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Al-Sakhawi

Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Sakhāwī (, 1428/831 AH – 1497/902 AH) was a Shafi‘i Muslim hadith scholar and historian who was born in Cairo. Al-Sakhawi refers to the village of Sakha in Egypt, where his relatives belonged. He was a prolific writer that excelled in the knowledge of hadith, tafsir, literature, and history. His work was also anthropological. For example, in Egypt he recorded the marital history of 500 women, the largest sample on marriage in the Middle Ages, and found that at least a third of all women in the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and the Bilad al-Sham married more than once, with many marrying three or more times. According to al-Sakhawi, as many as three out of ten marriages in 15th century Cairo ended in divorce. His proficiency in hadith has its influences trace back heavily on his Shaykh al-Hafiz, ibn Hajar al-`Asqalani. He died in Medina.

Works

About Hadith

  • Al-Jawāhir al-Mukallalah fÄ« al-AḥādÄ«th al-Musalsalah (The Crowned Jewels in the Narrated Chains of Prophetic Traditions)
  • Al-Ghāyah fÄ« Sharḥ al-Hidāyah fÄ« Ê¿Ilm al-Riwāyah li-Ibn al-JazarÄ« (The Ultimate Guide in the Explanation of Al-Hidayah in the Science of Narration by Ibn al-Jazari)
  • Sharḥ al-TaqrÄ«b wa al-TaysÄ«r li-MaÊ¿rifat al-BashÄ«r wa al-NadhÄ«r lil-NawawÄ« (Explanation of Al-Taqrib and Al-Taysir for Knowing the Bearer of Glad Tidings and Warnings by Al-Nawawi)
  • Sharḥ al-Shamāʾil al-Nabawiyyah li-Al-TirmidhÄ« (Commentary on Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya by Al-Tirmidhi)
  • Al-Tuḥfah al-ManÄ«fah fÄ«mā WaqaÊ¿a min ḤadÄ«th AbÄ« ḤanÄ«fah (The Glorious Gift Regarding the Hadiths Attributed to Abu Hanifa)
  • Al-Tawḍīḥ al-Abhar li-Tadhkirat Ibn al-Mulaqqin fÄ« Ê¿Ilm al-Athar (The Clear Elucidation of Ibn al-Mulaqqin’s Treatise on the Science of Prophetic Traditions)
  • Fatḥ al-MughÄ«th bi-Sharḥ Alfiyyat al-ḤadÄ«th (The Enlightening Opening: Commentary on the Thousand Verses on Hadith), a monumental commentary on Alfiyya of al-Iraqi by Zain al-Din al-Iraqi.
  • Al-Qawl al-BadÄ«Ê¿ fÄ« Faḍl al-á¹¢alāh Ê¿alā al-ḤabÄ«b al-ShafÄ«Ê¿ (The Radiant Discourse on the Virtue of Sending Blessings upon the Prophet)
  • Al-Maqāṣid al-Ḥasanah fÄ« al-AḥādÄ«th al-Mushtahirah Ê¿alā al-Alsinah (The Noble Objectives Regarding Widely Known Hadiths)

About History and Biographies

  • Al-Ḍawʾ al-LāmiÊ¿ fÄ« AÊ¿yān al-Qarn al-TāsiÊ¿ (The Radiant Light on the Notables of the Ninth Century)
  • Al-Tibr al-MasbÅ«k fÄ« Dhayl al-SulÅ«k (The Cast Gold: A Supplement to "Al-Suluk" by Al-Maqrizi)
  • BuÄ¡yat al-Ê¿Ulamāʾ wa al-Ruwāt fÄ« Akhbār al-Quḍāt
  • Al-IÊ¿lān bi al-TawbÄ«kh li-man Dhamm Ahl al-TawārÄ«kh (The Announcement of Rebuke to Those Who Condemn Historians)
  • Al-Jawāhir wa al-Durar fÄ« Tarjamat Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Ḥajar (The Jewels and Pearls: A Biography of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Hajar)

Others

  • Al-Tuhfah al-latifah fi Tarikh al-Madinah al-Sharifah (التحفة اللطيفة في تاريخ المدينة الشريفة): About Madinah al-Munawwara.
  • Ashratu Sa'ah (Signs of the Day of Judgment) – which has been recently reprinted with 'Tahqiq' by Muhammad al-'Aqeel.
  • Al-riḥlah al-ḤalabÄ«yah wa tarājimihā (الرحلة الحلبية وتراجمها)
  • Al-riḥlah al-MakkÄ«yah (الرحلة المكية)
  • Al-riḥlah al-SakandarÄ«yah (الرحلة السكندرية)
  • Al-baladaniyat al-Ê»alÄ«yāt (البلدنيات العليات): A book where he recorded the names of 80 towns he visited and took knowledge from its scholars.
  • Bughyat al-rāwÄ« bi-man akhadha Ê»anhu al-Sakhawi (بغية الراوي بمن أخذ عنه السخاوي) or Al-imtinān bi-shuyÅ«kh Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Rahman (الامتنان بشيوخ محمد بن عبد الرحمن): A dictionary that lists the names of all his teachers.

See also

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