al-Mukhlisiyyat

al-Mukhlisiyyat (al-Mukhlisiyyāt) is a classical compilation of hadith notebooks and parts (ajzā') narrated by the Baghdadi traditionist Abu Tahir al-Mukhlis (305–393 AH / 917–1003 CE), comprising texts selected from his extensive transmissions by contemporary hadith scholars al-Mukhlisiyyat+1.

Compilation and Structure

The material known as al-Mukhlisiyyat was compiled primarily through selective extraction (intiqā') from al-Mukhlis's broad repertoire al-Mukhlisiyyat. The principal and most extensive compilation was selected by the hadith master Abu al-Fath Ibn Abi al-Fawaris (338–412 AH), who arranged the transmissions into thirteen distinct parts, the thirteenth being the final selection he made from al-Mukhlis's narrations al-Mukhlisiyyat+1.

A second selection was undertaken by Ibn al-Baqqal, which extended to at least ten parts, including the ninth part commonly referred to as Juz' Ibn al-Tallayah al-Mukhlisiyyat+1. Alongside these main corpuses, related selections and dictation sessions circulated under similar designations, including al-Muntaqa min sab'at ajza' (A Selection from Seven Parts) and a seven-session collection of al-Mukhlis's dictations (Sab'at majalis min amali al-Mukhlis) al-Mukhlisiyyat+1.

Content and Sources

The collection contains Prophetic traditions, legal rulings, and historical reports narrated with chains of transmission leading back to early authorities al-Mukhlisiyyat. Within the compiled corpus, al-Mukhlis narrates on the authority of thirty primary teachers al-Mukhlisiyyat. Roughly two-thirds of the narrations are transmitted through two major authorities: Abu al-Qasim al-Baghawi and Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Sa'id al-Mukhlisiyyat. Other prominent sources whose narrations exceed one hundred reports each in the collection include Abu Bakr al-Naysaburi, Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Nasr ibn Bujayr, and Abu Bakr al-Sijistani al-Mukhlisiyyat.

Transmission and Reception

The collection was widely transmitted across successive generations through several of al-Mukhlis's students, notably Ali ibn Ahmad ibn al-Busri, Abu Nasr al-Zaynabi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Naqqur, Jabir ibn Yasin al-Attar, and Abu Ja'far ibn al-Muslimah al-Mukhlisiyyat+1.

Later hadith authorities extensively studied, recited, and abridged the work. Diya' al-Din al-Maqdisi copied various parts and compiled further selections from the seventh, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth parts al-Mukhlisiyyat+1. Al-Dhahabi and Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani documented their transmission chains for the work and singled out large sections, characterizing them as al-awwal al-kabir (the Large First Part) and al-thalith al-kabir (the Large Third Part) al-Mukhlisiyyat+1.

The surviving parts and related selections were edited by Nabil Sa'd al-Din Jarrar based on twenty-seven manuscript witnesses and published in four volumes by the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in Qatar al-Mukhlisiyyat+1.