Abu al-Qasim Hamid Rasuh
- Died
- 329 AH
- Born in
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Abu al-Qasim Hamid Rasuh (d. 329 AH / 941 CE) was a hadith transmitter of Merv origin who lived and taught in Baghdad . He was known primarily for transmitting hadith reports from earlier Iraqi and Khurasani authorities, preserved in selections such as Muntaqa min Hadith al-Hamid 'an Shuyukhih .
Name and Origin
His full name was Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yazid ibn Nasr ibn Mihran, bearing the kunya Abu al-Qasim . He was commonly known by the sobriquets Hamid Rasuh and al-Hamid, a title attributed to him by Abu al-Hasan al-Daraqutni . He was of Merv descent (marwazi al-asl) and resided in Baghdad .
Hadith Transmission and Reception
He heard hadith from a number of prominent teachers, including al-Hasan ibn Abi al-Rabi' al-Jurjani, Abu Yahya Muhammad ibn Sa'id al-'Attar, Sa'dan ibn Nasr, Abu Umayya al-Tarsusi, Abu 'Awf al-Bazzuri, Khalaf ibn Muhammad al-Wasiti (known as Kurdus), and Haydham ibn Qutayba . He also narrated a single hadith from Jahdar ibn al-Harith, remarking that he had written down nothing else from him .
A distinguished group of hadith scholars and jurists transmitted on his authority, including al-Daraqutni, Abu Bakr al-Abhari, Abu Umar ibn Hayyawayh, Ibn Shahin, al-Mu'afa ibn Zakariyya, Ali ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Mardak al-Bardha'i, and Ahmad ibn al-Faraj ibn al-Hajjaj . When asked about his reliability, Abu Bakr al-Abhari declared him trustworthy (thiqa) .
Death
He died in the month of Ramadan in 329 AH (941 CE), as documented by Ibn Qani' .
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List of Works
Muntaqa min al-Juz al-Awwal wa al-Thalith min Hadith al-Marwazi (Selection from the First and Third Parts of the Hadith of al-Marwazi) is a short hadith tract (juz') consisting of an abridged selection drawn from the first and third parts of a larger hadith collection transmitted from various teachers.