Nuzhat al-Nazar fi Tawdih Nukhbat al-Fikar - Tahqiq al-Qasim - Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani - (141)

Nuzhat al-Nazar fi Tawdih Nukhbat al-Fikar - Tahqiq al-QasimIbn Hajar Al-Asqalani

Among the various forms of the muʿallaq are the following:

• That the entire ⦗1⦘ isnad is dropped and one ⦗2⦘ simply states, for example, “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said….”

• That everything is omitted except the Companion; or that nothing remains except ⦗3⦘ the Successor together with ⦗4⦘ the Companion.

• That the compiler omits the person who related the report to him and attributes it to someone ⦗5⦘ higher in the chain. If that higher transmitter is one of the compiler’s own teachers, ⦗6⦘ the scholars have differed: is this to be called a taʿlīq or ⦗7⦘ not?

The sound view in ⦗8⦘ this matter is to differentiate: if, by explicit statement or by careful comparison, it is known that the compiler was guilty of tadlīs, the report is ruled accordingly; otherwise it is treated as a taʿlīq.

The muʿallaq has been placed ⦗9⦘ among the rejected ⦗10⦘ categories only because the status of the omitted narrator is unknown. Yet ⦗11⦘ it may be judged authentic once he becomes known—namely, when the same report appears with that narrator ⦗12⦘ named through another route.

(1) In MS B the word jamiʿa (“all”) appears in the accusative; the reading adopted here follows MSS D and K. (2) MSS B and D read yuqalu (“it is said”) in the indicative; the text followed here is that of MSS J and K. (3) The particle illa (“except”) is absent from MSS J and K. (4) MS H has “al-sahabi wa-l-tabiʿi” (“the Companion and the Successor”) with the two words reversed in order. (5) MS A adds the word kana (“was”); MSS W and Z add huwa (“he”). (6) MS H reads al-mudif (“the host”), a scribal error. (7) MSS B and T have am (“or”). (8) MS A adds the preposition min (“of / from”). (9) MS B has al-taʿliq (“suspension”) in the accusative; the preferred reading follows MS D. (10) MS A adds taqsim (“classification”). (11) MS A adds wa qila (“and it was said”). (12) MS A reads summiya (“was named”) instead of yajiʾu musamman (“comes designated”).

وَمِنْ صُوَرِ المُعَلَّقِ: أَنْ يُحْذَفَ جَمِيعُ (١) السَّنَدِ، وَيُقَالَ (٢) مَثَلاً: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ. وَمِنْهَا: أَنْ يُحْذَفَ إِلَّا الصَّحَابِيَّ، أَوْ إِلَّا (٣) التَّابِعِيَّ وَالصَّحَابِيَّ (٤) مَعاً. وَمِنْهَا: أَنْ يَحْذِفَ مَنْ حَدَّثَهُ وَيُضِيفَهُ إِلَى مَنْ (٥) فَوْقَهُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ مَنْ فَوْقَهُ شَيْخاً لِذَلِكَ المُصَنِّفِ (٦)؛ فَقَدِ اخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ: هَلْ يُسَمَّى تَعْلِيقاً أَوْ (٧) لَا؟ وَالصَّحِيحُ فِي (٨) هَذَا: التَّفْصِيلُ: فَإِنْ عُرِفَ بِالنَّصِّ أَوِ الِاسْتِقْرَاءِ أَنَّ فَاعِلَ ذَلِكَ مُدَلِّسٌ؛ قُضِيَ بِهِ، وَإِلَّا فَتَعْلِيقٌ. وَإِنَّمَا ذُكِرَ التَّعْلِيقُ (٩) فِي قِسْمِ (١٠) المَرْدُودِ؛ لِلْجَهْلِ بِحَالِ المَحْذُوفِ، وَقَدْ (١١) يُحْكَمُ بِصِحَّتِهِ إِنْ عُرِفَ؛ بِأَنْ يَجِيءَ مُسَمًّى (١٢) مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ.

(١) في ب: «جميعَ» بالنَّصب، والمثبت من د، ك. (٢) في ب، د: «ويقالُ» بالرَّفع، والمثبت من ج، ك. (٣) «إِلَّا» ليست في ج، ك. (٤) في ح: «الصحابي والتابعي» بتقديم وتأخير. (٥) في أ زيادة: «كان»، وفي و، ز زيادة: «هو». (٦) في ح: «المضيف»، وهو تصحيف. (٧) في ب، ط: «أم». (٨) في أ: «من». (٩) في ب: «التعليقَ» بالنَّصب، والمثبت من د. (١٠) في أ: «تقسيم». (١١) في أ: «وقيل». (١٢) في أ: «سمي» بدل: «يَجِيءَ مُسَمًّى».