
He added a third section with 1511 ahadith relating to traditions about the Companions ( Sahabah) and successors ( tabi’un). The Masabih was later refined and expanded by Imam at-Tibrizi (Shafi’i madhhab) under the name Mishkat al-Masabih (lit. Scholars criticized his work because he not only omitted the chain of narrators but also included many sahih narrations under the hasan section and many da’eef narrations as well under either of the two sections. The ahadith were categorized into two sections: a) the authentic ( Sahih) that included those narrated by both or one of Al-Bukhari and Muslim b) the good ( Hasan) contained what is narrated by the four compilers of Sunan, in addition to Ad-Darimi, Ahmad, Al -Baihaqi and others, at the same time pointing out the weak ( da’eef) and strange ( gharib) ahadith therein. It only included the hadith matn (text) without any mention to sanad (chain of narration), sihhah (soundness), or marja’ (source). the lamps of Sunnah) is a hadith collection compiled by Imam al-Baghawi (Shafi’i madhhab). Have you heard of that hadith collection – Mishkat al masabih? Is it looked down upon? Should I avoid it?Īssalamu ‘laikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh,Īll praise and thanks are due to Allah ( سبحانه و تعالى), and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger ( صلى الله عليه و سلم).įirst of all, we implore Allah ( سبحانه و تعالى) to help us serve His cause and render our work for His sake. Many commentaries on the book have been written and published worldwide.Question # 479: As salam aleykoum. 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. This section consisted of narrations that he felt fit into the chapter and provided further clarification. He also added a third section to Masabih al-Sunnah, which was already divided in two parts by al-Baghawī. At-Tibrīzī expounded on the classifications that al-Baghawī placed on the aḥādīth and re-classified many of them. Al-Baghawī classified many aḥādīth as authentic to which other scholars did not agree at times. Imām at-Tibrīzī added 1511 aḥādīth to the total of 4434 aḥādīth already in Maṣābīḥ as-Sunnah. 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." Differences from al-Baghawī's Maṣābīḥ as-Sunnah It contains 5945 aḥādīth divided into 29 chapters and is considered to be an important collection of aḥādīth by Sunni Islamic scholars. Khaṭīb at-Tibrīzī rendered this version of the original text more accessible to those not having an advanced knowledge of the science of hadith. Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ ( Arabic: مشكاة المصابيح, lit.'The 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.
