Hadith Ibn Umar fi Tarai al-Hilal lil-Khatib al-Baghdadi
- Author died
- 463 AH
- Editions
- Dar al-Diya'
Hadith Ibn Umar fi Tarai al-Hilal (also titled Juz' fihi turuq hadith Abd Allah ibn Umar fi tara'i al-hilal) is a specialized hadith monograph (juz') compiled by the Baghdadi traditionist al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d. 463 AH / 1071 CE) . The work is dedicated to collecting, classifying, and documenting the diverse transmission pathways (turuq) and chains of narration associated with the hadith of Abdullah ibn Umar concerning the sighting of the new crescent moon (tara'i al-hilal) for determining the fasting of Ramadan .
Subject and Content
The treatise focuses on the narrations reported by Ibn Umar regarding the sighting and seeking of the crescent moon at the onset of Ramadan and Shawwal . Al-Khatib compiles multiple transmissions of these traditions with their respective chains of narration, documenting both shortened and extended wordings .
Among the prominent chains of transmission documented in the text are:
- Narrations through Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani, from Nafi', from Ibn Umar, encompassing pathways transmitted through Ma'mar ibn Rashid (via Abd al-Razzaq al-San'ani), Ismail ibn Ulayyah (via Ahmad ibn Hanbal), and Hammad ibn Zayd .
- Narrations through Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, from Salim ibn Abd Allah, from Ibn Umar, which include chains via Ibrahim ibn Sa'd, Layth ibn Sa'd from 'Uqayl ibn Khalid, and Yunus ibn Yazid al-Ayli .
Publication History
The work has been edited and published in modern print editions:
- An edition edited by Hisham ibn Muhammad, published by Dar al-Diya' in Tanta, Egypt (1st edition, 1418 AH / 1998 CE) .
- An edition edited by Dr. 'Amir Hasan Sabri, published by Dar al-Basha'ir in Beirut (2000 CE) .
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