al-Risala al-Mughniya fi al-Sukut wa Luzum al-Buyut
- Author died
- 471 AH
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al-Risala al-Mughniya fi al-Sukut wa Luzum al-Buyut ("The Sufficient Treatise on Silence and Remaining at Home") is a specialized treatise on asceticism, ethics, and conduct during civil strife by the Hanbali jurist and hadith scholar Ibn al-Banna (396–471 AH / 1006–1079 CE) .
Subject and Content
The treatise addresses the religious and spiritual virtues of observing silence (al-sukut), guarding the tongue, and withdrawing to the home (luzum al-buyut / al-uzla) as a safeguard against social disorder, moral corruption, and trials (fitan) . The author employs a traditional hadith-based method, transmitting prophetic traditions, reports from the Companions, and sayings of early ascetics and scholars to support the merit of seclusion and self-restraint .
Historical Reception
The work is documented in classical and post-classical bibliographical and biographical literature:
- Haji Khalifa records the treatise in Kashf al-Zunun, noting that the historian and scholar Burhan al-Din al-Biqa'i cited it in his Mashyakha .
- Ismail Pasha al-Babani lists it among Ibn al-Banna's authored works in Hadiyyat al-Arifin , as does Umar Rida Kahhala in Mu'jam al-Mu'allifin .
- Hadith scholars have cited narrations and chains documented in the work, including Ahmad ibn al-Siddiq al-Ghumari in his hadith commentary al-Mudawi .
Printed Editions
The treatise has been edited and published in modern printings:
- An edition edited by Abd Allah ibn Yusuf al-Juday', published by Dar al-Asima in Riyadh (1st edition, 1409 AH / 1988–1989 CE) .
- An edition edited by Farhan al-Shammari and Mish'al al-Zafeeri, published by Dar Ilaf in Kuwait (1st edition, 1418 AH / 1997–1998 CE) .
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