al-Khamis min al-Khulaiyat
- Author died
- 492 AH
- Editions
- Manuscript published in the free program Jawami' al-Kalim affiliated with Islamweb
al-Khamis min al-Khulaiyat (al-Juzʾ al-Khamis min al-Fawaʾid al-Muntaqah al-Hisan min al-Sihah wa-l-Gharaʾib) is the fifth part of al-Khulaʿiyyat, a twenty-part hadith collection consisting of narrations transmitted by the Egyptian Shafi'i jurist and hadith scholar Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Khala'i (405–492 AH / 1014–1099 CE) and compiled by Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Shirazi.
Compilation and Transmission
The collection was assembled by Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Shirazi, who selected and extracted twenty topical and transmission-focused parts (ajzāʾ) from the wider auditions (masmūʿāt) of al-Khala'i.
The primary line of transmission for this fifth part stems from al-Khala'i through his companion and student Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Rifa'a al-Sa'di. In Egypt, it was subsequently audited and recited at the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As (al-Jamiʿ al-ʿAtiq) before the Maliki genealogist and chief syndic (naqīb al-nuqabāʾ) Abu Ali Muhammad ibn As'ad al-Husayni, who collated and verified it against his certified original copy. The collection was also transmitted through intermediate transmitters such as Abu Sadiq al-Hasan ibn Yahya ibn Sabbah al-Makhzumi and Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Imad al-Harrani.
Contents and Scope
The fifth part contains selected sound (ṣiḥāḥ), rare (gharāʾib), and high-ranking (ʿawālī) narrations preserved with their complete transmission chains (asānīd). The narrations are drawn from al-Khala'i's key Egyptian teachers and shaykhs, including:
- Abu Muhammad Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar ibn al-Nahhas, primarily through transmissions stemming from Abu Sa'id Ibn al-A'rabi and Abu al-Tahir al-Madini.
- Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hajj al-Ishbili.
- Shu'ayb ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Minhal.
- Abu Sa'd Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Malini.
The texts in this part address diverse themes, ranging from legal rulings—such as the etiquette of seeking permission before entering homes, inheritance matters, and the two voluntary dawn prayer units—to detailed prophetic traditions regarding the narrative of Moses and al-Khadir.
Reception and Editions
The twenty parts of al-Khulaʿiyyat enjoyed wide circulation among hadith scholars due to the elevated status of al-Khala'i's chains; Salah al-Din al-Ala'i noted that they are rich in valuable traditions and represent the most elevated narrations (aʿlā mā yurwā) transmitted from the scholars of Egypt.
Manuscripts of the work have been preserved in collections such as the al-Azhar Library and the Zahiriyya Library. The work was prepared in modern academic studies, including doctoral research at the Islamic University of Madinah, and published in an edition edited by Salih al-Lahham.
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