al-Alaa ibn Musa al-Bahili
- Died
- 228 AH
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al-Alaa ibn Musa al-Bahili (d. 228 AH / 842–843 CE) was a Baghdad-based hadith transmitter known as the compiler of the short, elevated hadith collection Juz Abu al-Jahm.
Biography and Hadith Transmission
Abu al-Jahm al-Alaa ibn Musa ibn Atiyyah al-Bahili lived in Baghdad and reached his eighties. He transmitted traditions from leading second-century authorities, including al-Layth ibn Sa'd, Sufyan ibn Uyaynah, Sawwar ibn Mus'ab, al-Haytham ibn Adi, and Abd al-Quddus (thought by al-Dhahabi to be Ibn Habib). He also heard a single hadith from Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Majishun, though he later forgot its chain of transmission.
A circle of prominent scholars studied under him and related hadiths on his authority, among them Abu al-Qasim al-Baghawi, Ahmad ibn Ali al-Abbar, and Ishaq ibn Sunayn al-Khuttali. His compilation, Juz Abu al-Jahm, was particularly prized among later traditionists because it preserved high and elevated chains of transmission (ʿulūw al-isnād); al-Dhahabi recorded receiving its transmission through more than sixty teachers.
Standing and Death
Biographers evaluated al-Bahili positively: al-Khatib al-Baghdadi declared him truthful (ṣadūq), and al-Dhahabi described him as a trustworthy (thiqah) elder and hadith master included on account of his longevity and renown.
Al-Bahili died in Baghdad at the beginning of 228 AH.
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List of Works
Juz Abu al-Jahm (Juzʾ Abī al-Jahm) is a concise hadith booklet (juzʾ) that preserves elevated chains of transmission (ʿulūw al-isnād). The collection gathers prophetic traditions and companion reports transmitted from various teachers, covering diverse legal and ethical matters.