al-Zuhd li-Hannad ibn al-Sari
- Author died
- 243 AH
- Editions
- Dar al-Khulafa' lil-Kitab al-Islami
al-Zuhd (الزهد, The Book of Asceticism) is a hadith and narration collection on asceticism and piety by the Kufan hadith scholar and ascetic Hannad ibn al-Sari (152–243 AH / 769–857 CE) .
Subject Matter and Content
The work is characterized as a large compilation (musannaf kabir) dedicated to asceticism (zuhd) and related spiritual and moral themes . It gathers prophetic hadiths as well as reports from the Companions and early generations regarding detachment from worldly pursuits, the conditions of the grave, eschatology, the punishment of the Hellfire, and the descriptions of Paradise . Among the prominent teachers through whom Hannad narrates in the text are Abu Mu'awiyah (Muhammad ibn Khazim) and Waki' ibn al-Jarrah .
Transmission and Reception
The text was transmitted directly from Hannad by his student Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Dhurayh al-'Ukbari, through whom later continuous chains of narration passed, including transmitters such as Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Bakhit and Ibrahim ibn 'Umar al-Barmaki .
The collection holds significant prominence among classical hadith compendia of the ascetic genre . Abu 'Isa al-Tirmidhi narrated extensively from Hannad in his Jami', drawing especially from his Kitab al-Zuhd . It is also cited and utilized for hadith comparison and verification by authors such as Ibn Abi Shaybah, Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani, and Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Haqq al-Ishbili .
Manuscripts and Editions
Manuscript copies of the work are preserved in several libraries:
- Berlin State Library (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin), in the Brill-Houtsma collection (first part no. 383, second part no. 746) .
- Princeton University Library (no. 746 h) .
- The Manuscripts Department of the Islamic University of Madinah (microfilm no. 4523/12) .
The book has been edited and published in modern times by 'Abd al-Rahman 'Abd al-Jabbar al-Faryawa'i (published in Kuwait by Dar al-Khulafa' lil-Kitab al-Islami, 1406 AH) and by Muhammad Abu al-Layth al-Khayrabadi (published in Qatar, 1406 AH / 1986 CE) .
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