al-Awwal min al-Khulaiyat

al-Awwal min al-Khulaiyat (The First [Fascicle] of the Khula'iyyat) is the opening part of the twenty-part hadith collection al-Fawa’id al-muntaqat al-hisan min al-sihah wa-l-ghara’ib (The Selected, Fine Benefits from Sound and Rare Narrations), preserved from the transmissions of the Egyptian Shafi'i judge and traditionist Abu al-Hasan al-Khala'i (405–492 AH / 1014–1099 CE) Wafayat al-Ayan+1.

Origin and Compilation

The collection was extracted and assembled (takhrij) by Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Shirazi from the heard transmissions (masmu'at) of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Khala'i Wafayat al-Ayan+1. Al-Khala'i, originally of Mosul heritage and resident in Egypt, had gathered a large corpus of transmissions from senior Egyptian and visiting authorities, including Abu Muhammad Ibn al-Nahhas, Abu al-Hasan al-Hufi, Abu Sa'd al-Malini, and Abu al-'Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Ishbili Wafayat al-Ayan+1. Ahmad al-Shirazi arranged these transmissions into a set of twenty distinct hadith fascicles (ajza'), which became popularly attributed to al-Khala'i under the title al-Khula'iyyat Wafayat al-Ayan+1.

Transmission and Reception

The primary transmitter who relayed the entire twenty parts from al-Khala'i was his student and attendant, Abu Muhammad 'Abd Allah ibn Rifa'a al-Sa'di Wafayat al-Ayan+1. Scholars valued the Khula'iyyat for their elevated chains of transmission ('uluww al-isnad) and beneficial narrations; Salah al-Din al-'Ala'i described the twenty fascicles as being rich in scholarly benefits and containing the highest chains of transmission related from the traditionists of Egypt in that era Itharat al-Fawaid al-Majm…. Later scholars, including the Maliki jurist Abu Bakr ibn al-'Arabi, likewise praised al-Khala'i's transmission for its elevated chains and valuable narrations during his retirement in al-Qarafa Wafayat al-Ayan+1.

Structure and Editions

Al-Awwal min al-Khulaiyat constitutes the first independent part of the broader compilation, opening with chains through transmitters such as Abu al-'Abbas al-Ishbili and recording authentic and rare (ghara'ib) reports al-Sabi min al-Khulaiyat+1. The text has survived across several manuscript recensions—including holdings at al-Azhar and Damascus—and has been edited and published, notably in a collected edition of al-Khula'iyyat edited by Salih al-Lahham al-Maqasid al-Hasana fi B…+1.