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المستدرك على الصحيحين

By Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah Abu 'Abdullah al-Hakim al-Nisaburi رحمه الله

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About the book:

Al Mustadrak 'Alal Sahehayn, is one of the Hadith collections that have been written by The great Hafidh Imam Al Hakim, Al-Nisaburi رحمه الله. In this large work the imam tried to collect the hadiths that Imam Al-Bukhari and Imam Al Muslim missed out in their respective known works. He tried to follow the method used by the above mentioned Imams in their respective Saheehs. Unfortunately he came short of that goal as it has been explain by works that followed later, such as those of Imam Al Dahabi رحمه الله in his famous works (Al-Talkhis, Al-Mizan) or that of Imam Al 'Iraqi رحمه الله (Imaaliya) or Imam Al Manawi رحمه الله (Faydhal Qader). They and others have detailed those narrations that did not meet the criteria of Imam Bukhari and Muslim. So therefore one is advice to consult those works.

About The Author:

Abu Abd-Allah Muhammad ibn Abd-Allah al-Hakim al-Nisapuri رحمه الله (d. 403 AH) , and also known as Ibn Al-Baiyi, was a Sunni scholar and the leading traditionalist of his age, frequently referred to as the 'Imam of the Muhaddithin' or the 'Muhaddith of Khorasan.' Al-Hakim, who hailed from Nisapuri, had vast amounts of teachers in Khurasan, Iraq, Transoxiana and elsewhere. He had scores of notable students, including Imam al-Bayhaqi who was a scholarly giant in his own right.

Al-Hakim gained a substantial reputation for writing Al-Mustadrak 'Alal Sahehayn. He started writing al-Mustadrak in the year when he was 72 years old. Al-Hakim is quoted to have said: 'I drank water from Zamzam and asked Allah for excellence in writing books'. On the 3rd of Safar 405 al-Hakim went into the bath, came out after bathing, said 'Ah' and died wearing but a waist-cloth before he had time to put on a shirt. Later, one of al-Hakim's students, Al-Hasan ibn Ash'ath al-Qurashi said: 'I saw al-Hakim in my dream riding a horse in a handsome appearance and saying: 'Salvation.' I asked him: Al-Hakim! In what?' He replied: 'Writing hadith. Shah Waliullah, a 18th century scholar stated:

A mujaddid appears at the end of every century: The mujaddid of the 1st century was Imam of Ahlul Sunnah, Umar bin 'Abdul 'Aziz. The mujaddid of the 2nd century was Imam of Ahlul Sunnah Muhammad Idrees Shafi'i. The mujaddid of the 3rd century was Imam of Ahlul Sunnah Abu Hasan Ash'ari. The mujaddid of the 4th century was Abu Abdullah Hakim Nisapuri.

Al-Dhahabi referred to Al-Hakim as 'one of the oceans of knowledge although a little bit Shi'i, and at another time 'al-Hakim the Shi'i,' and another time 'a famous Shi'i.' Ibn al-Jawzi noted: 'Al-Hakim was Shi'i leaning and this is a flagrant trait of his.' Ibn al-Subki rejects the label of Shi'i as baseless because Ibn 'Asakir includes al-Hakim among the Ash'aris, who consider the Shi'as as innovators. Yet this label is still branded as a blemish today at the hands of those who oppose his positions if they weaken theirs, and those who oppose him for being a follower of al-Ash'ari, or for being a Sufi. Others noted to al-Hakim's sincerity in narrating Hadith as the first Hadith of Prophet Muhammad al-Hakim narrated is:

May Allah make radiant the face of one who heard one of my sayings and then carried it to others. It may be that one carries understanding without being a person of understanding; it may be that one carries understanding to someone who possesses more understanding than he.

He authored the following works among others:
* Al-Abwab ('The Chapters')
* Al-Amali ('The Dictations')
* Amali al-'Ashiyyat ('Night Dictations')
* Fada'il al-Shafi'î ('The Immense Merits of al-Shafi'i')
* Fawa'id al-Nusakh ('Benefits of the Copies')
* Fawa'id al-Khurasaniyyin ('Benefits of the People of Khurasan')
* Al-Iklil fi Dala'il al-Nubuwwa ('The Diadem: The Marks of Prophethood')
* Al-'Ilal ('The Defects of Hadîth')
* Ma Tafarrada bi Ikhrajihi Kullu Wahidin min al-Imamayn ('Reports Found Only in al-Bukhari or Only in Muslim')
* Al-Madkhal ila 'Ilm al-Sahih ('Introduction to the Science of Sound Reports')
* Ma'rifat Anwa' 'Ulum al-Hadith ('Knowledge of the Different Types of the Hadîth Sciences')
* Al-Mustadrak 'ala al-Sahihayn ('Supplement for What is Missing From al-Bukhari and Muslim')
* Muzakka al-Akhbar ('Verified Reports')
* Al-Sahihan ('The Two Books of sahîh Hadîths')
* Al-Talkhis ('The Summary')
* Tarajim al-Musnad 'ala Shart al-Sahihayn ('The Reports of Ahmad's Musnad That Match the Criteria of the Two Books of Sahîh')
* Tarajim al-Shuyukh ('Biographies of the Shaykhs')
* Tarîkh 'Ulama' Ahl Naysabur ('History of the Scholars of Naysabur')