Category Archives: Hadith

At the request of those who were interested, here is a link to the most recent edited copy of Shaykh Zakariyya’s famed commentary on Imam Malik’s Muwatta. This edition, slightly marred by a few typographical errors, is a vast improvement from the last Beiruti edition published by the infamous Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah. The tahqiq ofContinueContinue reading “Awjaz al-Masalik ila Muwatta Malik by Shaykh al-Hadith Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhalawi”

Further to my earlier post on the commentaries of the Sahihain, this is a synopsis of an article by Shaykh Dr. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim ibn Ubaid (Professor of Hadith Sciences at Jamia Umm al-Qura, Makka) that was published in the Umm al-Qura Journal. The essay was titled: riwaayat wa nusakh al-Jami as-Sahih lil-Imam AbiContinueContinue reading “The Narrations and Copies of Sahih al-Bukhari”

I stumbled upon these in my archives and thought they might be beneficial to someone. Of course, the lists are not exhaustive. شروح صحيح مسلم شروح صحيح البخاري

In 1311 AH/1893 CE, Sultān ʿAbdul Ḥamīd II [RA] issued an imperial decree to prepare the most critically evaluated edition of the second most authentic book after Kitābullāh. It specified that the copy of Hāfiẓ al-Yūnīnī – the most relied upon copy of the Ṣaḥīḥ of the later scholars – should be used as theContinueContinue reading “The Most Accurate Edition of Sahih al-Bukhari”