Mizan al-Itidal

Mizan al-Itidal or Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd ar-Rijal is one of the most important works of Ilm al-Rijal written by Imam al-Dhahabi in the 8th century of Islamic History in Hijri calendar.

Description

Mizan al-Itidal is the rework of an Imam Ibn 'Adi al-Jurjani's book by the name of al-Kamil fi Dhu'afa' al-Rijal. Imam al-Dhahabi has since extended it, refined it, and called it Mizan al-Itidal. It is one of the most famous books in the field of Ilm al-Rijal, and is published in five volumes that contain more than 3000 pages. The book is in alphabetical order, in which the author identifies liar narrators, unknown narrators, and those narrators who are to be abandoned. He also distinguishes weak narrators from scholars in hadith whose degree is low due to memory or certain other breaches. He also took care to avoid some misleading statements that may exist in some Hadith Scholars and which are ambiguous on the weakness of the narrator.

Publications

The book has been published by many organizations around the world:

Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd al-Rijal 5 VOLUMES by Imam Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi: Published: al-Risalah al-'Alamiyyah | Beirut, Lebanon
Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd ar-Rijal - Dhahabi : Published:مؤسسة الرسالة
Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd al-Rijal - Dhahabi : Published: Al-Resalah, 2017