Sifat al-Nabi wa Ajza Ukhra - al-Diya al-Maqdisi
- Author died
- 643 AH
- Editions
- Dār Ibn Ḥazm
Sifat al-Nabi wa Ajza Ukhra (The Description of the Prophet and Other Hadith Tracts) is a compilation of specialized hadith notebooks (ajza') assembled by the Hanbali traditionist Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi (567–643 AH / 1171–1245 CE) .
Contents and Scope
The collection gathers selections (muntaqayat) that al-Diya al-Maqdisi excerpted from earlier traditionists and their transmission lines . The compilation consists of five distinct tracts:
- Selections from the Hadith of Abu Nasr al-Ukbari: Traditions transmitted by Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Ukbari (known as Ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Baqqal, d. 420 AH / 1029 CE) .
- Selections from the Hadith of Abu Bakr al-Nasibi: Narrations transmitted by Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn Khallad al-Nasibi al-Attar (d. 359 AH / 970 CE) .
- Traditions from Khaythama al-Atrabulusi: A selection from the transmissions of Khaythama ibn Sulayman al-Atrabulusi .
- Sifat al-Nabi wa Jamil Akhlaqih wa Adabih wa Basharih wa Husn Siratih fi Ummatih: A tract detailing the physical description, noble character, and conduct of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, narrated through Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Harun ibn Shu'ayb al-Ansari (266–353 AH / 880–964 CE) from his teachers, including the descriptive report of Hind ibn Abi Hala via al-Hasan ibn Ali .
- Traditions from Anbasa ibn Sa'id: Selected transmissions attributed to Anbasa ibn Sa'id al-Razi .
Transmission and Manuscript
A preserved manuscript of this compilation is held in the al-Zahiriyya Library in Damascus (under Majmu' 41, fols. 179–189) . The manuscript contains an audition note recording that it was read to al-Diya al-Maqdisi's nephew, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahim al-Maqdisi, in the year 656 AH . The manuscript originally belonged to Abu Muhammad Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Mansur al-Hilali al-Farra', who endowed it as a religious mortmain (waqf) .
Publication
The compilation was edited by Fawwaz Ahmad Zimarli and published under the title Sifat al-Nabi ﷺ wa Ajza Hadithiyya Ukhra by Dar Ibn Hazm in Beirut (first edition, 1425 AH / 2004 CE) .
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