Ibn Hajar wrote approximately 150 works on hadith,
hadith terminology,
biographical evaluation, history,
tafsir, poetry and
Shafiʽi jurisprudence, however, he was not satisfied with many of his works and expressed a desire to revise them, but circumstances didn't allow him the opportunity. Al Sakhawi, a student of Ibn Hajar, documented his teacher's dissatisfaction with many of his works. According to him, Ibn Hajar authored many of his works during the early stages of his career, and he regretted not having the opportunity to revise or refine them to his satisfaction. However, he made specific exceptions for certain key works, stating:Only my commentary on Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī (Fatḥ al-Bārī), its introduction, al-Muštabiḥ, Tahḏīb al-Tahḏīb, and Lisān al-Mīzān are works I consider to be somewhat complete and polished.His major works include •
Fath al-Bari – Ibn Hajar's commentary of
Sahih al-Bukhari's 1414
Jamiʿ al-Sahih, completing an unfinished work begun by
Ibn Rajab in the 1390s. It became the most celebrated and highly regarded work on the author. Celebrations near Cairo on its publication in December 1428 were described by historian
Ibn Iyas (d. 1522/4), as "the greatest of the age". Many of Egypt's leading dignitaries were among the crowds, ibn Hajar gave readings, poets gave eulogies and gold was distributed. Jaques focuses on the most widely read of Ibn Hajar's works—the commentary on the greatest compilation of hadiths, Sahih al-Bukhari, and his history of the Mamluks—and explains how he drew on the theories, ideas, and aspirations of the preceding centuries of Islamic scholarship to project an enduring solution to the crises of his time. •
al-Isabah fi tamyiz al Sahabah – the most comprehensive dictionary of the
Companions of the Prophet. •
Merits of the Plague (), a discussion of the
Black Death and meditations on illness and the Divine, which contains excerpts from
Fatḥ al-Bārī •
al-Durar al-Kāminah – a biographical dictionary of leading figures of the eighth century. •
Tahdhib al-Tahdhib – an abbreviation of
Tahdhib al-Kamal, the encyclopedia of hadith narrators by
Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi •
Taqrib al-Tahdhib – the abridgement of
Tahdhib al-Tahdhib. • ''Ta'jil al-Manfa'ah
– biographies of the narrators of the Musnads
of the four Imams, not found in at-Tahthib.'' •
Bulugh al-Maram – on hadith used in Shafi'i fiqh. • ''Nata'ij al-Afkar fi Takhrij Ahadith al-Adhkar'' •
Lisan al-Mizan – a reworking of ''Mizan al-'Itidal'' by
al-Dhahabi, which in turn is a reworking of an earlier work. •
Talkhis al-Habir fi Takhrij al-Rafiʿi al-Kabir •
al-Diraya fi Takhrij Ahadith al-Hidaya •
Taghliq al-Taʿliq ʿala Sahih al-Bukhari •
Risala Tadhkirat al-Athar • ''al-Matalib al-ʿAliya bi
Zawa'id al-Masanid al-Thamaniya'' •
Nukhbat al-Fikar along with his explanation of it entitled
Nuzhah al-Nadhar in hadith terminology •
al-Nukat ala Kitab ibn al-Salah – commentary on the
Introduction to the Science of Hadith by
ibn al-Salah •
al-Qawl al-Musaddad fi Musnad Ahmad a discussion of
hadith of disputed
authenticity in the
Musnad of Ahmad ibn Hanbal •
Silsilat al-Dhahab •
Taʿrif Ahl al-Taqdis bi Maratib al-Mawsufin bi al-Tadlis • ''
Raf' al-isr 'an qudat Misr – a biographical dictionary of Egyptian judges. Partial French translation in Mathieu Tillier, Vie des cadis de Misr''. Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 2002. == See also ==