Scholar Yahya ibn Abi Al-Khair Al-Imrani and his Methodology in Hadith Authentication and Evaluation Through his Book "Al-Bayan"

Abstract

This research aims to introduce Scholar Yahya ibn Abi Al-Khair Al-Imrani (d. 558 AH) and his methodology in Hadith authentication and evaluation through his book "Al-Bayan fi Madhab Al-Imam Al-Shafi'i" which is a renowned and authoritative book in the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence. In "Al-Bayan" the author combined both Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh) and Hadith sciences. While focusing primarily on highlighting jurisprudential aspects and issues, extensively covering this field, he employed numerous Hadiths and narrations to support his jurisprudential arguments. The researcher used the historical-inductive approach when introducing Scholar Al-Imrani, and the descriptive approach when presenting the author's methodology and style in the book. Among the most prominent findings: Scholar Yahya ibn Abi Al-Khair Al-Imrani was one of the most prominent Shafi'i jurists, who also mastered other sciences including Quranic Exegesis, Principles of Jurisprudence, Religious Sciences, and Linguistics. He has many valuable and diverse scholarly works. In his book, alongside Shafi'i jurisprudence, the author included views from other schools of thought, writing in a distinctive language and an accessible scholarly style, with rich content gathered from various diverse sources and references. Al-Imrani employed several methods in Hadith authentication throughout his book "Al-Bayan," not limiting himself to a single approach but varying and multiplying them. When evaluating Hadiths, he sometimes mentions the ruling along with the reasoning that led to that evaluation.