al-Iman lil-Adani
- Author died
- 243 AH
- Editions
- al-Dār al-Salafīyah
Kitab al-Iman (The Book of Faith) is a 3rd-century AH hadith work by the hadith scholar and hafiz Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Abi Umar al-Adani (d. 243 AH / 858 CE) . The book compiles prophetic traditions and transmitted reports concerning the definition, branches, and theological facets of faith (iman) .
Context and Subject Matter
Kitab al-Iman belongs to a genre of early monograph literature in the 3rd century AH that compiled transmitted textual evidence on theological subjects alongside works by contemporaries such as Abu Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam (d. 224 AH), Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Shaybah (d. 235 AH), and Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241 AH) .
The author, a scholar of Yemeni origin who resided in Mecca, was among the prominent teachers of major hadith collectors, including Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj and al-Tirmidhi . In this treatise, al-Adani records narrations with their chains of transmission (isnad) tracing back to the Prophet ﷺ and early authorities, covering topics related to the reality of faith, prayer, and religious obligations .
Manuscript and Publication
The work survived in a manuscript preserved at the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus (under collection number Majmu‘ 104, folios 223–250) . It was edited by Hamad ibn Hamdi al-Jabiri al-Harbi and published by al-Dar al-Salafiyya in Kuwait in 1407 AH / 1986–1987 CE .
Answer updated