Takhrij Musajala Ilmiyya
- Author died
- 1420 AH
- Editions
- al-Maktab al-Islāmī
Takhrij Musajala Ilmiyya (Arabic: تخريج مساجلة علمية, also published as Musajala Ilmiyya bayna al-Imamayn al-Jalilayn al-Izz ibn Abd al-Salam wa-Ibn al-Salah hawla Salat al-Ragha'ib al-Mubtada'a) is a critical edition and hadith extraction by Nasir al-Din al-Albani (d. 1420 AH / 1999 CE), edited jointly with Zuhayr al-Shawish, of a classical scholarly debate concerning the prayer known as Salat al-Ragha'ib.
Subject and Scope
The work compiles a 7th-century AH scholastic exchange between al-Izz ibn Abd al-Salam and Ibn al-Salah regarding the legal status of Salat al-Ragha'ib, an innovated twelve-rak'ah prayer performed on the first Friday night of Rajab. The collection includes:
- Al-Izz ibn Abd al-Salam's opening treatise, al-Targhib 'an Salat al-Ragha'ib al-Mawdu'a wa-Bayan ma Fiha min Mukhalafat al-Sunan al-Mashru'a ("Dissuading from the Fabricated Ragha'ib Prayer and Clarifying its Contradiction of Prescribed Traditions"), in which he declared the prayer an unlawful religious innovation based on a fabricated narration and argued that performing it misleads the public.
- Ibn al-Salah's response, in which he defended and permitted the prayer despite acknowledging that the specific hadith narrated regarding its virtues was baseless and fabricated.
- Al-Izz ibn Abd al-Salam's subsequent treatise refuting Ibn al-Salah's counterarguments (Risala fi Tafnid Radd Ibn al-Salah), alongside other related legal responsa.
Method and Hadith Verification
Al-Albani provided hadith verification (takhrij), textual editing (tahqiq), and commentary (ta'liq) on the texts. He documented the narrations cited by both disputants and provided authentication grades for them, grading the foundational hadith detailing the specific descriptions and rewards of Salat al-Ragha'ib as weak/fabricated (da'if), while evaluating the various supporting prophetic reports as authentic (sahih), sound (hasan), or weak.
Publication History
The work was published by al-Maktab al-Islami in Beirut and Damascus. Its initial print appeared in 1380 AH, followed by a second edition in 1405 AH (1984/1985 CE), and a third edition in 1423 AH (2002 CE) comprising 112 pages in medium octavo format.
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