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Muntakhab Ahadith is a collection of hadith compiled in Arabic by the Islamic scholar Muhammad Yusuf Kandhalawi. The book is divided into seven sections and several sub-sections which correspond to the "Sifat-us-Sahaba" or "Characteristics of the Companions" that Jamaat Tabligh refers to and tries to implement. Over time, the seventh point has been stopped as being referred to on its own, hence the Sifat are referred to as "The Six Qualities".
The book in its present form was organized by Maulana Saad Kandhlawi, the original compiler's grandson, who also translated the book into the Urdu language.
The book is very popular and is heavily used by Tablighi Jamaat.
The book contains Quranic Ayaahs and Hadeeths from various authentic Hadeeth books of the past, in easy understandable translation to Urdu. Ahadeeth have been selected from books like Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Abu Dawood, Tirmizi, Muwatta Imam Malik, Al Sunan Al Sughra, Sunan Ibn Majah etc.
Some scholars dispute the authenticity of this book and its relevance to the Tablighi Jamaat (though the specific aspect of authenticity is not mentioned - whether in authenticity of Hadeeth, authorship, etc.), and proponents of this dispute vehemently deny this book to be associated with Maulana Yusuf Kandhlawi. However, the clear sectioning of the book into the six qualities, with subsections for each quality, makes it easy for the layman to look up narrations from the Quran and Ahadeeth relating to the six qualities. Explanations from scholars are easily sought since the exact verses and narrations can be quoted. Moreover, the plague of Chinese whispers in Tabligh with regards to laymen wrongly quoting Quranic verses and Prophetic narrations is being effectively eradicated. This has positively facilitated the internalising of the six qualities in light of the Quran, Ahadeeth, Sunnah and guidance of the rightly-guided scholars, which is one of the overarching aims of the Tablighi Jamaat.
Sections of the book
There are 1507 Ahadeeth spread across different sections
- Iman and Aqeedah (Faith) (200)
- Salah (Prayer) (280)
- Ilm and Dhikr (Knowledge and Remembrance (of Allah)) (333)
- Ikram Ul Muslimeen(Love and Respect for All Muslims) (390)
- Ikhlas (Sincerity of Intention) (62)
- Daw'ah and Tabligh (Calling and Inviting People to Allah) (193)
- Avoiding the Irrelevant (49)