al-Thamin 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-Thamin min al-Khulaiyat (The Eighth [Part] of the Khula‘iyyat) is a hadith tract comprising the eighth fascicle (juz’) of the twenty-part collection known collectively as al-Khula‘iyyat, containing the narrations and transmissions of the Egyptian Shafi‘i jurist and hadith master Abu al-Hasan al-Khala'i (405–492 AH / 1014–1099 CE) .
Background and Compilation
The parent work, known fully as al-Fawa'id al-muntaqat al-hisan min al-sihah wa-al-ghara'ib (Selected Fine Benefits from Sound and Rare Traditions), was extracted and organized (takhrij) by Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Shirazi (also recorded as Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn al-Husayn al-Shirazi) from the audition records (masmu‘at) of Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Husayn al-Khala‘i . The compilation consists of twenty parts (ajza'), of which al-Thamin constitutes the eighth distinct segment .
The collection comprises elevated hadiths (‘awali), rare transmissions (ghara'ib), and scholarly benefits (fawa'id) received through al-Khala‘i’s teachers in Egypt, representing some of the highest-chained narrations preserved among the traditionists of Egypt in that era .
Transmission and Reception
The primary transmitter of al-Khula‘iyyat from al-Khala‘i was the Egyptian traditionist Abu Muhammad ‘Abd Allah ibn Rifa‘ah ibn Ghadir al-Sa‘di . From Ibn Rifa‘ah, the eighth part and the wider collection were transmitted down through subsequent generations by figures such as Abu Sadiq al-Hasan ibn Yahya ibn Sabah al-Makhzumi, Muhammad ibn ‘Imad al-Harrani, and Abu Tahir al-Silafi .
The work remained in active audition across major centers of learning and was documented by bibliographers and hadith authorities, including Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani in his catalog of chains al-Mu'jam al-mufahras and Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti in his bibliographical writings . Later traditionists frequently cited specific narrations directly from the eighth part in comparative hadith analysis and legal argumentation .
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