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  "ar": "ضياء الدين المقدسي الحافظ",
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  "ar": "الإمام العالم الحافظ الحجة محدث الشام شيخ السنة؛ قال ابن رجب يقال إنه كتب عن أزيد من خمسمائة شيخ، وقال ابن النجار كتبت عنه ببغداد ونيسابور ودمشق وهو حافظ؛ وكان المرجوع إليه في الجرح والتعديل؛ صنف وصحح وليّن وجرّح وعدّل؛ ومن مصنفاته الأحاديث المختارة خرّجها من مسموعاته كتب منها تسعين جزءاً {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 231-233}.",
  "en": "Muhaddith al-Sham, shaykh al-sunna (b. 569, d. 643) — Ibn Rajab: he wrote from more than five hundred shaykhs; the authority on jarh wa-ta'dil of his age; author of al-Ahadith al-Mukhtara, ninety booklets selected from his own audition records {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 231-233}."
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   "note": "ولد في خامس جمادى الآخرة سنة تسع وستين وخمسمائة {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 231}."
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   "note": "وردت ترجمته في أموات سنة ثلاث وأربعين وستمائة {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 231-233}."
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   "note": "ولد في خامس جمادى الآخرة سنة تسع وستين وخمسمائة {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 231}."
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   "note": "وردت ترجمته في أموات سنة ثلاث وأربعين وستمائة {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 231-233}."
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "ضياء الدين المقدسي الإمام العالم الحافظ الحجة محدث الشام شيخ السنة؛ قال ابن رجب: يقال إنه كتب عن أزيد من خمسمائة شيخ، وقال ابن النجار: كتبت عنه ببغداد ونيسابور ودمشق وهو حافظ؛ وكان المرجوع إليه في الجرح والتعديل، صنف وصحح ولين وجرح وعدل. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 231-233}"
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     "heading": "مصنفاته",
     "markdown": "ومن مصنفاته الأحاديث المختارة خرجها من مسموعاته كتب منها تسعين جزءاً. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 231-233}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Diya' al-Din al-Maqdisi, the imam, scholar, hafiz, authority, muhaddith of Syria and shaykh of the Sunna; Ibn Rajab said it is told he wrote under more than five hundred shaykhs, and Ibn al-Najjar said: I wrote under him at Baghdad, Nishapur and Damascus — and he is a hafiz. He was the resort in jarh and ta'dil, who composed, authenticated, graded lenient and severe. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 231-233}"
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    {
     "heading": "Works",
     "markdown": "Among his works the *al-Ahadith al-mukhtara*, drawn from his own hearings — he wrote ninety parts of it. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 231-233}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "ضیاء الدین مقدسي، امام، عالم، حافظ، حجت، شام کا محدث اور شیخ السنۃ؛ ابن رجب کہتے ہیں کہا جاتا ہے اس نے پانچ سو سے زائد شیوخ سے لکھا، اور ابن النجار کہتے ہیں: میں نے بغداد، نیشاپور اور دمشق میں اس سے لکھا اور وہ حافظ ہے؛ جرح و تعدیل کا مرجع، صنف کیا، صحیح کیا، لین کیا اور جرح و تعدیل کی۔ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 231-233}"
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    {
     "heading": "تصانیف",
     "markdown": "تصانیف میں «الاحاديث المختارة» — اپنی مسموعات سے تخریج، نوے اجزاء لکھے۔ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 231-233}"
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