The Meaning of Tabakaat lbn Zinjaweih In His Book “Al-Tabakaat”

Abstract

IBN Zinjaweih He is Abu Ahmad Homaid ibn Mokhled in Qutaibah ibn Abd Allah Alazdi Alkhorasani Alnisa'i or Alniswi. He was born in about 180 And died in 251. The meaning of Tabaka Class or rank is the similarity in age or attribution. The knowledge of class or rank has several virtues such as distinguishing between the rank of companions (Sahaba) and the followers and to distinguish between similar names and the agreed ones and others. The concept of rank or class for ibn Zinjaweih means the distinguishing between the class of companions and the followers. Beginning with the people of Koufa ' mentioning the virtues of some narrators' listing names idicating the additions of ibn Mozahem.