al-Muntaqa min Musnad al-Muqillin li-Da'laj al-Sijzi
- Author died
- 351 AH
- Editions
- Maktabat Dār al-Aqṣá
Al-Muntaqa min Musnad al-Muqillin (A Selection from the Musnad of the Infrequent Narrators) is a hadith compendium by the Baghdadi traditionist and jurist Da'laj al-Sijzi (d. 351 AH / 962 CE), comprising narrations of Companions who transmitted only a small number of hadiths.
Author and Compilation
The author, Abu Muhammad Da'laj ibn Ahmad ibn Da'laj al-Sijzi (also known as al-Sijistani, then al-Baghdadi), was a prominent scholar of hadith and a wealthy merchant who resided in Mecca before settling in Baghdad. Alongside his extensive general musnad (al-Musnad al-Kabir), he compiled Musnad al-Muqillin dedicated to traditions transmitted by the muqillun (Companions with few narrations).
The compilation was prepared with the assistance of the hadith master al-Daraqutni, who organized and examined Da'laj's manuscripts and noted his strict critical standard, observing that whenever Da'laj doubted a narration, he struck it out completely, and adding that none among his teachers was more steadfast and precise than Da'laj. Da'laj also sent his Musnad to the traditionist Ibn Uqda for review.
Transmission and Selection
The text was transmitted down through Baghdad traditionists, notably via Da'laj's student Abu al-Qasim Ibn Bishran, and subsequently through chains documented by bibliographical scholars such as al-Suyuti and al-Rudani via the transmission line of Abu al-Fath Ibn al-Batti. The historian and traditionist Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi also made an abridged selection (muntaqa) incorporating narrations from Da'laj's Musnad al-Muqillin alongside other works.
Manuscript and Publication
A surviving manuscript portion of the selection is preserved in the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus (within collective manuscript Majmu' 34, folios 105a–127b, dating to the sixth century AH). The work was edited by Abd Allah ibn Yusuf al-Judai' and published by Maktabat Dar al-Aqsa in Kuwait in 1405 AH / 1985 CE.
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