al-Mukhtasar fi Ilm al-Athar
- Author died
- 879 AH
- Editions
- Maktabat al-Rushd
al-Mukhtasar fi Ilm al-Athar (The Abridgment in the Science of Traditions) is a treatise on Hadith methodology and terminology (mustalah al-hadith) by the Hanafi scholar Muhyi al-Din al-Kafiji (d. 879 AH / 1474 CE) .
Overview and Titles
The treatise is dedicated to the definitions and rules governing the science of Hadith and its terminology . The author—variously designated with the honorifics Muhyi al-Din and Shams al-Din, and the kunya Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Kafiji—composed several compact instructional manuals across various Islamic disciplines . In catalog records and bibliographic listings, the work is documented under the title al-Mukhtasar fi Ilm al-Athar as well as the expanded title al-Mukhtasar fi Qawa'id Ilm al-Hadith wa-al-Athar (The Abridgment on the Rules of the Science of Hadith and Traditions) . Haji Khalifa also records a Hadith treatise by al-Kafiji titled Manba' al-Durar fi Ilm al-Athar .
Manuscripts and Publication
Multiple manuscript copies of the treatise have survived in library collections:
- A manuscript preserved at Princeton University Library (MS 1365) under the title al-Mukhtasar fi Qawa'id Ilm al-Hadith wa-al-Athar .
- Copies preserved in the General Awqaf Library (Maktabat al-Awqaf al-Amma), including MS 2611/10 (copied in 1147 AH) and MS 13752/6 (copied in 1343 AH) .
- A copy in the collection of al-Madrasa al-Radwaniyya in Mosul (MS Majami' 18/30/3, dated 1103 AH) .
The text was edited by Ali Zuwayn and published by Dar al-Rushd in Riyadh in 1407 AH / 1987 CE, issued together with the Hadith treatise of al-Sharif al-Jurjani (d. 816 AH) under the joint title Risalatan fi Mustalah al-Hadith (Two Treatises on Hadith Terminology) .
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