Majma al-Zawa'id

''Majmu' al-Zawa'id wa Manba' al-Fawa'id'' ( ar, مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد) is a secondary Sunni hadith collection written by Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami (1335–1404 CE/735–807 AH). It compiles the 'unique' hadith of earlier primary collections.

Description

Al-Zawa'id

As the Centuries passed, some authors began to compile secondary collections of hadith derived from the primary collections – those with isnads connecting those hadith they contain to their sources. One method of composition of these works was ''al-zawa'id'', the extraction of any 'unique' hadith found in one collection but not in another. Most commonly, the hadith 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.

Majmu al-Zawa'id

''Majma al-Zawa'id'' is a prominent example of the ''al-zawa'id'' methodology of hadith compilation. It contains hadith extracted from ''Musnad'' of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, 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 hadith gathered by al-Haythami are those not found in the six canonical hadith collections: ''Sahih Bukhari'', ''Sahih Muslim'', ''Sunan al-Sughra'', ''Sunan Abu Dawood'', ''Sunan al-Tirmidhi'' and '' Sunan Ibn Majah''.

It is considered secondary because it was collected from previous hadith collections and does not include the ''isnad'' of the hadith. 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 jurisprudence. The author provides commentary on the authenticity of each hadith 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 hadith 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 Cairo 1352–1353 AH/1933-1934 CE.
* Printed by ''Mu'assash al-Ma'arif'' in Beirut in 1986 in a total of 10 sections in 5 volumes – 2 sections per volume. It includes the editing of al-'Iraqi and Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani.

References

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Sunni literature
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