Abu Amr al-Samarqandi
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- 345 AH
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Abu Amr al-Samarqandi (250–345 AH / 864–956 CE) was a hadith scholar from Samarkand who settled in Egypt, known for his collection al-Fawa'id al-muntaqat al-awali al-hisan (The Selected, Elevated, and Fine Beneficial Narrations) .
Lineage and Education
His full name was Uthman ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Harun ibn Wardan al-Samarqandi, later al-Misri, known by the occupational nisba al-Hadhdha' (the shoemaker) . Some transmitters referred to him as Uthman ibn Ahmad, tracing him directly to his grandfather . He was born in 250 AH (864 CE) .
He studied hadith under several scholars, including Ahmad ibn Shayban al-Ramli—from whom he received narrations both by direct hearing and by general authorization (ijaza)—as well as Abu Umayyah al-Tarsusi, Muhammad ibn Hammad al-Tihrani, and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Hakam al-Qitari .
Transmission and Standing
Al-Samarqandi was sought after for his high chains of transmission in Egypt, where the elevation of hadith isnads ultimately culminated in him . The Egyptian historian Ibn Yunus declared him trustworthy (thiqah), adding that he possessed authentic hearing records verified in his father's books . His narrations were compiled in a short hadith tract (juz'), titled al-Fawa'id al-muntaqat al-awali al-hisan min hadithihi an shuyukhihi .
A wide circle of scholars transmitted hadith from him, including Abu Abd Allah ibn Mandah, Ibn Jumi', Abd al-Ghani al-Azdi (for whom al-Samarqandi was his most elevated shaykh), Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar ibn al-Nahhas, al-Khasib ibn Abd Allah, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hajj al-Ishbili, and his grandson Muhammad ibn Dhakwan al-Tinnisi .
Death
Al-Samarqandi died in the month of Sha'ban 345 AH (November–December 956 CE) at the age of ninety-five .
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List of Works
al-Fawaid al-Muntaqat al-Awali al-Hisan (The Selected, Elevated, and Fine Beneficial Narrations) is a collection of hadith that gathers selected prophetic traditions and non-prophetic reports (athar) transmitted through teachers. Belonging to the fawa'id genre of short hadith parts (ajza'), the compendium is organized around transmitting teachers rather than alphabetical order.