Muntaqa Hadith Abi Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Makhlad
- Author died
- 331 AH
- Editions
- مخطوط نُشر في برنامج جوامع الكلم المجاني التابع لموقع الشبكة الإسلامية
Muntaqa Hadith Abi Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Makhlad (Selection from the Hadith of Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Makhlad) is a collection of selected Prophetic traditions and narrations transmitted by the Baghdadi hadith master Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Makhlad al-Attar (d. 331 AH / 943 CE) .
Transmission and Structure
The preserved text is designated as the second part (al-juzʾ al-thānī) of the selection from Ibn Makhlad's hadith . The transmission chain recorded in the opening passes from Ibn Makhlad to Abu Umar Abd al-Wahid ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Mahdi al-Farisi, then to Abu al-Husayn Asim ibn al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Ali, and subsequently to the reciter Abu al-Fawaris Hibat Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Sawwar . A reading certificate documented at the beginning states that the text was recited to Abu al-Fawaris Hibat Allah ibn Sawwar at his residence in the caliphal quarters (Dar al-Khilafah) in Baghdad on 9 Muharram 541 AH, following his hearing of the text from Asim ibn al-Hasan in Ramadan 481 AH .
Content and Scope
The collection contains 232 transmitted narrations, arranged sequentially with full chains of transmission tracing back through Ibn Makhlad's teachers to the Companions and the Prophet ﷺ . The contents encompass a diverse range of legal and ethical subjects, including:
- Ritual purity and prayer: Rulings on ablution (wuḍūʾ), ritual bath (ghusl), prostrations of forgetfulness (sujūd al-sahw), congregational and Friday prayers, the witr prayer, and proper conduct in mosques .
- Fasting and pilgrimage: Traditions concerning the sighting of the new moon, fasting during mid-Sha'ban and the first ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah, and the rituals of the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages .
- Ethics and merits: Sayings regarding good character, supplications, the virtues of the Prophet's companions, and various legal cases, concluding with a narration concerning legal penalties .
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