al-Sabi min al-Khulaiyat
- Author died
- 492 AH
- Editions
- A manuscript published in the free Jawami' al-Kalim software affiliated with the Islamweb website
al-Sabi min al-Khulaiyat (The Seventh Part of the Khila‘iyyat) is a hadith tract representing the seventh installment of the twenty-part collection known as al-Fawa’id al-muntaqah al-hisan min al-sihah wa-al-ghara’ib (The Selected, Fine Benefits from Sound and Rare Transmissions), transmitted by the Egyptian scholar and judge Abu al-Hasan al-Khala'i (405–492 AH / 1014–1099 CE) .
Origin and Compilation
The twenty parts of al-Khila‘iyyat were selected and arranged (takhrij) by Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Shirazi from the hadith audition records (masmu‘at) of Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Husayn al-Khala‘i . Al-Khala‘i was the leading authority of hadith transmission (musnid) in Egypt in his era . The collection was celebrated for containing numerous elevated chains (asand ‘aliyah) and rare benefits, regarded as among the most elevated transmissions preserving the hadith corpus of Egyptian narrators .
Content and Method
The seventh part contains prophetic traditions transmitted through al-Khala‘i’s teachers, including Abu Muhammad Ibn al-Nahhas (Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar), Abu Sa'd al-Malini, al-Khasib ibn Abd Allah al-Qadi, Shu‘ayb ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Minhal, and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hajj al-Ishbili .
The traditions recorded in this part address various ritual and legal subjects, with particular focus on the rites and virtues of pilgrimage (Hajj), including:
- The virtue of pilgrims and visitors to the Sacred House .
- Performing pilgrimage on behalf of elderly relatives who cannot travel .
- Abstaining from cutting hair and clipping nails upon the sighting of the crescent of Dhu al-Hijjah for one intending to sacrifice .
- The merits of praying in the Prophet's Mosque .
- Descriptions of the Prophet's farewell pilgrimage, including movement between Arafat and Muzdalifah, the talbiyah, and rites surrounding shaving and shortening hair .
Transmission and Reception
The primary transmitter of the collection from al-Khala‘i was his disciple Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Rifa‘ah ibn Ghadir al-Sa‘di . Ibn Rifa‘ah taught and verified it in Cairo at the Old Mosque (al-Jami‘ al-‘Atiq) . The seventh part, along with the broader Khila‘iyyat, became a staple text in later transmission certificates (sama‘at) and hadith repertories (mashyakhat and faharis), transmitted by prominent traditionists such as Abu Sadiq al-Hasan ibn Yahya ibn Sabbah al-Makhzumi, Muhammad ibn ‘Imad al-Harrani, Salah al-Din al-Ala'i, and Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani .
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