The Forty Series of Divergent Chain of Transmissions - Manuscript

Translation

The book “The Forty Series of Divergent Chain of Transmissions” by Ibn al-Mubarrad is a manuscript that is classified as a hadith manuscript. The book contains a collection of noble Prophetic hadiths. It begins by identifying the chain of transmission of the hadith scholars who narrated the hadiths, and continues by mentioning the hadiths themselves. It appears from the beginning of the book that the author aims to collect these hadiths for the benefit of students and Muslims, praying to God to benefit them with them. The book seems to focus on collecting serial hadiths with varying chains of narration, which indicates the importance of chain of transmission and narration in hadith science.