Kanz al-Ummal explained

Kanz ul-'amal
Author:	Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi
Title Orig:	كنز العمال في سنن الأقوال والأفعال
Orig Lang Code:	ar
Genre:	Hadith collection

Kanz al-Ummal Fee Sunan al-Aqwal wa al-Af'al (Arabic: كنز العمال في سنن الأقوال والأفعال, ), known in English as Treasures of the Doers of Good Deeds, is a Sunni hadith collection, collected by the Islamic scholar Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi (1472 CE - 1567 CE).

Description

Kanz al-Ummal is an arrangement of Jalaluddin al-Suyuti's work, Jami' al-Kabir.^[1] It contains around 46,000 hadith,^[2] which are an assortment of varying reliability.^[1] Hadith found are authentic and it is written by a big Islamic scholar of his time.^{[2] [3]}

Editions

• First Published by Dā’irat al-Ma‘ārif Hyderabad Deccan, edited by the scholars of Jamia Nizamia.
• Published by Dār al-Kutub al-‘Ilmīyah, Lebanon, 1998, edited by Mahmud Umar al-Dumyati.

See also

• List of Sunni books

Notes and References

1. Web site: Are Hadiths in Kanz al Ummal Authentic?. Meah. Jameah . 27 July 2017 . SeekersGuidance. 20 November 2019.
2. Web site: Kanz ul Amal - AUSTRALIAN ISLAMIC LIBRARY . . Australian Islamic Library. 20 November 2019.
3. Web site: A lengthy discussion between Rasulullah (sallallahu'alayhi wasallam) and a Bedouin. Muhammad. Abasoomar. Haroon. Abasoomar. 19 March 2015. 11 June 2020. Hadith Answers.