al-Ashir min al-Misbah fi Uyun al-Sihah
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- 600 AH
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- مخطوط نُشر في برنامج جوامع الكلم المجاني التابع لموقع الشبكة الإسلامية
al-Ashir min al-Misbah fi Uyun al-Sihah ("The Tenth Part of the Lamp Concerning the Choice Sound Hadiths") is a specialized hadith treatise by the Hanbali traditionist Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi (541–600 AH / 1146–1203 CE) . It constitutes the tenth part (juz') of his broader compendium, al-Misbah fi Uyun al-Ahadith al-Sihah, and focuses on traditions unique to the collection of Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (Ifrad Muslim) .
Parent Work and Scope
The parent work, al-Misbah fi Uyun al-Ahadith al-Sihah (also cited as al-Misbah fi Uyun al-Sihah), was composed by al-Maqdisi across forty-eight parts (ajza'), comprising authentic narrations from the canonical collections of al-Bukhari and Muslim . The tenth part forms an individual fascicle within the section dedicated specifically to the solitary narrations (ifrad) transmitted by Muslim in his Sahih .
Method and Contents
In this treatise, al-Maqdisi provides his own connected chains of transmission (isnad) back to the Prophet ﷺ through his personal teachers and older authorities, such as Abu al-Fath Muhammad ibn Abd al-Baqi al-Baghdadi and Abu Bakr Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Naqqur al-Baghdadi . Following each narration, he correlates the text with Muslim's transmission in Sahih Muslim, noting the teachers from whom Muslim received the report and documenting parallel lines of transmission or textual variations when applicable .
The narrations preserved in this part encompass various topics, including the circumstances surrounding the revelation of specific Quranic verses, legal rulings such as divorce, voluntary fasting on days like Ashura and Arafah, and prophetic traditions regarding the unseen .
Manuscripts and Preservation
Manuscript copies of the larger al-Misbah survive only in fragmentary parts, notably within the Umariyya collections (al-Majami al-Umariyya) preserved at the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus . The manuscript of this tenth part is preserved in Majmu' 30 (folios 217a–244b), written in the hand of Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi himself, alongside other surviving fascicles such as the second and eleventh parts .
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