Al - Arba'in - Collection of Forty Hadiths on The Miracles of the Final messenger (saw)

An Arba’in is a type of Hadith collection in which forty Hadiths are compiled. According to Mulla Katib Chilapi Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak (d. 181 A.H.) wrote the first compilation of this type after whom many collections of this type came into existence such as those compiled by:1. Muqammad ibn Aslam al-Tusi2. Hafiz al-Daraqutni3. Hafiz ibn Hajar al-AsqalaniThis old tradition of compiling arbain is not conventional- rather the basis for this is a Hadith that encourages the compilation of forty Hadiths or conveying them to the people. The Prophet (saw) said:Whoever preserves for my nation forty Hadiths regarding theirreligion Allah the Almighty and Exalted shall raise him on the Day of Judgement amongst the group of jurists and scholars. (al-Jawhari