al-Ahadith al-Sihah al-Gharaib lil-Mizzi
- Author died
- 749 AH
- Editions
- Maktabat al-'Ubaykan
Al-Ahadith al-Sihah al-Gharaib (The Authentic yet Uncommon Traditions) is a specialized hadith treatise compiled by the hadith scholar Abd al-Rahman ibn Yusuf al-Mizzi (d. 749 AH / 1348 CE) .
Authorship and Subject
The work was composed by Abd al-Rahman ibn Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Mizzi—known by the kunyas Abu al-Faraj and Abu al-Hajjaj—the son of the prominent hadith master Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Mizzi . Belongs to the genre of specialized hadith notebooks (ajza'), the compilation focuses on narrations that combine the status of being sound or authentic (sahih) with having uncommon, singular, or isolated transmission pathways (gharib) .
Manuscripts and Publication
An autograph copy of the text, preserved in the author's own handwriting from the year 742 AH with a documented reading audition (qayd al-qira'ah) dated to the same year, is held in the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus (Majmu' 22, fols. 66–73) . Manuscript copies are also held in the Central Library in Mecca .
The text has been published in modern critical editions:
- Edited by Ibrahim ibn Ali ibn Muhammad Al Kulayb and published by Maktabat al-Ubaykan (Riyadh, 1421 AH / 2001 CE) .
- Edited by Riyad Husayn al-Ta'i and published by Dar al-Mughni (1425 AH / 2004 CE) .
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