Alhamdulillah in our Takhassus we've been doing this for numerous years. Every Monday is a new century, we generally use this document I compiled:
Just below this post is a Word copy you can download and edit yourself!
The best advice I received as a hadith student: memorize scholars’ names, death dates, and regions. It helped me connect the dots.
I made this list to help students do the same. Learn a few names each week, revise regularly, and soon you’ll know them by heart.
Presenting my paper on aqwaf today in Leuven.
https://ghum.kuleuven.be/lcsics/activities1/call-for-papers-philosophy-of-madhhab-law-intersections-of-fiqh-theology-and-sufism-29-september-2026-leuven-be-online
My discussion in my Hadith book on Shaykh Salih's books:
4Entrance of his eminence the noble Imam Shaykh Muhaqiq Faqih Muhaddith Hanbalite - Allamah Salih bin Ahmad al Shami alongside of the shaykh of Hanbalites Ismail Badran
The epitome of the people of knowledge.
