Narrators whom Al-Bayhaqi ruled in Al-Sunan Al-Kubra as “not strong”: Selected examples - a comparative study

 After the Holy Quran.
• Al-Babani, Ismail ibn Muhammad Amin ibn Mir Salim al-Baghdadi. Hadiyyat al-Arifin: Asma al-Muallifin wa Athar al-Musannifin .1nd ed. Istanbul, Turkey: Wakalat al-Maarif al-Jalila, 1951; reprinted: Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Ihya al-Turath al-Arabi.
• Al-Balkhi, Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Mahmud al-Kabi. Qubul Alakhbar Wamaerifat Alrijal. ed. Abu Amr al-Husayni ibn Umar ibn Abd al-Rahim. 1nd ed. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyya, 2000AD.
• Al-Bayhaqi, Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn Ali. Alsunan Alkubraa. ed. Muhammad Abd al-Qadir Atta. 3nd ed. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyya, 2003AD.
• Al-Bayhaqi, Ali ibn Zayd ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Fandamah. Tarikh Bayhaq / Taerib. 1nd ed. Damascus, Syria: Dar Iqra, 2004.
• Al-Bukhari, Muhammad ibn Ismail ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Mughirah. Altaarikh Alkabir. 1nd ed. Hyderabad, India: Osmania Encyclopedia.
• Al-Dhahabi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Uthman ibn Qaymaz. Al-Mughni fi al-Duafa .  ed. Nur al-Din Itr.
• Al-Dhahabi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Uthman ibn Qaymaz. Diwan al-Duafa wa al-Matrukin wa Khuluq min al-Majhulin wa Thiqat fihim Layn. ed. Hammad ibn Muhammad al-Ansari. 2nd ed. Mecca, Saudi Arabia: Maktabat al-Nahda al-Haditha, 1967AD.
• Al-Dhahabi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Uthman ibn Qaymaz. Siyar Alam al-Nubala .ed. a group of scholars under the supervision of Sheikh Shuayb al-Arnaut. 3nd ed. Beirut, Lebanon: Muassasat al-Risalah, 1985AD.
• Al-Dhahabi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Uthman ibn Qaymaz. Tadhhib Tahdhib al-Kamal fi Asma al-Rijal . ed. Ghunaim Abbas Ghunaim and Magdi al-Sayyid Amin. 1nd ed. Beirut, Lebanon: Al-Farouq al-Haditha for Printing and Publishing, 2004AD.
• Al-Fasawi, Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Sufyan. Al-Marifah wa al-Tarikh. Narrated by Abd Allah ibn Jafar ibn Darastawayh al-Nahwi. ed. Akram Diya al-Umari. 1nd ed. Baghdad, Iraq: Al-Irshad Press, 1974AD.
• Al-Ijli, Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Salih. Marifat al-Thiqat min Rijal Ahl al-Ilm wa al-Hadith wa min al-Duafa wa Dhikr Madhahibihim wa Akhbarihim. ed. Abd al-Alim Abd al-Azim al-Bastawi. 1nd ed. Medina, Saudi Arabia: Dar al-Maktabah, 1985 AD.
• Al-Jawzajani, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub ibn Ishaq al-Sadi. Ahwal al-Rijal. ed. Abd al-Alim Abd al-Azim al-Bastawi. 1nd ed. Faisalabad, Pakistan: Hadith Akademiya.
• Al-Jawzi, Abd al-Rahman ibn Ali ibn Muhammad. Al-Duafa wa al-Matruki. ed. Abdullah al-Qadi. 1nd ed. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyya, 1406 AH.
• Al-Jurjani, Abu Ahmad ibn Adi. Al-Kamil fi Duafa al-Rijal. ed. Adil Ahmad Abd al-Mawjud and Ali Muhammad Muawwad. 1nd ed. Beirut, Lebanon: Al-Kutub al-Ilmiyya, 1997AD.
• Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Thabit. Al-Muttafiq wa al-Muftariq. ed. Muhammad Sadiq Aydin al-Hamidi. 1nd ed. Damascus, Syria: Dar al-Qadiri for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, 1997.
• Al-Mizzi, Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Yusuf. Tahdhib al-Kamal fi Asma al-Rijal. ed. Bashar Awad Maruf. 1nd ed. Beirut, Lebanon: Al-Risalah Foundation, 1980AD.
• Al-Nasai, Ahmad ibn Shuayb ibn Ali al-Khorasani. Almujtabaa min Alsunan = Alsunan Alsughraa Lilnasayiyi. ed. Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda. 2nd ed. Aleppo, Syria: Islamic Publications Office, 1986AD.
• Al-Nasai, Ahmad ibn Shuayb ibn Ali. Al-Duafa wa al-Matrukin. ed. Mahmud Ibrahim Zayid. 1nd ed. Aleppo, Syria: Dar al-Wai, 1396 AH.
• Al-Nasai, Ahmad ibn Shuayb ibn Ali. Al-Sunan al-Kubra. ed. Hasan Abd al-Munim Shalabi, supervised by Shuayb al-Arnaut. 1nd ed. Beirut, Lebanon: Al-Risalah Foundation, 2001AD.
• Al-Samani, Abd al-Karim ibn Muhammad ibn Mansur al-Tamimi al-Marwazi. Al-Ansab. ed. Abd al-Rahman ibn Yahya al-Muallimi al-Yamani and others. 1nd ed. Hyderabad, India: Council of the Ottoman Encyclopedia, 1962 AD.
• Al-Subki, Taj al-Din Abd al-Wahhab ibn Taqi al-Din. Tabaqat al-Shafiiyya al-Kubra. ed. Mahmud Muhammad al-Tanahi and Abd al-Fattah Muhammad al-Hilu. 2nd ed. Saudi Arabia: Hajar for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution, 1413 AH.
• Al-Tirmidhi, Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Sawrah. Sunan al-Tirmidhi. ed. Ahmad Muhammad Shakir. 2nd ed. Egypt: Mustafa al-Babi al-Halabi Library and Printing Company, 1975AD.
• Haji Khalifa, Mustafa ibn Abdullah Katib Chalabi al-Qustantini. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa al-Funun . 1nd ed. Baghdad: Maktabat al-Muthanna, 1941AD.
• Ibn Abi Hatim, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Idris. Al-Jarh wa al-Tadil .1nd ed. Hyderabad, India / Beirut, Lebanon: Ottoman Encyclopedia Council / Dar Ihya al-Turath al-Arabi, 1952 AD.
• Ibn Asakir, Abu al-Qasim Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Hibat Allah. Tarikh Dimashq.ed. Amr ibn Gharama al-Amrawi. 1nd ed. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Fikr for Printing, Publishing and Distribution, 1995AD.
• Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad. Tahdhib al-Tahdhib . 1nd ed. India: Al-Nizamiyyah Encyclopedia Press.
• Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad. Taqrib al-Tahdhib. ed. Muhammad Awwamah. 1nd ed. Syria: Dar al-Rashid, 1986 AD.
• Ibn Hibban, Muhammad ibn Hibban ibn Ahmad Abu Hatim. Al-Majruhin min al-Muhaddithin wa al-Duafa wa al-Matrukin .ed.Mahmud Ibrahim Zayid. 1nd ed. Aleppo, Syria: Dar al-Wai, 1396 AH.
• Ibn Majah, Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Qazwini. Sunan Ibn Majah. ed. Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi. 1nd ed. Egypt: Dar Ihya al-Kutub al-Arabiyya – Faisal Isa al-Babi al-Halabi.
• Ibn Sad, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Mani al-Hashimi (by affiliation), Abu Abd Allah. Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra. ed.Muhammad Abd al-Qadir Ata. 1nd ed. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, 1990 AD, p. 8.
• Ibn Shahin, Umar ibn Ahmad ibn Uthman al-Baghdadi. Tarikh Asma al-Duafa wa al-Kadhabin. ed. Abd al-Rahim Muhammad Ahmad al-Qashqari. 1nd ed. 1989AD.
• Muslim, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj al-Qushayri al-Naysaburi. Al-Kuna wa al-Asma. ed. Abd al-Rahim Muhammad Ahmad al-Qashqari. 1nd ed. Medina, Saudi Arabia: Deanship of Scientific Research at the Islamic University, 1984AD.
• Yaqut al-Hamawi, Shihab al-Din Abu Abd Allah ibn Abd Allah al-Rumi. Mujam al-Buldan. 2nd ed. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Sader, 1995AD.