Mawarid al-Zaman ila Zawaid Ibn Hibban
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- 807 AH
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- tahqiq Abd al-Razzaq Hamza · tahqiq Husayn Asad
Mawarid al-Zaman ila Zawaid Ibn Hibban (موارد الظمآن إلى زوائد ابن حبان, "Resources of the Thirsty for the Surplus Hadiths of Ibn Hibban") is a Hadith compilation by the Egyptian scholar Nur al-Din al-Haythami (735–807 AH / 1335–1405 CE) that collects the unique traditions (zawāʾid) preserved in Ibn Hibban's Sahih that are not found in the Sahihayn (Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim) .
Background and Purpose
Ibn Hibban originally organized his collection, titled al-Taqasim wa-al-Anwa', according to an intricate taxonomy designed to facilitate memorization rather than topical search . Because roughly two-thirds of Ibn Hibban's narrations were already included in Sahih al-Bukhari or Sahih Muslim, al-Haythami compiled Mawarid al-Zaman to extract those traditions not found in either work, observing that citing a hadith to Ibn Hibban provides little utility if it is already recorded in the two primary collections .
al-Haythami initially intended to truncate the chains of transmission (asānīd) and cite only the Companion narrator, relying on Ibn Hibban's own authentication . However, Wali al-Din Abu Zur'ah ibn al-Iraqi (the son of al-Haythami's teacher, Abu al-Fadl Zayn al-Din al-Iraqi) advised him to retain the full isnāds, noting that some narrations in Ibn Hibban's work had been subject to critical scrutiny by hadith masters . al-Haythami adopted this advice and included the complete chains .
Structure and Scope
The work is organized systematically by juristic and topical books (kutub) to facilitate reference . The collection encompasses thirty-eight thematic books :
- Kitab al-Iman (Faith)
- Kitab al-'Ilm (Knowledge)
- Kitab al-Taharah (Purification)
- Kitab al-Salah (Prayer)
- Kitab al-Jana'iz (Funerals)
- Kitab al-Zakah (Almsgiving)
- Kitab al-Siyam (Fasting)
- Kitab al-Hajj (Pilgrimage)
- Kitab al-Adahi (Sacrificial Animals, including hunting, slaughtered animals, ʿaqīqah, and wedding feasts)
- Kitab al-Buyu' (Commercial Transactions)
- Kitab al-Ayman wa-al-Nudhur (Oaths and Vows)
- Kitab al-Qada' (Judiciary)
- Kitab al-'Itq (Manumission)
- Kitab al-Wasaya (Wills)
- Kitab al-Fara'id (Inheritance Shares)
- Kitab al-Nikah wa-al-Talaq wa-al-'Iddah (Marriage, Divorce, and Waiting Periods)
- Kitab al-At'imah (Foods)
- Kitab al-Ashribah (Drinks)
- Kitab al-Tibb (Medicine and Incantations)
- Kitab al-Libas wa-al-Zinah (Clothing and Adornment)
- Kitab al-Hudud wa-al-Diyat (Prescribed Punishments and Blood Money)
- Kitab al-Imarah (Governance)
- Kitab al-Jihad (Military Expedition)
- Kitab al-Siyar wa-Fath Faris wa-Ghayriha (Campaigns and Conquests)
- Kitab al-Tafsir (Quranic Exegesis)
- Kitab al-Ta'bir (Dream Interpretation)
- Kitab al-Qadar (Predestination)
- Kitab al-Fitan (Tribulations)
- Kitab al-Adab (Etiquette)
- Kitab al-Birr wa-al-Silah (Piety and Kinship)
- Kitab 'Alamat al-Nubuwwah (Signs of Prophethood and Mention of the Prophets)
- Kitab al-Manaqib (Virtues)
- Kitab al-Adhkar (Remembrances)
- Kitab al-Ad'iyah (Supplications)
- Kitab al-Tawbah (Repentance)
- Kitab al-Zuhd (Asceticism)
- Kitab al-Ba'th (Resurrection)
- Kitab Sifat al-Nar (Description of Hellfire)
- Kitab Sifat al-Jannah (Description of Paradise)
The number of narrations in the book is approximately 2,554 (with another published numbering reaching 2,647) .
Reception and Derivatives
al-Haythami's student Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani examined the text and annotated its margins, noting narrations included by al-Haythami that were already present in either Sahih al-Bukhari or Sahih Muslim .
In the twentieth century, Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani compiled a supplement of narrations that met al-Haythami's criteria but had been omitted (al-Zawa'id 'ala al-Mawarid) . al-Albani also evaluated the authenticity of the text's contents, dividing them into Sahih Mawarid al-Zaman (comprising 2,237 sound traditions across two volumes) and Da'if Mawarid al-Zaman (comprising 348 weak traditions in one volume) .
Print Editions
The work was edited by Muhammad Abd al-Razzaq Hamza and published by al-Matba'ah al-Salafiyyah in Cairo (and later reprinted by Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyyah in Beirut), incorporating Ibn Hajar's marginal notes . It was subsequently edited by Husayn Salim Asad al-Darani and Abduh Ali Kushak, published in Damascus and Beirut by Dar al-Thaqafah al-Arabiyyah .
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