Ridding Some Books from being Attributed to Al-Hafiz Abdul Ghani Al-Maqdisi

Abstract

As the attribution of some books to non-authors increased, this research was an attempt to rid some books from attribution to non-authors. This attempt was aimed at the literature attributed to one of the scholars of the 6th century AH; Al-Hafiz Abdul Ghani Al-Maqdisi. Although many of the works have been proven to him, some of them are incorrect to be attributed to him. After implementing the scientific method, the researcher proved the incorrectness of attributing some of books to him; that is after collecting his books, knowing his method of classification, and dealing with his handwriting and the way he wrote words. The researcher outlined these works, and the reasons that led to the error of attributing them to Al-Hafiz Abdul Ghani Al-Maqdisi.