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Fath al-Mughith: Commentary on the Alfiyya of Hadith

By Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi

فتح المغيث بشرح ألفية الحديث

Al-Sakhawi's commentary on al-Iraqi's Alfiyya on the sciences of hadith; Ibn al-Imad says no more comprehensive or more exacting treatment is known to the careful reader 1.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Egypt & Nile

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Authored by
Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi

People and things also explored

Death of the hafiz al-Sakhawi in Medina, buried in al-Baqi', 28 Sha'ban 902/1497· Al-Sakhawi's hajj of 896 and final settling in Medina, 1491· Al-Sakhawi's first pilgrimage by sea with his mother and family, 870/1466· Al-Sakhawi first hears hadith from Ibn Hajar, by night with his father, 838/1434· Al-Sakhawi's hajj of 875 and two-year sojourn in the holy cities, 1471· Al-Sakhawi's hajj of 892 and second long sojourn, 1487· Al-Sakhawi joins Ibn Hajar's dictation circle, 846/1442 until the master's death· Al-Sakhawi's Syrian rihla: Aleppo, Damascus, Jerusalem, c. 873

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 432
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Death of the hafiz al-Sakhawi in Medina, buried in al-Baqi', 28 Sha'ban 902/1497

Al-Sakhawi died in Medina on Sunday 28 Sha'ban 902 (c. 1 May 1497); the funeral prayer was held after the dawn prayer on the Monday, his bier was stood facing the Prophetic Chamber, and he was buried in al-Baqi' beside the shrine of Imam Malik — 'he left no one like him', wrote Ibn al-Imad. With him the science of jarh wa-ta'dil reached its end: none after al-Dhahabi had walked his path, it was said.