Abu al-Hasan al-Qazzaz
- Died
- 271 AH
- Born in
- Basra
Abu al-Hasan al-Qazzaz (d. 271 AH / 884–885 CE) was a hadith transmitter originally from Basra who settled in Baghdad, known for his transmitted hadith notebook (juzʾ).
Biography and Hadith Transmission
His full genealogy is Muhammad ibn Sinan ibn Yazid ibn al-Dhayyal (also vocalized al-Zayyal) ibn Khalid ibn Khalid ibn Abd Allah ibn Yazid ibn Saʿid, an affiliated client (mawla) of the caliph Uthman ibn Affan. While widely known by the kunya Abu al-Hasan, al-Daraqutni also referred to him as Abu Jaʿfar. He was the younger brother of Yazid ibn Sinan, who settled in Egypt. Born in Basra, he later took up residence in Baghdad, where he actively taught and transmitted hadiths.
Among his prominent teachers were Muhammad ibn Bakr al-Bursani, Abu Asim al-Nabil, Rawh ibn Ubada, Wahb ibn Jarir, Abu Amir al-Aqadi, and Quraysh ibn Anas. A number of notable traditionists transmitted from him, including Ibrahim al-Harbi, Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Saʿid, al-Husayn ibn Isma'il al-Mahamili, Muhammad ibn Makhlad, and Ismaʿil ibn Muhammad al-Saffar. His transmissions were gathered in a specialized tract known as Juzʾ min Ahadith al-Qazzaz ʿan Shuyukhihi. He died in 271 AH.
Scholarly Assessment
Biographical authorities held contrasting opinions regarding his reliability. Abu Dawud al-Sijistani accused him of fabricating reports, and Abd al-Rahman ibn Khirash explicitly declared him a liar (kadhdhab) and stated that he was not trustworthy. In contrast, al-Daraqutni took a more lenient view of his transmissions, remarking that "there is no harm in him" (la baʾsa bihi).
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List of Works
Juz min Ahadith al-Qazzaz an Shuyukhihi is a specialized hadith tract (juzʾ) containing prophetic traditions transmitted from the compiler's teachers.