al-Hadi al-Ashar min al-Khulaiyat
- Author died
- 492 AH
- Editions
- Manuscript published in the free Jawami' al-Kalim program affiliated with Islamweb
al-Hadi al-Ashar min al-Khulaiyat (Arabic: الجزء الحادي عشر من الخلعيات, lit. 'The Eleventh Part of the Khala'iyyat') is a specialized hadith tract comprising the eleventh section of the twenty-part collection al-Fawa'id al-muntaqat al-hisan min al-sihah wa-al-ghara'ib (Selected Fine Benefits of Sound and Solitary Reports), transmitted by the Egyptian Shafi'i jurist and leading hadith authority Abu al-Hasan al-Khala'i (405–492 AH / 1014–1099 CE) .
Origin and Structure
The parent work, commonly known as al-Khala'iyyat, consists of twenty thematic hadith booklets (ajza') compiled and extracted (takhrij) by Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Shirazi from the audition records and transmissions of Abu al-Hasan al-Khala'i . The collection was designed to assemble narrations characterized by high chains of transmission (asānīd 'āliya), sound (sahih) reports, and rare or solitary chains (ghara'ib) preserved among Egyptian traditionists, forming one of the most elevated sources of Egyptian hadith transmission of the fifth Islamic century .
Contents
The eleventh part includes chains of transmission running through al-Khala'i's principal authorities, such as Abu Abd Allah Shu'ayb ibn Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn al-Minhal and other Egyptian masters . Among the texts documented in this part are narrations concerning legal and ritual subjects, such as the Fear Prayer (salat al-khawf) during the expedition of Muharib and Tha'laba, as well as prophetic reports concerning the Basin (al-Hawd) in the eschatological sections bridging into the twelfth part .
Transmission and Reception
The primary transmission of the Khala'iyyat passed from al-Khala'i directly to his companion and student Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Rifa'a al-Sa'di (d. 561 AH), who became the sole surviving transmitter for several portions of the twenty parts . The work was widely read in major scholarly centers, including Damascus, Cairo, and Alexandria, where hadith scholars sought audition certificates (samā'āt) for the eleventh part and its companions . Subsequent authorities, including Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, regularly referenced and evaluated specific isnads preserved uniquely in this eleventh volume .
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