Abi al-Husayn ibn Ghanaim
- Died
- 470 AH
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Abu al-Husayn ibn Ghanaim (d. c. 470 AH / 1077 CE) was an Egyptian Maliki jurist and hadith scholar who transmitted traditions across Damascus and Baghdad.
Identity and Lineage
His full name was Ali ibn Ghanaim ibn Umar ibn Ibrahim, and he bore the kunyas Abu al-Husayn and Abu al-Hasan. His genealogical and regional affiliations include al-Ansari, al-Awsi, al-Khiraqi, al-Maliki, and al-Misri (with one report noting al-Basri).
Travels and Scholarly Activity
Ibn Ghanaim studied hadith and legal traditions under several prominent teachers, notably Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn al-Fadl ibn Nazif al-Farra, Silah ibn al-Mu'ammal, al-Qadi Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Sakhr, Abu Khazim Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn al-Farra, and Sulaym ibn Ayyub. He also narrated from Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq al-Quda'i.
In 465 AH, he arrived in Damascus while traveling eastward to Baghdad. In Baghdad, he held teaching sessions at the Palace Mosque (Jami' al-Qasr), including a session in Safar 469 AH where he dictated traditions from his verified audition records. A selection of these transmissions was compiled in al-Awwal min Fawaid Abi al-Husayn ibn Ghanaim (The First Part of the Hadith Benefits of Abu al-Husayn ibn Ghanaim).
Among those who transmitted hadith from him were Abu al-Qasim ibn al-Samarqandi, who heard him in Baghdad, al-Faqih Abu al-Hasan in Damascus, Ali ibn Zahir, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Tarkhan, and Abu al-Barakat Yahya ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Hubaysh al-Fariqi.
Standing
The Damascene scholar Abu Muhammad ibn al-Akfani evaluated him as a trustworthy and religious transmitter (thiqah din).
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List of Works
al-Awwal min Fawaid Abi al-Husayn ibn Ghanaim (The First Part of the Hadith Benefits of Abu al-Husayn ibn Ghanaim) is a short hadith compilation (juz) assembled from verified audition records. The work comprises selected traditions presented with full transmission chains (isnad), highlighting elevated chains (uluww) alongside critical commentary on textual authenticity, narrator paths, and notes on narrations shared with Sahih al-Bukhari.