al-Nasiha lil-Rai wal-Raiyya lil-Tabrizi
- Author died
- 636 AH
- Editions
- دار الصحابة للتراث
al-Naṣīḥa lil-Rāʿī wal-Raʿiyya (Counsel for the Shepherd and the Flock) is a treatise in the field of Hadith by the traditionist Abū al-Khayr Badal ibn Abī al-Muʿtamir Ismāʿīl al-Tabrīzī (d. 636 AH / 1238–1239 CE; also dated after 600 AH / 1203 CE), collecting prophetic traditions and transmitted reports regarding rulers and their subjects.
Title and Subject Matter
The work is also known under the longer title al-Naṣīḥa lil-Rāʿī wal-Raʿiyya min al-Aḥādīth al-Nabawiyya wal-Āthār al-Marwiyya (Counsel for the Shepherd and the Flock from Prophetic Hadiths and Transmitted Reports). It compiles prophetic traditions and early reports (āthār) focusing on the mutual rights, obligations, and ethical conduct governing relations between political authorities (the shepherd) and the public (the flock), including themes of justice, entering into rulers' courts, and fulfilling communal trusts.
Transmission and Publication
A historical manuscript copy of the work is preserved in the Taymūriyya Collection (al-Khizāna al-Taymūriyya, MS 346), dated 621 AH.
The text was edited by ʿUbayd Allāh al-Atharī and published in a single volume by Dār al-Ṣaḥāba lil-Turāth in Tanta, Egypt (first edition, 1411 AH / 1991 CE).
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