سير أعلام النبلاء حافظ الذهبي

Sir Flags of the Nobles is one of the books that Al-Dhahabi extracted (673 AH - 748 AH) from his huge book (The History of Islam), and one of the most interesting and longest-lasting books of translations, which is indispensable to a researcher or reader, and a true picture of the nation’s flags over the course of seven centuries.
In the biography of the nobles, Al-Dhahabi took care of all kinds of criticism, and he was not limited to one of his fields. And a dead body, and the pull of that on historical novels. 1- Criticism of translators: The translator’s criticism of Al-Dhahabi is usually based on issuing a judgment about the man and showing his condition, wound or modification. Very accurate towards trust and truthfulness, Sweileh, charlatan, abandoned, liar, unknown, and so on, which he detailed in the introduction to his valuable book (The Balance of Equality). 2- Criticism of hadiths and narrations: Imam al-Dhahabi most of mentioning the noble Prophetic hadiths in his historical and other books, including his book (Sir of the Nobles’ Flags). He always meant to comment on these hadiths in terms of their isnad and the text as much as he was able to do so. His student al-Salah al-Safadi said: “I liked by him what he suffers in his compilations, that he does not go beyond a hadith that he narrates until he clarifies the weakness of the text, the darkness of the chain of transmission, or the slander of its narrators. And I have not seen anyone else take this benefit into account in what he reports.” Al-Imam Al-Dhahabi criticized the two preservers: Abu Naim Al-Asbahani and Al-Khatib Al-Baghdadi, and their guilt by their narration of fabrications in their books and their silence about it. 3- Intolerance and fairness in criticism: Al-Dhahabi’s approach was to convey the opinions of those who agree and disagree with him in the translator to present a complete picture of him. and others. We knew from Al-Dhahabi’s life that he accompanied the Hanbalis, and was influenced by his Sheikh Ibn Taymiyyah, especially in the doctrines.