The largest book in the universe (Kitab al Funun), was authored by a Hanbali scholar Ibn Aqil ~ 800 volumes is size, entirely on Islamic scholarship and its many sciences

Yes 800 volumes, not pages.

The book was lost to us...

Until.... 400 volumes were discovered by a Muhaqqiq in 2013.

Ibn Aqil's student Ibn al Jawzi came across 400 volumes. Ibn Rajab managed to read upto 508th volume. Abu Hakeem al-Qazwini read upto 800 volumes.

 

Despite all these, Ibn Rajab admits that scholars still have not been able to fully grasp the depth and intricacies of the madhab of Imam Ahmad, let alone the knowledge of the rest of the salaf.

If this doesn't portray the depth of Islamic scholarship, then I don't know what does.

 

Now, only if I can live long enough to see it in print, or.............pdf version.

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