A Kufi hadith scholar who narrated a lot, and Ibn Yunus mentioned him in al-Ghurab and said: A Kufi who came to Egypt and narrated there, and his return from Hajj was when he died on the road in one of the stations between Makkah and Egypt in the first of Muharram in the year 252, and Abu Sulayman ibn Zafar said: Abu Ja'far al-Tahawi narrated to us: He died while prostrating and had completed one hundred years. End of quote. I say: He narrated from Yahya ibn 'Isa al-Jarrar al-Nahshuri al-Fakhuri, and Asbat ibn Muhammad al-Qurashi, and 'Abdullah ibn Numayr Abu Hisham al-Kufi, and Abu Mu'awiyah Muhammad ibn Khazim, al-Tahawi narrated twenty hadiths from him."
The Shaykh : Ah, but what did al-Susi bring?
The student : Al-Susi brought, my Shaykh, at the beginning: "Muhammad ibn 'Amr -with fathah- ibn Yunus al-Susi al-Taghlibi."
The Shaykh : Ah, so Muhammad ibn 'Amr?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Here it comes as 'Umar.
The student : No, he even specified it: he says: with fathah...
The Shaykh: Good.
The student : Muhammad ibn 'Amr with fathah.
The Shaykh : In al-Mizan?
The student : Yes, he attributed it to al-Mizan, and to al-Lisan.
The Shaykh : Yes, of course.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : All right, may Allah reward you with good.
The student : May Allah bless you, something just came to my mind!
The Shaykh : Excuse me, let us finish!
The student: Excuse me.
The Shaykh : Do you have Muhammad ibn 'Amr ibn Yunus?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Fine, what is the thought?
The student : The thought is that this one is Egyptian, and I told you, my Shaykh, that I recently bought *al-Muqaffa fi Tarikh Misr* by al-Maqrizi.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : And this is in eight volumes, so let me look at this biography, and if I find something extra, I will call you.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
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