Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
al-Amali al-Halabiyya
- Author died
- 852 AH
- Editions
- Mu’assasat al-Rayyān
al-Amali al-Halabiyya (The Aleppo Dictations) is a hadith collection by the Shafi'i scholar and hadith master Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (773–852 AH / 1372–1449 CE), containing traditions and scholarly commentary dictated during his stay in Aleppo .
Background and Composition
Dictation assemblies (majalis al-imlaʾ) represented a traditional method of transmission in which a scholar dictated hadiths with their full chains of transmission and explanatory notes to scribes and students . During his travels to the Levant, Ibn Hajar visited Aleppo and resided for fifteen days with the Shafi'i chief judge Ibn Khatib al-Nasiriyya (d. 843 AH) . During this journey, he conducted dictation sessions that formed the core of this work, which is also referenced under the title al-Amali al-Safariyya (al-Halabiyya) .
Content and Method
The work comprises hadith texts cited with their full transmission chains (asanid), followed by critical assessments of the transmitters (ruwat) and judgments on the soundness or reliability of the narrations . It stands among Ibn Hajar's various dictation works alongside collections such as al-Amali al-Mutlaqa .
Manuscripts and Editions
Manuscript portions of al-Amali al-Halabiyya survived in collections including the Saddam Manuscript Library . The text has received modern critical editions:
- Edited by Awwad al-Khalaf and published in a single slim volume by Muʾassasat al-Rayyan in Beirut (1st ed., 1416 AH / 1995–1996 CE) .
- Edited by Hamdi ibn Abd al-Majid al-Salafi under the title al-Amali al-Safariyya (al-Halabiyya), published by al-Maktab al-Islami in Beirut (1st ed., 1418 AH) .
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