al-Sadis Ashar min al-Khulaiyat
- Author died
- 492 AH
- Editions
- A manuscript published in the free Jawami' al-Kalim program affiliated with Islamweb
al-Sadis Ashar min al-Khulaiyat (السادس عشر من الخلعيات, The Sixteenth Part of the Khulaiyat) is a hadith treatise containing the sixteenth fascicle of the transmitted narrations of the Egyptian Shafi'i jurist and scholar Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Khala'i (405–492 AH / 1014–1099 CE) .
Compilation and Structure
The work forms the sixteenth segment of the broader collection known formally as al-Fawa'id al-muntaqat al-hisan al-sihah wa-l-ghara'ib (Selected Fine Traditions, Sound and Rare), collectively referred to as al-Khulaiyat . The collection was compiled and extracted (takhrij) by Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Husayn al-Shirazi from the audition records and source texts of al-Khala'i across twenty fascicles (ajza') .
Each tradition is recorded with its full chain of transmission (isnad) tracing back from al-Khala'i through his teachers . In this part, the narrations are transmitted on the authority of several of al-Khala'i's prominent authorities, including Abu Muhammad Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar ibn al-Nahhas (via Ibn al-A'rabi), Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hajj al-Ishbili, Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn al-Fadl ibn Nazif al-Farra', Abu Abd Allah Shu'ayb ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Minhal, and Abu Sa'd Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Malini .
Content
The sixteenth part comprises a selection of prophetic traditions and historical reports across multiple religious themes:
- Prescribed ritual acts and legal rulings, such as the initial institution of the five daily prayers led by Gabriel and marital regulations .
- Funeral prayers and the Prophet's rulings regarding praying over deceased individuals who left outstanding debts or were known for enmity towards the Companions .
- Ethical exhortations and warnings regarding sins that receive expedited punishment, such as oppression and severing ties of kinship .
- Virtues of certain lands and tribes, eschatological prophecies, and early events of the Prophetic mission in Mecca .
Reception and Transmission
The twenty parts of al-Khulaiyat were regarded by hadith scholars as rich in scholarly benefits and short chains of transmission (asnad 'aliyah), being described as the highest available chains among Egyptian hadith transmissions of that era . The primary transmission path of the collection from al-Khala'i was transmitted through his student Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Rifa'a al-Sa'di, and subsequently transmitted down by later scholars such as Abu Sadiq al-Hasan ibn Yahya ibn Sabah al-Makhzumi, Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Imad al-Harrani, and Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani . Individual scholars frequently transmitted or auditioned this specific sixteenth part directly from teachers holding contiguous chains back to al-Khala'i .
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