Tuhfat al-Siddiq fi Fadail Abi Bakr al-Siddiq
- Author died
- 739 AH
- Editions
- Maktabat Dār al-Turāth
Tuhfat al-Siddiq fi Fadail Abi Bakr al-Siddiq (The Gift of the Truthful on the Virtues of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq) is a biographical hadith treatise on the virtues and merits of the first Rashidun caliph, Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, authored by the Hanafi jurist and traditionist al-Amir Ibn Balban al-Farisi (675–739 AH / 1276–1339 CE) .
Authorship and Attribution
The work was composed by 'Ala' al-Din Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn Balban ibn 'Abd Allah al-Farisi al-Misri al-Hanafi, known as al-Amir Ibn Balban (d. 739 AH / 1339 CE), who resided and died in Cairo . In some modern bibliographical listings, the authorship has alternatively been attributed to Abu al-Qasim 'Ali ibn Balban al-Maqdisi (d. 684 AH / 1285 CE) .
Content and Method
The treatise focuses on compiling prophetic traditions and narrations highlighting the excellence, standing, and virtues (fada'il) of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq . The author transmits hadiths through earlier hadith collections and parts, such as the Juz' of al-Hasan ibn 'Arafa, and includes his own critical observations regarding chains of transmission and specific narrators .
Publication
The book was edited and annotated by Muhyi al-Din Mastu and published in a single volume by Dar Ibn Kathir in Damascus and Beirut in conjunction with Maktabat Dar al-Turath in Medina (first edition, 1408 AH / 1988 CE) .
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