Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Marwazi
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- 578 AH
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Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Marwazi (d. 578 AH / 1182–1183 CE) was a Khurasanian hadith scholar and compiler from Merv, best known for his specialized collection al-Ahadith al-Mi'a al-Mukhraja min al-Sahih al-Musalsala bil-Muhammadin .
Biography and Scholarship
His full name was Diya al-Din Abu Abd al-Rahman Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr al-Khatibi al-Kashmihani al-Marwazi . His nisba al-Kashmihani links him to Kushmayhan, a locality outside Merv .
Al-Marwazi transmitted hadith from masters such as Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn Ali al-Kura'i and received transmission by correspondence from Abu Hafs Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Sarakhsi . His son, Abu al-Bada'i' Mahmud ibn Muhammad al-Khatibi al-Kashmihani, shared in narrating from al-Kura'i before moving to Baghdad, where he later died in middle age .
In hadith compilation, al-Marwazi assembled al-Ahadith al-Mi'a al-Mukhraja min al-Sahih al-Musalsala bil-Muhammadin, a specialized treatise (juz') extracting one hundred narrations and additions from Sahih al-Bukhari whose transmission chains consist sequentially of narrators named Muhammad (musalsal bil-Muhammadin), compiled to seek blessing through the Prophet's name . Among those who transmitted this work on his authority was Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn al-Ma'mun al-Mutatawwi'i al-Lahawuri, while Khalid ibn Abi Talib ibn Khalid studied the text directly under his reading . Al-Marwazi died in 578 AH (1182/1183 CE) .
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This specialized hadith collection (juz') extracts one hundred traditions and accompanying additions from Sahih al-Bukhari whose transmission chains consist sequentially of narrators named Muhammad (musalsal bil-Muhammadin). The work was assembled to seek blessing through the name of the Prophet Muhammad.