Man Rawa an al-Nabi min al-Sahaba fi al-Kabair lil-Bardiji - Majallat al-Jamia al-Islamiyya
- Author died
- 301 AH
- Editions
- Islamic University of Madinah
Man Rawa an al-Nabi min al-Sahaba fi al-Kabair (Those Companions Who Narrated from the Prophet Concerning Major Sins) is an early hadith monograph by the traditionist Abu Bakr al-Bardiji (d. 301 AH / 913–914 CE), documenting prophetic reports that enumerate and define the major sins (al-kabair) . The critical edition published in the Journal of the Islamic University of Madinah (Majallat al-Jamia al-Islamiyya) was prepared and annotated by Muhammad ibn Turki al-Turki .
Title and Subject Matter
The work appears on the manuscript title page under the heading Juz' fihi Man Rawa 'an al-Nabi min al-Sahaba fi al-Kabair, while in the appended audition notes (sama'at) it is also referred to as Ma Ruwiya fi al-Kabair . The text focuses on narrations transmitted from the Prophet ﷺ regarding the gravity, categorization, and identification of major sins .
Al-Bardiji opens the compilation by noting that eleven men among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ transmitted reports concerning the major sins, adding that this material belongs to the domain of prophetic Quranic commentary (tafsir) . The tract contains eleven hadiths, opening with a report on the authority of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud concerning the greatest sins .
Transmission and Attribution
The book is transmitted through a continuous chain from al-Bardiji via Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Sawwaf, from whom Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani received it, followed by Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Haddad, and then Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Wahid ibn al-Qasim by formal license (ijazah) .
Its attribution to al-Bardiji is supported by internal and external evidence:
- The opening narrators in each chain are recognized direct teachers of al-Bardiji .
- The manuscript bears audition certificates documenting its reading by prominent traditionists, including Diya' al-Din al-Maqdisi and Ibn Abd al-Hadi .
- Later hadith authorities, such as Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, cited narrations from al-Bardiji that match the unique chains contained in this text .
Scholarly Significance
The monograph is distinguished as the earliest surviving standalone compilation dedicated specifically to hadiths regarding major sins, preceding later comprehensive monographs on the topic, such as the work of al-Dhahabi, by over four centuries . The text preserves all narrations with complete, connected isnads directly through the author's personal chains, and contains exclusive transmission pathways (turuq) for several hadiths, such as specific narrations reported from Abu Hurayrah and Abu Ayyub al-Ansari .
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