Funun al-Ajaib li Abi Said al-Naqqash
- Author died
- 414 AH
- Editions
- Maktabat al-Qur'an
Funun al-Ajaib (Funun al-ʿAjāʾib, "The Varieties of Marvels") is a work by the Hanbali Hadith scholar Abu Said al-Naqqash (d. 414 AH / 1023 CE) devoted to extraordinary accounts and narrative reports .
Subject Matter and Style
The book compiles narratives, hadiths, and historical anecdotes concerning unusual happenings, marvels, and rare lore . Al-Naqqash documents these accounts with chains of transmission (isnāds) traced through his teachers and earlier authorities, recording traditions related to supernatural beings such as jinn, narratives about earlier nations such as the Israelites, and curious historical reports .
Manuscripts and Publication
Manuscripts of the text are preserved in libraries in Turkey and Egypt, including:
- An early copy held in Istanbul at the Reisülküttab (Aşir Efendi) collection (MS 237/1, fols. 1–77), dated to 617 AH .
- A later manuscript in Cairo (Hadith MS 1687, 163 fols.), transcribed in 1355 AH .
The book has been published in modern editions, including an edition edited by Mustafa Abd al-Qadir Ata published in Beirut in 1410 AH (1989/1990 CE), as well as an edition edited by Mashhur ibn Hasan Al Salman published within a collection of Hadith treatises (Majmuʿat Ajzaʾ Hadithiyya) .
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