al-Masun fi al-Adab
- Author died
- 382 AH
- Editions
- Maṭba‘at Ḥukūmat al-Kuwayt
Al-Masun fi al-Adab (The Guarded Treasury of Belles-Lettres) is a work on Arabic literature and belles-lettres (adab) by the philologist, traditionist, and literary scholar Abu Ahmad al-Askari (293–382 AH / 906–993 CE).
Authorship and Background
The author, Abu Ahmad al-Hasan ibn Abd Allah ibn Sa'id ibn Isma'il al-Askari, was born in Askar Mukram in Khuzestan on 16 Shawwal 293 AH (906 CE) and died on 7 Dhu al-Hijjah 382 AH (993 CE; another report gives 387 AH). Renowned as a leading scholar of hadith transmission, dictation (imla'), grammar, and literary lore across Khuzestan, he traveled to study in centers such as Baghdad, Basra, and Isfahan. He composed several influential treatises on linguistics, adab, and textual error, with al-Masun fi al-Adab (also cited simply as al-Masun) standing among his notable literary compositions.
Publication
The text was edited by the Egyptian scholar Abd al-Salam Muhammad Harun and published in Kuwait in 1960 as part of the Arab Heritage series (al-Turath al-Arabi, no. 3).
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