Great Ulama' in Islam's History

Ulama' or scholar is the most important person in Islam history. They not only expert in Islamic knowledge such as fiqh, Al-quran, hadith, and tauhid. but they also master in modern knowledge such as science, mathematics, physique, and chemistry.

How many Ulama' do we know? As for me, I only know a few such as Imam Syafie, Imam Ghazali, Imam Malik, and Imam Hanbali. But that have changed after I read this great book which documenting almost all of the infamous Ulama' in Islam history. This is the book that I have just read. It is "Lembaran Hidup Ulama':warisan ilmuwan Islam". The author of this book is 'Muhammad Abdulloh Suradi'.

This book is good if you want to know the names of all the Ulama'. It contains about 35 great Ulama'. All of them have their own specialty and contribution through out Islamic region. They have different kind of background and come from different places in the world.

This book explain on how they become the great Ulama' and almost all of them have their own view on the knowledge they obtained. These views were compiled into a book so that people can benefit from them. Example of these books are:

1. Al-Muwatta'-Imam Malik
2. Ar-Risalah-Imam Syafie
3. Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal-Imam Hanbali
4. Kashf Al-Litham-Haji Sulong Al-Fatani

These books are the Masterpiece created by the Ulama'. It helps us to learn from them indirectly because these books will last from one generation to the other.

One thing I noticed from this "Lembaran Hidup Ulama" book is that, it is not too detail on the Ulama' background history. It just give us an Idea on who are the Ulama' and a little bit on their background and contribution. But still it is the best book for us to learn or know the names of the Ulama' in Islam history and their contribution in the name of Islam and Allah The Almighty.