By Muhammad Ibn Sad.  An expansion on Volume I, this edition is a translation of Volume 5 of the Kitab at-Tabaqat al-Kabir of Ibn Sa’d which concentrates on the Tabiu’un, the generation after the companions, who lived in Madina itself, may Allah be pleased with all of them and have mercy on them. The study of Madina in the early period assumes great importance since it is well known that the first three generations after the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, are considered to be the best of believers, and the Madina school was known to be the soundest. (Paperback) 411 pages.