al-Muntakhab min Gharaib Malik li-Ibn al-Muqri
- Author died
- 381 AH
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- دار ابن حزم
al-Muntakhab min Gharaib Malik (The Selection of Uncommon Narrations of Malik, also titled al-Muntakhab min Gharaib Ahadith Malik ibn Anas) is a hadith treatise compiled by the Isfahan-based traditionist Abu Bakr ibn al-Muqri (d. 381 AH / 991 CE) . The work gathers singular and rare transmissions (gharaib) attributed to Imam Malik ibn Anas (d. 179 AH) .
Scope and Contents
The monograph belongs to the specialized hadith genre focusing on gharaib (atypical, anomalous, or solitary transmissions) and afrad (unique chains), compiling narrations traced through Malik ibn Anas that diverge from standard transmissions or were transmitted outside his widely circulated al-Muwatta . The text contains specific reports such as prophetic traditions detailing the conquest of Mecca, merits of the call to prayer, and blessings sought in early morning endeavors, accompanied by their specific transmission routes and textual variants .
Transmission and Publication
The surviving transmission of the work traces back through direct chains from Ibn al-Muqri:
- Transmitted by Abu al-Fath Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Samad al-Dalili from Ibn al-Muqri .
- Transmitted through Abu Tahir Abd al-Wahid ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Haytham al-Sabbagh al-Dashti to Abu al-Faraj Yahya ibn Mahmud ibn Sa'd al-Thaqafi al-Asbahani, who delivered it in Mosul in 581 AH .
- Read to Kamal al-Din Abu al-Karam Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhajir al-Mawsili at his residence in Damascus in 633 AH .
The text was edited by Abu Abd al-Bari Rida ibn Khalid Bu Shamah al-Jaza'iri and published in Riyadh by Dar Ibn Hazm in 1419 AH / 1999 CE .
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