Al Raf wal Takmil fil al Jarh wal Tadeel

Al-Rafʿ wa al-Takmīl fī al-Jarḥ wa al-Taʿdīl by Imām Abū al-Ḥasanāt Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Ḥayy al-Laknawī (d. 1304 AH) is a renowned work on the principles and terminology of narrator criticism, examining the conditions, ranks and statements of the scholars of al-Jarḥ wa al-Taʿdīl. It also contains valuable discussions on the methodology of the early critics and the evaluation of narrators. This reprint reproduces the highly regarded edition prepared and meticulously edited by Shaykh ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ Abū Ghuddah, whose scholarly notes, introduction and verification greatly enhance the value of this important work. The Abū Ghuddah edition was first published by Maktab al-Maṭbūʿāt al-Islāmiyyah in Aleppo and is widely recognised as the standard edition of the work.