Talkhis al-Mustadrak

Talkhis al-Mustadrak is an abridged version of Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain, written by Al-Dhahabi

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Hakim al-Nishaburi, is the author of Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain, who wrote it in the year 393 AH, i.e. when he was 72 years old and claimed all hadith in it where authentic according to the conditions of either Sahih Bukhari or Sahih Muslim .

It contained 9045 hadith [http://www.islamtoday.net//english/show_detail_section.cfm?q_id=839&main_cat_id=11 Islamtoday.Com - Al-Hakim’s Mustadrak & al-Dhahabî’s Talkhis ] ] .

Al-Dhahabi in his Talkhis al-Mustadrak made an abridged version (a version with omitted material of the collection where he commented on its claimed authenticity). In that version, he added his comments on 1182 hadith.

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Al-Dhahabî in his encyclopedic Târikh al-Islam "The History of Islam" says the following in his biographical entry on al-Hâkim, wherein he speaks about his Mustadrak :

al-Dhahabî says in Siyar A`lâm al-Nubalâ' (17/176) :

On at least three other occasions, he citicised hadith he had not commented on in his Talkhîs .

For example, when speaking about Mu`âwiyah b. Sâlih in Mîzân al-I`tidal (4/135), he writes: "He is among those narrators whom Muslim accepts but not al-Bukhârî. You can see al-Hâkim relating this narrator's hadîth in his Mustadrak and say: 'This is according to the conditions of al-Bukhârî.' He repeatedly makes this mistake." However, when the same statement comes up in his Talkhîs, he says nothing about it .

There have been many prominent scholars who have assumed that al-Dhahabî's silence in his Talkhîs indicates his tacit approval of al-Hâkim's ruling, scholars of the caliber of Suyuti in al-Nukat al-Badî`ât (197) (15th century CE), al-Manâwî in Fayd al-Qadîr, and al-Husaynî in al-Bayân wa al-Ta`rîf .

Many contemporary scholars follow this view as well, but some question that stance based on detailed arguments .

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Among its content can be found:
*Hadith of the Twelve Successors

ee also

List of Sunni books

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