Ahadith Sitta fi Maan Sitta
- Author died
- 842 AH
- Editions
- Dar Ibn Hazm
Ahadith Sitta fi Maan Sitta (Arabic: أحاديث ستة في معان ستة, lit. 'Six Hadiths on Six Meanings') is a specialized hadith treatise (juzʾ) compiled by the Damascene hadith scholar Ibn Nasir al-Din al-Dimashqi (777–842 AH / 1375–1438 CE) .
Subject and Structure
The treatise is structured around a numerical motif centered on the number six. In full descriptive titles recorded in bibliographical and biographical sources, it is referred to as Ahadith sitta fi maʿan sitta min turuq ruwat sitta ʿan huffaz sitta min mashayikh al-aʾimma al-sitta bayna mukhrijiha wa-bayna ruwatiha sitta .
The work compiles six prophetic traditions addressing six distinct thematic meanings, transmitted via lines of six narrators through six hadith masters (ḥuffāẓ) selected from among the teachers of the authors of the six canonical books of Hadith, with six links intervening between the author and the original narrators .
Manuscripts and Publication
Manuscript copies of the work are preserved in the al-Zahiriyya Library in Damascus, including one dated to 826 AH . The text was edited by Mishʿal ibn Bani al-Jibrin al-Mutayri and published by Dar Ibn Hazm in Beirut in 1422 AH / 2001 CE as part of a collection of treatises by Ibn Nasir al-Din (Majmuʿ fihi rasaʾil li-Ibn Nasir al-Din) .
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