al-Sabr wa al-Thawab Alayh li-Ibn Abi al-Dunya
- Author died
- 281 AH
- Editions
- Dar Ibn Hazm
al-Sabr wa al-Thawab ‘Alayh (Patience and Its Reward) is a treatise by the Baghdad-based traditionist and author Ibn Abi al-Dunya (d. 281 AH / 894 CE), focusing on the virtues of patience and the spiritual rewards promised for enduring trials and afflictions .
Overview and Contents
The work belongs to Ibn Abi al-Dunya's extensive corpus of monographs on ethics, asceticism, and devotional topics . It is structured around transmitted reports (athar), prophetic traditions, and moral sayings regarding steadfastness during hardships, loss, and sickness, recorded with chains of narration (isnad) going back through early authorities and scholars .
Manuscripts and Editions
Manuscripts of the work have been preserved in several collections, including:
- The Laleli collection in Istanbul (MS 3664/3) .
- The Institute of Arabic Manuscripts in Cairo (MS 385, reproduced from Laleli) .
- Microfilm holdings in the Manuscripts Department at the Islamic University of Madinah (nos. 8699/2 and 4471/3/1) .
The treatise was edited by Muhammad Khayr Ramadan Yusuf and published in a single volume (194 pages) by Dar Ibn Hazm in Beirut (1st edition, 1418 AH / 1997 CE) .
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