Mukhtasar Akhlaq Hamalat al-Quran
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Mukhtasar Akhlaq Hamalat al-Quran (Abridgment of the Morals of the Bearers of the Quran) is an abridgment prepared under the supervision of Khalid al-Sabt of the classical work Akhlaq Hamalat al-Quran by Abu Bakr al-Ajurri (d. 360 AH), published by Dar Ibn al-Jawzi .
Purpose and Scope
The abridgment was created to make al-Ajurri's classical text accessible to general readers, teachers, and students within Quran study circles (hilaq) and educational settings . Al-Ajurri's original work opens with three chapters on the virtues of the bearers of the Quran, those who learn and teach it, and the merit of gathering in mosques to study it, followed by sections detailing the morals and etiquettes expected of the people of the Quran in general, as well as specific conducts required during teaching, learning, and recitation . Because the original contained weak reports, etiquettes derived from those narrations, and textual repetition, this abridgment was produced to extract the refined substance of the book while omitting extraneous and unreliable material .
Methodology and Sources
The project initially relied on an electronic version of al-Ajurri's text hosted on the Jami' Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah website (attributed to Maktabat al-Imam Ibn al-Qayyim al-Ammah), which had already removed the chains of narration (isnads) with the exception of the primary narrator . Five printed editions were subsequently compared to establish an accurate base:
- The edition verified by Ghanim Qadduri (Dar Ammar, 1st ed., 1429 AH), which was adopted as the primary base text .
- The edition verified by Ahmad Shahatah al-Alfi (Dar al-Safa wa-al-Marwah, 1st ed., 1426 AH) .
- The edition verified by Abd al-Aziz al-Qari (Maktabat al-Dar, 1st ed., 1408 AH) .
- The edition verified by Mahmud al-Naqrashi (Maktabat al-Imam al-Bukhari) .
- The edition published by Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah under the supervision of al-Maktab al-Salafi li-Tahqiq al-Turath, with takhrij by Muhammad 'Amr Abd al-Latif .
The editorial methodology included:
- Omissions: Removing weak narrations—whether attributed directly to the Prophet ﷺ (marfu') or otherwise—and any rulings or etiquettes constructed upon them; deleting repeated narrations and superfluous authorial interjections (such as repeating "Muhammad ibn al-Husayn said"); stripping chains of transmission; and marking every deletion with an ellipsis (...) .
- Referencing (takhrij): Sourcing hadiths primarily to Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim; if absent there, to the remainder of the Six Books; then to the Nine Books; and otherwise to other compilations . Scholarly evaluations of narrations and chains were cited alongside the referencing where possible .
- Documentation: Non-prophetic reports (athar) are documented in footnotes, whereas Quranic verses are cited in brackets directly within the main text to minimize footnote bulk .
- Textual Fidelity: Preserving al-Ajurri's exact phrasing without alteration, ensuring that the remaining text represents al-Ajurri's own words verbatim .
Editorial Roles and Editions
Collation of the printed editions was carried out by Maram al-Dayil, with participation in certain phases by Amal al-Duwaysh, while Husayn al-Qahtani assisted in hadith referencing . Khalid al-Sabt supervised the project, identified sections to be excised, selected the primary base text and preferred textual variants, and reviewed the overall text, footnotes, and attributions .
The preface of the first edition was completed on 15 Ramadan 1435 AH . A second edition was prepared with corrections, additional footnote commentary, and cross-checking against Ahmad Shahatah al-Alfi's edition of the original work, dated 22 Rajab 1436 AH .
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