al-Majalis al-Ashara al-Amali lil-Hasan al-Khallal
- Author died
- 439 AH
- Editions
- Dār al-Ṣaḥābah lil-Turāth
al-Majalis al-Ashara al-Amali (The Ten Dictation Sessions) is a hadith work compiled by the Baghdadi scholar and hadith master Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Khallal (d. 439 AH / 1047 CE), consisting of Prophetic traditions and transmitted reports recorded during his dictation assemblies .
Structure and Content
The work belongs to the amali (dictation) genre of hadith literature, in which a scholar convenes an assembly to dictate selected narrations with their chains of transmission (isnad) alongside related scholarly commentary and benefits to attending students . As indicated by its title, the text is structured into ten distinct sessions (majalis) delivering a variety of traditions and narrations across different thematic areas .
Transmission and Scholarly Reception
The text was transmitted by later traditionists and cited in subsequent compilations. The hadith scholar Abu Tahir al-Silafi made extensive use of al-Khallal's transmissions in his al-Mashyakha al-Baghdadiyya, drawing material directly from al-Majalis al-Ashara min al-Amali . Later hadith scholars and biographers have likewise referenced specific reports and narrator designations preserved in the work .
Publication
The work was edited by Majdi Fathi al-Sayyid and published in a single volume by Dar al-Sahaba lil-Turath in Tanta, Egypt, in 1411 AH / 1990 CE .
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