Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani - Works

Works

Ibn Hajar authored more than fifty works on hadith, hadith terminology, biographical evaluation, history, Quranic exegesis, poetry and Shafi'i jurisprudence.

• Fath al-Bari – considered the most prominent and reliable commentary on al-Bukhari's Jami` al-Sahih: In 1414 (817 A.H.), Ibn Hajar commenced the enormous task of assembling his commentary on Sahih Bukhari. Ibn Rajab had begun to write a huge commentary on Sahih Bukhari in the 1390s with the title of Fath al-Bari, thus Ibn Hajar decided to name his own commentary with the same title, Fath al-Bari, which in time became the most valued commentary of Sahih Bukhari. When it was finished, in December 1428 (Rajab 842 A.H.), a celebration was held near Cairo, attended by the ulema, judges, and leading Egyptian personalities. Ibn Hajar read the final pages of his work, after which poets recited eulogies and gold was distributed. It was, according to historian Ibn Iyaas d. 930 A.H., 'the greatest celebration of the age in Egypt.'
• al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-Sahaba – the most comprehensive dictionary of the Companions.
• al-Durar al-Kamina – a biographical dictionary of leading figures of the eighth century.
• Tahdhib al-Tahdhib – an abbreviation of Tahdhib al-Kamal, the encyclopedia of hadith narrators by Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Mizzi
• Taqrib al-Tahdhib – the abridgement of Tahthib al-Tahthib.
• Ta'jil al-Manfa'ah – biographies of the narrators of the Musnads of the four Imams, not found in al-Tahthib.
• Bulugh al-Maram min adillat al-ahkam – on hadith used in Shafi'i fiqh.
• Nata'ij al-Afkar fi Takhrij Ahadith al-Adhkar
• Lisan al-Mizan – a reworking of Mizan al-'Itidal by al-Dhahabi.
• Talkhis al-Habir fi Takhrij al-Rafi`i al-Kabir
• al-Diraya fi Takhrij Ahadith al-Hidaya
• Taghliq al-Ta`liq `ala Sahih al-Bukhari
• Risala Tadhkirat al-Athar
• al-Matalib al-`Aliya bi Zawa'id al-Masanid al-Thamaniya
• Nukhbat al-Fikar along with his explanation of it entitled Nuzhah al-Nathr in hadith terminology
• al-Nukat ala Kitab ibn al-Salah – commentary of the Muqaddimah of Ibn al-Salah
• al-Qawl al-Musaddad fi Musnad Ahmad a discussion of hadith of disputed authenticity in the Musnad of Ahmad
• Silsilat al-Dhahab
• Ta`rif Ahl al-Taqdis bi Maratib al-Mawsufin bi al-Tadlis