Kitab al-Zuhd wa al-Raqaiq
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| Author | Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak |
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| Original title | كتاب الزهد والرقائق |
| Language | Arabic |
| Subject | Hadith |
| Genre | Asceticism |
| Published | 9th century |
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| ISBN | 978-90-6949-983-3 |
Kitab al-Zuhd wa al-Raqaiq (Arabic: كتاب الزهد والرقائق, lit. 'The Book of Piety and Softening of Hearts') is a Sunni Hadith collection compiled by Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, addressing asceticism (zuhd), ethics (akhlaq), and early Sufi thought. It is considered one of the earliest works devoted to these topics and is regarded as al-Mubarak’s Magnum opus. Scholars view it as a foundational source for the study of early Islamic asceticism. The work was first published from manuscripts by Habibur Rahman Azami in 1966.