Al-hakim Al-mustadrak Vol. 4 P. 398 |link|

For the average believer, this citation represents the challenge of hadith science: two giants (al-Ḥākim vs. al-Dhahabī) disagreeing over a single narrator. For the researcher, it is a case study in how a book becomes a sectarian weapon. And for the historian, it is a preserved echo of what Muslims in 4th-century Nishapur believed the Prophet said on his final pilgrimage.

. If you are studying this page for religious rulings, ensure you see if Dhahabi agreed that the chain of narrators is authentic ( ) or if he flagged it as weak ( Helpful Guide for Researchers Identify the Edition: Most modern researchers use the Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyya Dar al-Ma'rifah editions. If your page number doesn't match, look for the Chapter on Fitan (Trials) in Volume 4. Verify the Chain: Look for the phrase "Sahih 'ala shart al-shaykhayn" al-hakim al-mustadrak vol. 4 p. 398

Details regarding the emergence of the False Messiah and the severity of his trial for the believers. The Descent of Jesus ('Isa ibn Maryam): For the average believer, this citation represents the

) that will precede the end of time. A central theme in this section is the appearance of major signs, specifically involving: The Appearance of the Mahdi: And for the historian, it is a preserved

Citation note: When using this reference, always specify the edition and the editor (e.g., “al-Ḥākim, Mustadrak, ed. ʿAṭā, 4:398”) to avoid confusion with older or differently paginated prints.

His al-Mustadrak ʿalā al-Ṣaḥīḥayn (The Supplement upon the Two Sahihs) is a unique project. Al-Ḥākim aimed to collect all hadiths that met the rigorous authenticity criteria of Imams al-Bukhārī and Muslim but which they had omitted from their collections. He then graded each hadith himself. However, al-Ḥākim was known for leniency. Later scholars, most famously (d. 1348 CE), wrote an abridgment and critique ( Talkhīṣ al-Mustadrak ), often harshly downgrading al-Ḥākim’s “authentic” verdicts to “weak” or even “fabricated.”