''Majmu' al-Zawa'id wa Manba' al-Fawa'id'' () is a secondary

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collection written by Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami (1335–1404 CE/735–807 AH). It compiles the 'unique'

of earlier primary collections.

Description

Al-Zawa'id

As the Centuries passed, some authors began to compile secondary collections of

derived from the primary collections – those with isnads connecting those

they contain to their sources. One method of composition of these works was ''al-zawa'id'', the extraction of any 'unique'

found in one collection but not in another. Most commonly, the

of one collection would be extracted that were not found in six canonical hadith collections.''Buhuth fi Tarikh al-Sunnah al-Musharrafah'', by Diya Ikram al-'Umari, pg. 366–7, ''Maktabah al-'Ulum wa al-Hikam'', Madinah, Saudi Arabia, fifth edition, 1994.

Majma al-Zawa'id

''Majma al-Zawa'id'' is a prominent example of the ''al-zawa'id'' methodology of hadith compilation. It contains 18,776 hadiths extracted from ''Musnad'' of

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, the ''Musnad'' by Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili, the ''Musnad'' of Abu Bakr al-Bazzar, and three of al-Tabarani's collections: ''Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir'', ''Al-Mu'jam Al-Awsat'' and ''Al-Mu'jam As-Saghir''. The

gathered by al-Haythami are those not found in the six canonical hadith collections: ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Sunan al-Sughra ''Sunan al-Sughra'' (), also known as ''Sunan al-Nasa'i'' (), is one of the Kutub al-Sittah (six major hadith collections), and was collected by al-Nasa'i (214 – 303 AH; c. 829 – 915 CE). Description Sunnis regard this collection as the t ...

'', '' Sunan Abu Dawood'', ''

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'' and '' Sunan Ibn Majah''.” It is considered secondary because it was collected from previous

collections and does not include the ''isnad'' of the

. In spite of the fact that its source books are primarily arranged as ''musnads'', ''Majma' al-Zawa'id'' is arranged in the manner of a ''sunan'' collection – by topical chapter titles relating to

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. The author provides commentary on the authenticity of each

and evaluates some of the narrators.''al-Risalah al-Mustatrafah'', by al-Kattani, pg. 171–2, ''Dar al-Basha'ir al-Islamiyyah'', seventh edition, 2007. He is, however, considered to have been somewhat lenient in his rulings upon the

he graded.

Praise

Al-Kattani described ''al-Majma al-Zawa'id'' as being "from the most beneficial books of hadith, or rather, there is no book comparable to it and an equivalent has yet to be authored."

Origins

''Majma al-Zawa'id'' combines several earlier works of the author. Those works are: # ''Ghayah al-Maqsad fi Zawa'id al-Musnad'': the ''zawa'id'' of ''Musnad Ahmad'', a subject suggested to him by his teacher, Abd al-Rahim ibn al-Husain al-'Iraqi; # ''Al-Bahr al-Zakhkhar fi Zawa'id Musnad al-Bazzar'': the ''zawa'id'' of the ''Musnad'' of al-Bazzar; # The ''zawa'id'' of the ''Musnad'' of Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili; # ''Al-Badr al-Munir fi Zawa'id al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer'': the ''zawa'id'' of al-Tabarani's ''Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir''; # ''Majma al-Bahrain fi Zawa'id al-Mu'jamain'': the ''zawa'id'' of al-Tabarani's ''al-Mu'jam al-Awsat'' and ''al-Mu'jam al-Saghir''.

Published editions

* Printed in

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1352–1353 AH/1933-1934 CE. * Printed by ''Mu'assash al-Ma'arif'' in

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in 1986 in a total of 10 sections in 5 volumes – 2 sections per volume. It includes the editing of al-'Iraqi and

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References

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