Al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn

Al-Dhahabi, a 14th century Sunni Shafi'i Islamic scholar made an abridged version of the collection named Talkhis al-Mustadrak where he commented on its authenticity.

[6] The Hanafi Muḥaddith of Syria, Shaykh Nur al-Din 'Itr said: "It's pointed out that al-Hakim compiled it in his old age, intending to revise it, which he did not do beyond the first volume.

This is proved by the fact that Al-Hakim's mistakes are imperceptible in the first volume of the Mustadrak, as confirmed by al-Dhahabi's own minimal corrections.

"[7] Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani said: “Al-Hakim was lenient in his authenticity of Hadiths, because he wrote the first draft of his book and when he started revising it, he died suddenly, or for other reasons.”[8] Sheikh Mahmud Mamduh defends Al-Hakim: "Outside of the Mustadrak his positions are as strict as those of any of the meticulous and strict Imams of Hadith"[9] Talkhis al-Mustadrak' is an abridged version of Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain, written by al-Dhahabi.

Al-Dhahabî in his encyclopedic Târikh al-Islam "The History of Islam" says the following in his biographical entry on al-Hâkim, wherein he speaks about his Mustadrak: "Some of those are fabrications.

There have been many prominent scholars who have assumed that al-Dhahabî's silence in his Talkhîs indicates his tacit approval of al-Hâkim's ruling, scholars of the caliber of al-Suyuti in al-Nukat al-Badî`ât (197) (15th century CE), al-Manâwî in Fayd al-Qadîr, and al-Husaynî in al-Bayân wa al-Ta`rîf.