Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
Mukhtasar Zad al-Maad
- Author died
- 1206 AH
- Editions
- Dār al-Rayyān lil-Turāth
Mukhtasar Zad al-Maad (Mukhtaṣar Zād al-Maʿād) is an abridgment authored by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1115–1206 AH / 1703–1792 CE) summarizing Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's foundational work on prophetic biography and jurisprudence, Zad al-Ma'ad.
Content and Scope
The book is an epitomization of Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's extensive treatise, distilling its presentation of the life of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, his normative practice (hady), and his legal and practical judgments across various religious and worldly matters. The author compiled this summary to provide a concise and accessible handbook of prophetic guidance for Muslims to emulate in their daily affairs.
Manuscripts
Several manuscript copies of the work are preserved in public and private collections, including:
- A manuscript preserved at the King Fahd National Library in Riyadh, transcribed in 1197 AH.
- A copy held in the Raza Library in Rampur, India (MS 4322), consisting of 184 folios and transcribed in 1213 AH.
- A copy preserved at the Saudi Library in Dar al-Ifta (MS 48/86), containing 130 folios.
- A copy preserved at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh (MS B 7548 / 112665).
Editions and Translations
The book has been printed multiple times. Its earliest published edition was issued by al-Maktab al-Islami in Beirut in 1391 AH. It was also published in Riyadh by al-Matabi' al-Ahliyyah lil-Offset and incorporated into the fourth section of the collected writings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab issued by Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, verified and collated by Abdullah ibn Jibreen and Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Samhari.
The abridgment has also been rendered into other languages:
- Urdu: Translated by Muqtada Hasan al-Azhari and published by al-Dar al-Salafiyyah in Bombay (1978 CE) and later in Lahore (1992 CE); another Urdu translation was produced by Sa'id Ahmad Qamar al-Zaman (Riyadh, 1427 AH).
- English: Translated by Issam Diab and published jointly by Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah in Cairo and Maktabat Nur al-Sham in Damascus (1993 CE); an additional English translation without an attributed translator was published in Riyadh in 2003 CE.
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