C – Hadith Booklets (1)

1 – A booklet devoted to the ḥadiths that speak of the Mahdī. Ibn Kathīr mentions it in al-Bidāya wa-l-Nihāya (6/368) and in al-Nihāya (1/30).

2 – A booklet on the ḥadith of Kaffārat al-Majlis (the supplication that expiates the lapses of a gathering). He refers to it in al-Bidāya wa-l-Nihāya (11/272), within the biography of Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj (d. 261 AH).

3 – A booklet on the merit of the Day of ʿArafah. Ibn Kathīr cites it in Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-ʿAẓīm (1/430) when commenting on verse 199 of Sūrat al-Baqarah: “Then depart from where the people depart and seek Allah’s forgiveness; indeed Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”

4 – A booklet on invoking blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ during the tashahhud. Ibn Kathīr mentions it in Manāqib al-Shāfiʿī, among the legal questions in which Imām al-Shāfiʿī stands alone, noting that according to him it is obligatory (p. 86). That material is drawn from Ṭabaqāt al-Shāfiʿiyyah.

5 – A booklet compiling the ḥadiths concerning the killing of dogs. He alludes to it in al-Bidāya wa-l-Nihāya (16/343) when commenting on the deputy-governor’s order to cull the dogs in 749 AH, after the plague had spread in Greater Syria.

6 – A booklet on the Middle Prayer. He mentions it in Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-ʿAẓīm (1/294) while explaining the verse, “Maintain the prayers, and the middle prayer” (al-Baqarah 2:238).

7 – A booklet on what the parents inherit when the deceased leaves siblings. Ibn Kathīr cites it in his Tafsīr (1/459) while elucidating the verse, “Allah instructs you concerning your children… but if he has siblings, the mother receives one-sixth…” (al-Nisāʾ 4:11).

8 – A booklet refuting the ḥadith of as-Sijill. He refers to it in Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-ʿAẓīm (3/200) under the verse, “On the Day We roll up the heavens like a scroll for records” (al-Anbiyāʾ 21:104).

9 – A booklet on the ḥadith of the Trumpet. Ibn Kathīr cites it in Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-ʿAẓīm (2/146) when commenting on the verse, “On the Day when the Trumpet is blown” (al-Anʿām 6:73), and in al-Nihāya, in the section on trials and portents (17/180).

10 – A booklet on the ruling regarding an animal slaughtered without pronouncing the name of Allah over it. He mentions it in Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-ʿAẓīm (2/170) while explaining the verse, “Do not eat of that over which the name of Allah has not been pronounced” (al-Anʿām 6:121).