al-Thalith Ashar min al-Khulaiyat
- Author died
- 492 AH
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- Manuscript published in the free Jawami' al-Kalim software affiliated with the Islamweb website
al-Thalith Ashar min al-Khulaiyat (The Thirteenth Part of al-Khila'iyyat) is a hadith fascicle from the twenty-part collection al-Fawa'id al-Khila'iyyat (also titled al-Fawa'id al-Muntaqat al-Hisan min al-Sihah wal-Ghara'ib), transmitted by the Egyptian Shafi'i jurist and hadith transmitter Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Khila'i (405–492 AH / 1014–1098 CE) .
Background and Compilation
The twenty parts forming al-Khila'iyyat were selected and arranged (takhrij) for al-Khila'i by Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn al-Husayn al-Shirazi from al-Khila'i's narrations received from his teachers . The collection brings together selected sound (sahih) and rare (gharib) narrations along with scholarly benefits (fawa'id) . It came to be regarded among traditionists as preserving some of the highest chains of transmission (uluww) available from Egyptian authorities of that era .
Transmission and Scholarly Use
The primary vehicle for the transmission of al-Khila'iyyat after the author was his student and attendant, Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Rifa'ah al-Sa'di, who narrated the parts directly from al-Khila'i . From Ibn Rifa'ah, the work was transmitted across subsequent generations by scholars such as Abu Sadiq al-Hasan ibn Yahya ibn al-Sabbah and Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Imad al-Harrani .
Scholars regularly studied, auditioned, and cited the individual parts of the work. Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani cited the thirteenth part of al-Khila'iyyat in his biographical work al-Isabah fi Tamyiz al-Sahabah to clarify an isnad discrepancy regarding a tradition concerning the Companion Shurayh al-Hadrami, establishing its wording through al-Khila'i's transmission via Abu al-Tahir al-Mada'ini from Yunus ibn Abd al-A'la from Ibn Wahb . Ibn Hajar also recorded his direct transmission of this thirteenth part in al-Mu'jam al-Mu'assas, tracing it through Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Amidi back to Ibn al-Sabbah, Ibn Rifa'ah, and al-Khila'i .
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