حضرة ابو بكر سلطنتیں

Shams Al-Din Muhammad Ibn Sukkar ⁽¹⁾: Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Dhargham Bin Ali Bin Abdul-Kafi Bin Esa Bin Al-Hasan Bin Muhammad Bin Hubairah Bin Al-Hasan Bin Yusuf Bin Anas Bin Abdullah Bin Sa’id Bin Ahmed Bin Lahiq Bin Saleh Bin Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Bin Talha Bin Abdullah Bin Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr Al-Siddiq Al-Ghadha’iri was a descendant of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq whose ancestry could be traced back to the tribe of Quraysh. Born in Egypt, where he grew up, he later went to Makkah. He was a Hanafi jurist, muhaddith (transmitter of hadiths), and reciter of the Qur’an also known as Shams Al-Din Abu Abdullah the muezzin and Ibn Sukkar (or “Ibn Shukr,” according to some sources).

Regarding this discrepancy, it is more likely that Shams Al-Din’s nickname was Ibn Sukkar rather than Ibn Shukr. “Sukkar” was the nickname of Dhargham, Shams Al-Din’s great-great grandfather. Also, when the scholar Taqi Al-Din Al-Maqrizi (d. 845 AH) wrote a biography of him in his book, Al-Muqaffa Al-Kabir, he called him “Ibn Sukkar.” Al-Maqrizi was a contemporary of his who learned from him and received hadiths from him in Makkah Al-Mukarramah in 787 AH.

Ibn Sukkar was born in Cairo on 19 Rabi’ Al-Awwal 719 AH. Some sources place the year of his birth around 730 AH, but 719 is thought to be more accurate. He devoted himself to the study of hadith starting around 735 AH until his death. He traveled to Yemen and then to Makkah in Shawwal of 748 AH, staying there until he died on Wednesday, the 25th of Safar in 801 AH. He was buried in Al-Mu’alla cemetery in Makkah.

Ibn Sukkar received hadiths from numerous people in Egypt, the holy sanctuaries of Makkah and Madinah, and Yemen. He devoted himself to the study of hadith, the different methods of Qur’anic recitation, jurisprudence and its fundamentals, grammar, and other fields. He wrote countless books on the hadith and other topics. He would stand to recite the Qur’an in the Holy Sanctuary of Makkah near the pillar adjacent to Bab Ajyad. He wrote a lot in his own (bad) handwriting, and would walk around during the Hajj season, seeking out people of knowledge in order to narrate on their authority. In this manner, he became knowledgeable about many things.

Source: Kitab Al-Sulala Al-Bakria As-Siddiqia – Part II, by Ahmed Farghal Al-De’abassi Al-Bakri

Date of Publication

1 Ramadan 1438 AH / May 26, 2017 AD

(1) Al-Muqaffa Al-Kabir 6/ 345-346, Inba’ Al-Ghumr bi Abna’ Al-‘Umr 2/ 271, Dhayl Al-Durar Al-Kaminah pp. 77-78, Dhayl Al-Taqiid fi Ruah Al-Sunan wal-Asanid 1/ 186, Al-Dhaw’ Al-Lami’ li Ahl Al-Qarn Al-Tasi’ 2/ 33, Al-Tarikh wa Al-Muarrikhun bi Makkah 1/ 85-86