Tahrim al-Qatl wa Tazimuhu
- Author died
- 600 AH
- Editions
- Maktabat Dār Ibn Ḥazm lil-Nashr wa-al-Tawzī‘
Tahrim al-Qatl wa Tazimuhu (The Prohibition and Enormity of Killing) is a hadith treatise by the Hanbali scholar Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi (d. 600 AH / 1203 CE) addressing the prohibition and gravity of unlawful homicide .
Subject and Content
The treatise is classified among the classical monographs dedicated to offenses, homicides, and penal limits (al-jinayat wa-l-hudud) . In it, al-Maqdisi compiles prophetic hadiths and transmitted reports detailing the sacred sanctity of human life, the severity of the sin of unlawful killing, and the eschatological accounting of murder on the Day of Resurrection, including narrations transmitted via chains originating from earlier authorities such as al-Tabarani .
Manuscripts and Publication
Manuscript copies of the treatise include a holding in the Central Library in Mecca (shelf mark 717/5) and a microfilmed copy preserved in the Manuscripts Department of the Islamic University of Madinah (no. 5040/26) .
The book was edited by Abu Abd Allah Ammar ibn Sa'id Tamalat al-Jaza'iri and published by Dar Ibn Hazm in Riyadh in 1420 AH / 1999 CE .
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