Abu al-Tayyib al-Hawrani
- Died
- 341 AH
- Born in
- Samarra
Abu al-Tayyib al-Hawrani (d. 341 AH / 952–953 CE) was a hadith scholar from Samarra who lived and taught in Damascus, known for his transmitted hadith tract (Juzʾ Abi al-Tayyib al-Hawrani).
Life and scholarship
His full lineage is recorded as Muhammad ibn Humayd ibn Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Mu'awiya ibn 'Ubayd Allah al-Kilabi, with an alternate report naming his ancestor as Mu'awiya ibn Khalid; he was commonly known as Ibn al-Hawrani. He was born in Samarra and later took up residence in Damascus.
Al-Hawrani transmitted hadith from numerous scholars across regions, including Abu Hatim al-Razi, Ibn Abi al-Dunya, 'Abbad ibn al-Walid al-Ghubari, 'Abbas al-Tarqufi, Ahmad ibn Mansur al-Ramadi, Ishaq ibn Sayyar, and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Hamza al-Dimashqi. In Samarra, he also heard narrations directly at the house of Abu al-Nadr Isma'il ibn 'Abd Allah al-'Ijli.
His students included Tammam al-Razi, who read hadith to him in 339 AH, as well as Yusuf al-Miyanaji, 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Kilabi, and Abu Sulayman ibn Zabr. Abu al-Husayn al-Razi wrote down traditions from him during his second scholarly period in Damascus. Al-Hawrani's narrations were preserved in a dedicated compilation, Juzʾ Abi al-Tayyib al-Hawrani, which continued to be transmitted by subsequent hadith scholars such as Ibn 'Abd al-Da'im. Al-Dhahabi characterized him as a well-known, long-lived teacher and hadith transmitter.
Death
Al-Hawrani died in 341 AH (952–953 CE), having lived into his nineties. Al-Dhahabi presumed that his death occurred in Damascus. A written announcement of his death reached fellow scholars in Rabi' al-Akhir 341 AH, noting that he had passed away some time before the news arrived.
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List of Works
Hadith Abi al-Tayyib al-Hawrani is a specialized hadith tract (juzʾ) compiling narrations transmitted from various teachers. Bearing the formal title al-Juzʾ fihi: min Hadith Abi al-Tayyib Muhammad ibn Humayd ibn Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Hawrani al-Dimashqi ʿan Shuyukhih, it gathers these specific transmissions within a single compact collection.