Kitab al-Arbaeen fi Fadl al-Rahma wa al-Rahimin li-Ibn Tulun al-Salihi
- Author died
- 953 AH
- Editions
- Dar Ibn Hazm
Kitab al-Arbaeen fi Fadl al-Rahma wa al-Rahimin (The Forty Hadiths on the Virtue of Mercy and the Merciful) is a hadith collection compiled by the Damascene Hanafi scholar and historian Ibn Tulun (d. 953 AH / 1546 CE) .
Overview and Content
The work belongs to the Islamic genre of "forty hadith" (arba'iniyyat) compilations, focusing thematically on traditions concerning the merit of divine mercy and the virtue of compassion among human beings . In it, Ibn Tulun assembled forty prophetic narrations that encourage benevolence and mercy toward creation, with references to their transmission paths and sources .
Manuscripts and Publications
The book survived in manuscript form across several collections, including:
- A manuscript preserved in the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin (MS 3847/12, fols. 223–236) .
- A copy in the Taymuriyya Library in Cairo (Majmu' 375, fol. 14) .
- Additional copies and photographic reproductions held at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh, the Central Library in Riyadh, the Manuscript Library in Kuwait, the Institute of Arabic Manuscripts in Cairo, and the Islamic University of Madinah .
The work has been edited and published in multiple modern editions:
- Edited by al-Sayyid Abu Umar and published by Dar al-Sahaba li-l-Turath in Tanta (1992 CE) .
- Edited by Muhammad Khayr Ramadan Yusuf and published by Dar Ibn Hazm in Beirut (1st edition, 1416 AH / 1995 CE) .
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