al-Manhiyat
- Author died
- 320 AH
- Editions
- Maktabat al-Qurʾān lil-Ṭabʿ wal-Nashr wal-Tawzīʿ
al-Manhiyat (Arabic: المنهيات, lit. 'The Prohibitions') is a treatise on prophetic prohibitions compiled by the hadith scholar and mystic al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi (d. c. 320 AH / 932 CE) .
Content and Method
The work focuses on traditions concerning matters forbidden or discouraged in the prophetic Sunnah, appearing in manuscript records under titles such as al-Manhiyat wa-kull ma wujida hadith bi-l-nahy and al-Manahi . In transmitting its narrations and traditions, al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi draws heavily on transmitters from his regional network, such as the Balkhi narrator 'Umar ibn Abi 'Umar al-'Abdi .
Manuscripts and Publication
Manuscript copies of the treatise are preserved in collections across Europe and the Middle East, notably in Istanbul at the Aşir Efendi collection (MS 1479/7) and in Paris at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (MS 5018/12) . The book was edited by Muhammad 'Uthman al-Khisht and published in Cairo by Maktabat al-Qur'an (1406 AH / 1986 CE) .
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