Mishkat al-Masabih (Arabic: مشكاة المصابيح, romanizedMishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ, lit.'Niche of Lanterns') by Walī ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Khaṭīb at-Tibrīzī (d.1248) is an expanded and revised version of al-Baghawī's Maṣābīḥ as-Sunnah.[3] Khaṭīb at-Tibrīzī rendered this version of the original text more accessible to those not having an advanced knowledge of the science of hadith.

Mishkat al-Masabih
AuthorMuḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh Khaṭīb al-Tibrīzī[1][2]
Original titleمشكاة المصابيح
LanguageArabic
SubjectHadith
GenreHadith collection

Description

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It contains 5945 aḥādīth divided into 29 chapters[3] and is considered to be an important collection of aḥādīth by Sunni Islamic scholars. An example of a hadith from Mishkat al-Masabih is as follows: "He is not a perfect believer, who goes to bed full and knows that his neighbour is hungry."[4]

Differences from al-Baghawī's Maṣābīḥ as-Sunnah

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Imām at-Tibrīzī added 1511 aḥādīth to the total of 4434 aḥādīth already in Maṣābīḥ as-Sunnah. Al-Baghawī classified many aḥādīth as authentic to which other scholars did not agree at times. At-Tibrīzī expounded on the classifications that al-Baghawī placed on the aḥādīth and re-classified many of them. He also added a third section to Masabih al-Sunnah, which was already divided in two parts by al-Baghawī. This section consisted of narrations that he felt fit into the chapter and provided further clarification. Al-Baghawī did not mention the isnad of the aḥādīth he collected whereas at-Tibrīzī mentions the source from which the aḥādīth can originally be found - making the text more reliable. [3]

Commentaries

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Many commentaries on the book have been written and published worldwide.

  • Al-Taleeq al-Sabeeh ala Mishkat al-Masabih by Idris Kandhlawi
  • Commentary of Husayn ibn `Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Tibi
  • Mirqat al Mafatih Sharh Mishkat al-masabih is a multi-volume work, authored by 17th century Islamic scholar Mulla Ali al-Qari
  • Mirat ul Manajih Sharh Mishkat al-Masabih is an Urdu explanation authored by Mufti Ahmad Yaar Khan Naeemi
  • Midrajul Fawatih Sharh Miskhat al-Masabih authored in Bahasa Malaysia by Maulana Hasnul Hizam Hamzah

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Khaṭīb al-Tibrīzī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh active 1337". WorldCat Identities. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  2. ^ Congress, The Library of. "Khaṭīb al-Tibrīzī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, active 1337 - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ: The Criticism of Some of its Narrations". THE HADITH DISCIPLE. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ^ Mishkat Al-Masabih 2/424.
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