''Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān'' (صحيح ابن حبان) is a collection of

hadith Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...

by Sunni scholar Ibn Hibban. It has the distinction of being one of small number of collections intended by the respective authors to contain only authentic

. The author of this

Sahih Hadith terminology ( ar, مصطلح الحديث, muṣṭalaḥu l-ḥadīth) is the body of terminology in Islam which specifies the acceptability of the sayings (''hadith'') attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad by other early Islamic fi ...

is , from Bust in Khorasan in present-day southern

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(former name of

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province capital was bost or bust , its new name is

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). He was a prominent

Shafi'i The Shafii ( ar, شَافِعِي, translit=Shāfiʿī, also spelled Shafei) school, also known as Madhhab al-Shāfiʿī, is one of the four major traditional schools of religious law (madhhab) in the Sunnī branch of Islam. It was founded by ...

specialist and prolific author who died in 965 CE., by al-Kattani, pg. 20-1, ''Dar al-Basha'ir al-Islamiyyah'', seventh edition, 2007.

Overview

The actual name of this collection is ''al Musnad al Sahih al-Taqasim wa al-Anwa`'', however, it is commonly referred to as ''Sahih ibn Hibban''. The author utilized an innovative method in the arrangement of this work as it is not arranged in topical chapters nor is it based upon a ''musnad'' arrangement and is therefore difficult to navigate. Instead, it was arranged first by ''bab'', or chapter, and then under each chapter, by ''naw`'', or type. The book opens with a lengthy introduction. The ''Sahih'' remains in its entirety as of the late Nineteenth Century or early Twentieth Century, according to al-Kattani, who died in 1926.

Description

The book contains almost seven and a half thousand (7500)

s according to Maktaba Shamila.

Authenticity

According to al-Kattani, "it has been said that Ibn Hibban, after ibn Khuzaymah, authored the most authentic hadith collection, after ''

Sahih Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari ( ar, صحيح البخاري, translit=Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī), group=note is a ''hadith'' collection and a book of ''sunnah'' compiled by the Persian scholar Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī (810–870) around 846. Al ...

'' and ''

Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim ( ar, صحيح مسلم, translit=Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim), group=note is a 9th-century ''hadith'' collection and a book of ''sunnah'' compiled by the Persian scholar Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj (815–875). It is one of the most valued bo ...

''". However,

al-Suyuti Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti ( ar, جلال الدين السيوطي, Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī) ( 1445–1505 CE),; (Brill 2nd) or Al-Suyuti, was an Arab Egyptian polymath, Islamic scholar, historian, Sufi, and jurist. From a family of Persian or ...

spoke more definitively when saying that '' Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah'' was the most authentic collection after ''

'' and ''

'', followed by ''Sahih Ibn Hibban'' which, in turn, was more authentic than '' Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain'', making ''Sahih Ibn Hibban'' the fourth most authentic hadith collection in Suyuti's view.

Derivative Works

''Al-Ihsan'': Ali ibn Balban (d. 739/1339) rearranged the hadith chapters of ''Sahih Ibn Hibban'' according to the topics of

jurisprudence Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of the propriety of law. Scholars of jurisprudence seek to explain the nature of law in its most general form and they also seek to achieve a deeper understanding of legal reasoning ...

and published them as ''al-Ihsan fi Taqrib Sahih Ibn Hibban''. ''Mawarid al-Zam'an'' : The unique hadith it contains, those not found in either ''

'' or ''

'', are arranged in the order of

headings in the book ''Mawarid al-Zam'an ila Zawa'id Ibn Hibban'' by Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami (d. 807/1405).

Publications

The book has been published by various publishers around the globe: * '' Sahih ibn HIbban (صحيح ابن حبان)'' : Published:Dare ibn Hizm (دار ابن حزم) * '' Sahih Ibn Hibban (8 vol) صحيح ابن حبان'': Published: Dar Ibn Hazm, Beirut, 2012 *'' Sahih Ibn Hibban By Abu Hatim Muhammad Ibn Hibban'' (Arabic): Published: Dar Ibn Hazm

References

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