Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain or Mustadrak al-Hakim (Arabic: المستدرك على الصØÙŠØين Al-Mustadrak 'ala al-Sahí®hayn) is a five volume hadith collection written by Hakim al-Nishaburi d. 405H.
[] History
He wrote it in the year 393 AH (1002-1003 CE), i.e. when he was 72 years old. It contained 9045 hadith [1]. He claimed all hadith in it were authentic according to the conditions of either Sahih Bukhari or Sahih Muslim or both [2]
[] Views
[] Sunni view
The statement of authenticity was not accepted by a number of prominent later Sunni scholars.
- Al-Dhahabi, a 14th century Sunni Shafi'i Islamic scholar made an abridged version of the collection named Talkhis al-Mustadrak where he commented on its authenticity. It has become the habit of scholars today working in the field of hadí®th, when compiling them and determining their authenticity, to say things like "It is authenticated by al-Hí¢kim and al-Dhahabí® concurs". In doing so, they are referring to al-Dhahabi's Talkhí®s, his abridgement of the Mustadrak that is often published along with it in its margins. [3].
Dhahabi also wrote [4]:
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The Mustadrak contains a lot of hadí®th that conform to the conditions of authenticity of both (al-Bukhí¢rí® and Muslim) as well as a number of hadí®th conforming to the conditions of either one of them. Perhaps the total number of such hadí®th comprises a third of the book or less. A lot of the book is hadí®th that appear on the surface to be on the conditions of one or both of them, but that have hidden within them subtle but substantial defects. A portion of the book contains chains of transmission that are good and acceptable. This is about a fourth of the book. The rest of the book is rejected and extremely strange hadí®th. At the same time, there are about one hundred hadí®th that the heart declares to be false... |
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adh-Dhahabi lamented:
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It would have been better if al-Hakim had never compiled it."[5] |
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[] Content
Among its content can be found:
[] See also
List of Sunni books
[] References
- ^ These figures are taken from the editorial introduction of Ibn al-Mulaqqin's Mukhtasar Istidrí¢k al-Dhahabí®, 8-9 [1]
- ^ Major Collections of Hadith
- ^ Islamtoday.Com - Al-Hakim's Mustadrak & al-Dhahabí®'s Talkhis
- ^ in his biographical encyclopedia entitled Siyar A`lí¢m al-Nubalí¢' "Biographies of Outstanding Personalities" [2]
- ^ Al-Hakim Al-Naysaburi
- ^ stated in al-Qawl al-Musaddad fil-Dhabb `an Musnad al-Imam Ahmad (published by Shaykh Ahmad Shakir in his edition of the Musnad) [3]
Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain or Mustadrak al-Hakim (Arabic: المستدرك على الصØÙŠØين Al-Mustadrak 'ala al-Sahí®hayn) is a five volume hadith collection written by Hakim al-Nishaburi d. 405H.
[] History
He wrote it in the year 393 AH (1002-1003 CE), i.e. when he was 72 years old. It contained 9045 hadith [1]. He claimed all hadith in it were authentic according to the conditions of either Sahih Bukhari or Sahih Muslim or both [2]
[] Views
[] Sunni view
The statement of authenticity was not accepted by a number of prominent later Sunni scholars.
- Al-Dhahabi, a 14th century Sunni Shafi'i Islamic scholar made an abridged version of the collection named Talkhis al-Mustadrak where he commented on its authenticity. It has become the habit of scholars today working in the field of hadí®th, when compiling them and determining their authenticity, to say things like "It is authenticated by al-Hí¢kim and al-Dhahabí® concurs". In doing so, they are referring to al-Dhahabi's Talkhí®s, his abridgement of the Mustadrak that is often published along with it in its margins. [3].
Dhahabi also wrote [4]:
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The Mustadrak contains a lot of hadí®th that conform to the conditions of authenticity of both (al-Bukhí¢rí® and Muslim) as well as a number of hadí®th conforming to the conditions of either one of them. Perhaps the total number of such hadí®th comprises a third of the book or less. A lot of the book is hadí®th that appear on the surface to be on the conditions of one or both of them, but that have hidden within them subtle but substantial defects. A portion of the book contains chains of transmission that are good and acceptable. This is about a fourth of the book. The rest of the book is rejected and extremely strange hadí®th. At the same time, there are about one hundred hadí®th that the heart declares to be false... |
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adh-Dhahabi lamented:
| " |
It would have been better if al-Hakim had never compiled it."[5] |
" |
[] Content
Among its content can be found:
[] See also
List of Sunni books
[] References
- ^ These figures are taken from the editorial introduction of Ibn al-Mulaqqin's Mukhtasar Istidrí¢k al-Dhahabí®, 8-9 [1]
- ^ Major Collections of Hadith
- ^ Islamtoday.Com - Al-Hakim's Mustadrak & al-Dhahabí®'s Talkhis
- ^ in his biographical encyclopedia entitled Siyar A`lí¢m al-Nubalí¢' "Biographies of Outstanding Personalities" [2]
- ^ Al-Hakim Al-Naysaburi
- ^ stated in al-Qawl al-Musaddad fil-Dhabb `an Musnad al-Imam Ahmad (published by Shaykh Ahmad Shakir in his edition of the Musnad) [3]
