Is the book *Majma' al-Zawa'id wa Manba' al-Fawa'id* by al-Haythami comprehensive of all of al-Tabarani's *Mu'jam*?
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The questioner : 7: Is the book *Majma' al-Zawa'id wa Manba' al-Fawa'id* by al-Haythami comprehensive of all of al-Tabarani's *Mu'jam*? And are all of al-Tabarani's *Mu'jam* printed?
The Shaykh : I say: The first part of the question is that *Majma' al-Zawa'id* is a compilation of everything in al-Tabarani's *Three Mu'jam*, according to the condition mentioned by the author, al-Hafiz al-Haythami (may Allah have mercy on him), at the beginning of his book. For this reason, he took that condition into account when naming the book, saying: "*Majma' al-Zawa'id*." By "zawa'id" (additions), he means additions to the Six Books. He composed this book to gather in it the additions to the Six Books from the Three *Mu'jam* and the remaining three books he relied upon, which are also three: *Musnad al-Imam Ahmad*, *Musnad al-Bazzar*, and *Musnad Abi Ya'la*. So al-Hafiz al-Haythami (may Allah have mercy on him) gathered in this book, *Majma' al-Zawa'id*, from these six books the hadiths that are not found in the six well-known books known as the "Six Mothers." For example, he does not include in this book the hadith:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 247Sahih (Darussalam), even if it is narrated in al-Tabarani or elsewhere, as long as it is narrated in *Sahih al-Bukhari* and others. And so on. Except in one case: if one of these six books he relied upon contains a hadith... where the Companion is different from the Companion in the Six Mothers, then in this case he also traces it and includes it in his book *Majma' al-Zawa'id*. But if the Companion is the same and the hadith is the same, he does not include it, being content with its presence in one of the six mother books. As for the printing of al-Imam al-Tabarani's three *Mu'jam*; unfortunately, nothing has been started except the *Mu'jam al-Saghir* among them. It was printed long ago in India in a poor edition, not arranged or organized, and without indexes. Then it was reprinted in Egypt in a printing that may be better than the previous one, but it is also not authenticated, not served, and no indexes were prepared for it.
And with this, the question ends.
The Shaykh : I say: The first part of the question is that *Majma' al-Zawa'id* is a compilation of everything in al-Tabarani's *Three Mu'jam*, according to the condition mentioned by the author, al-Hafiz al-Haythami (may Allah have mercy on him), at the beginning of his book. For this reason, he took that condition into account when naming the book, saying: "*Majma' al-Zawa'id*." By "zawa'id" (additions), he means additions to the Six Books. He composed this book to gather in it the additions to the Six Books from the Three *Mu'jam* and the remaining three books he relied upon, which are also three: *Musnad al-Imam Ahmad*, *Musnad al-Bazzar*, and *Musnad Abi Ya'la*. So al-Hafiz al-Haythami (may Allah have mercy on him) gathered in this book, *Majma' al-Zawa'id*, from these six books the hadiths that are not found in the six well-known books known as the "Six Mothers." For example, he does not include in this book the hadith:
There is no Salat for the one who does not recite Fatihatil-Kitab.
لا صلاة لِمَن لم يقرأ بفاتحة الكتابAnd with this, the question ends.
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