Talkhis al-Mustadrak is an abridged version of Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain, written by Al-Dhahabi
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Hakim al-Nishaburi, is the author of Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain, who wrote it in the year 393 AH, i.e. when he was 72 years old and claimed all hadith in it where authentic according to the conditions of either Sahih Bukhari or Sahih Muslim .
It contained 9045 hadith [1].
Al-Dhahabi in his Talkhis al-Mustadrak made an abridged version (a version with omitted material of the collection where he commented on its claimed authenticity). In that version, he added his comments on 1182 hadith.
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Al-Dhahabí® in his encyclopedic Tí¢rikh al-Islam "The History of Islam" says the following in his biographical entry on al-Hí¢kim, wherein he speaks about his Mustadrak :
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The Mustadrak contains a good number 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 half the book. There is roughly another quarter of the hadí®th that have authentic chains of transmission, but that have something else about them or that have some defect. As for the rest, and that is about a fourth, they are rejected and spurious narrations that are unauthentic. Some of those are fabrications. I came to know of them when I prepared an abridgement of the Mustadrak and pointed them out |
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al-Dhahabí® says in Siyar A`lí¢m al-Nubalí¢' (17/176) :
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It is a useful book. I had made an abridgement of it that is in considerable need of work and editing. |
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On at least three other occasions, he citicised hadith he had not commented on in his Talkhí®s .
For example, when speaking about Mu`í¢wiyah b. Sí¢lih in Mí®zí¢n al-I`tidal (4/135), he writes: "He is among those narrators whom Muslim accepts but not al-Bukhí¢rí®. You can see al-Hí¢kim relating this narrator's hadí®th in his Mustadrak and say: 'This is according to the conditions of al-Bukhí¢rí®.' He repeatedly makes this mistake." However, when the same statement comes up in his Talkhí®s, he says nothing about it .
There have been many prominent scholars who have assumed that al-Dhahabí®'s silence in his Talkhí®s indicates his tacit approval of al-Hí¢kim's ruling, scholars of the caliber of Suyuti in al-Nukat al-Badí®`í¢t (197) (15th century CE), al-Maní¢wí® in Fayd al-Qadí®r, and al-Husayní® in al-Bayí¢n wa al-Ta`rí®f .
Many contemporary scholars follow this view as well, but some question that stance based on detailed arguments .
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Among its content can be found:
[] See also
List of Sunni books
[] References
- ^ Islamtoday.Com - Al-Hakim's Mustadrak & al-Dhahabí®'s Talkhis
Talkhis al-Mustadrak is an abridged version of Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain, written by Al-Dhahabi
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Hakim al-Nishaburi, is the author of Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain, who wrote it in the year 393 AH, i.e. when he was 72 years old and claimed all hadith in it where authentic according to the conditions of either Sahih Bukhari or Sahih Muslim .
It contained 9045 hadith [1].
Al-Dhahabi in his Talkhis al-Mustadrak made an abridged version (a version with omitted material of the collection where he commented on its claimed authenticity). In that version, he added his comments on 1182 hadith.
[] Views
Al-Dhahabí® in his encyclopedic Tí¢rikh al-Islam "The History of Islam" says the following in his biographical entry on al-Hí¢kim, wherein he speaks about his Mustadrak :
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The Mustadrak contains a good number 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 half the book. There is roughly another quarter of the hadí®th that have authentic chains of transmission, but that have something else about them or that have some defect. As for the rest, and that is about a fourth, they are rejected and spurious narrations that are unauthentic. Some of those are fabrications. I came to know of them when I prepared an abridgement of the Mustadrak and pointed them out |
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al-Dhahabí® says in Siyar A`lí¢m al-Nubalí¢' (17/176) :
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It is a useful book. I had made an abridgement of it that is in considerable need of work and editing. |
" |
On at least three other occasions, he citicised hadith he had not commented on in his Talkhí®s .
For example, when speaking about Mu`í¢wiyah b. Sí¢lih in Mí®zí¢n al-I`tidal (4/135), he writes: "He is among those narrators whom Muslim accepts but not al-Bukhí¢rí®. You can see al-Hí¢kim relating this narrator's hadí®th in his Mustadrak and say: 'This is according to the conditions of al-Bukhí¢rí®.' He repeatedly makes this mistake." However, when the same statement comes up in his Talkhí®s, he says nothing about it .
There have been many prominent scholars who have assumed that al-Dhahabí®'s silence in his Talkhí®s indicates his tacit approval of al-Hí¢kim's ruling, scholars of the caliber of Suyuti in al-Nukat al-Badí®`í¢t (197) (15th century CE), al-Maní¢wí® in Fayd al-Qadí®r, and al-Husayní® in al-Bayí¢n wa al-Ta`rí®f .
Many contemporary scholars follow this view as well, but some question that stance based on detailed arguments .
[] Content
Among its content can be found:
[] See also
List of Sunni books
[] References
- ^ Islamtoday.Com - Al-Hakim's Mustadrak & al-Dhahabí®'s Talkhis