Nabil Jarrar
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Nabil Sa'd al-Din Jarrar is a contemporary hadith scholar and manuscript editor known for compiling al-Ima' ila Zawa'id al-Amali wa-al-Ajza' .
Scholarly Work
His full name is Nabil Sa'd al-Din Salim Jarrar . His scholarship focuses on the preservation, editing, and indexing of specialized classical hadith tracts, specifically minor dictation sessions (amali), topical treatises (ajza'), collections of transmissions (fawa'id), and teacher indexes (mashyakhat) .
In his primary compilation, al-Ima' ila Zawa'id al-Amali wa-al-Ajza', Jarrar gathered the supplementary prophetic (marfu') traditions extracted from approximately 346 early booklets and monographs that represent additions (zawa'id) beyond the Six Books, the Muwatta', and the Musnad of Ahmad ibn Hanbal .
Jarrar has also edited various classical hadith manuscripts, including al-Mukhallasiyyat by Abu Tahir al-Mukhallis (d. 393 AH) . He likewise produced critical editions for multiple collections of early treatises, such as Majmu' fihi Musannafat Abi Ja'far ibn al-Bakhtari .
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al-Ima ila Zawaid al-Amali wal-Ajza is a modern hadith compilation that gathers supplementary prophetic traditions (zawa'id) found in specialized early hadith tracts and sessions. The work focuses exclusively on marfu' (prophetic) narrations extracted from approximately 346 smaller collections—including dictation sessions, catalogs of teachers, dictionaries of shaykhs, and hadith booklets—that represent additions beyond the Nine Books.