Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayth kana fi al-Ha'it - al-Diya al-Maqdisi

Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayth kana fi al-Ha'it (Arabic: طرق حديث النبي حيث كان في الحائط, lit. 'The Transmission Paths of the Hadith of the Prophet When He Was in the Garden') is a specialized hadith monograph compiled by the Hanbali traditionist Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi (d. 643 AH / 1245 CE) Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1. The work gathers the various transmission routes and related reports of the narrative in which the Prophet ﷺ sat inside an enclosed garden in Medina and gave glad tidings of Paradise to Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1.

Subject Matter and Scope

The title of the tract is recorded in manuscripts as Turuq Hadith al-Nabi (alayhi al-salam) hayth kana fi al-Ha'it wa-ma fi ma'nah (The Transmission Paths of the Hadith of the Prophet When He Was in the Garden and What is in Its Meaning) Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1. Its primary subject is the well-known hadith concerning the Prophet's ﷺ entrance into a walled garden (ḥāʾiṭ) or orchard (ḥushsh) in Medina, accompanied by a companion guarding the gate Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1. As Abu Bakr and Umar successively requested entry, the Prophet ﷺ instructed that they be admitted and given the glad tidings of Paradise Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1. When Uthman requested entry, the Prophet ﷺ commanded that he be admitted and given the glad tidings of Paradise alongside a severe trial that would afflict him Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1. The work also incorporates related reports sharing this theme, such as prophecies regarding the caliphate and reports announcing the entry of specific Companions into Paradise, including Ali ibn Abi Talib Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1.

Structure and Method

Al-Diya al-Maqdisi arranged the tract by organizing the transmission paths according to the Companions who narrated the event Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1. The text explicitly outlines narrations from ten Companions:

• Bilal ibn Rabah Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1
• Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (Abdullah ibn Qays) Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1
• Abdullah ibn Amr Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1
• Abdullah ibn Umar Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1
• Anas ibn Malik Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1
• Abu Hurayra Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1
• Zayd ibn Arqam Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1
• Abdullah ibn Mas'ud Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1
• Jabir ibn Abd Allah Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1
• Abu Mas'ud Uqba ibn Amr Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1

Al-Diya transmits each report through his own chains of audition, collected from teachers in cities such as Isfahan and Baghdad Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1. Throughout the compilation, he offers critical commentary on textual differences (matn) and chains (isnād), comparing variants to the canonical collections of al-Bukhari, Abu Dawud, al-Nasa'i, and Ahmad ibn Hanbal Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt…+1. He also notes potential scribal confusions between similar chains, such as distinguishing the narrations of Abdullah ibn Amr from those attributed to Abdullah ibn Umar Turuq Hadith al-Nabi hayt….

Manuscripts

An original manuscript of the treatise, penned in the handwriting of al-Diya al-Maqdisi himself, is preserved in the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus within the Umariyya collections (Majmu' 82, folios 191–197) Diwan al-Sunna - Qism al-…+1. Copies and microfilms of the manuscript are also cataloged in other institutions, including the Central Library in Mecca and the Islamic University of Madinah Khizanat al-Turath - Fihr….