al-Budayri
- Died
- 1140 AH
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Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Budayri (d. 1140 AH / 1728 CE) was an Egyptian Shafi'i jurist, hadith scholar, and Sufi based in Damietta, recognized as an authority on chains of narration and author of the transmission record al-Jawahir al-ghawali fi dhikr al-asanid al-'awali (The Precious Jewels in Mentioning Elevated Chains of Transmission) .
Identity and Background
His full lineage is Abu Hamid Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Hasan ibn Ali al-Budayri al-Husayni al-Dimyati . He was commonly known as Ibn al-Mayyit and also bore the moniker al-Burhan al-Shami . Affiliated with the Shafi'i school of law and the Ash'ari theological tradition, he was also attached to the Shadhili and Naqshbandi Sufi orders . He was originally from Damietta, received his education there and in Cairo, and subsequently served as a mufti in Damietta .
Education and Transmission
Al-Budayri studied hadith and transmission under prominent authorities of his era, including Ali al-Shibramallisi, Ibrahim al-Kurani, Hasan ibn Ali al-Ujaymi, Muhammad ibn Qasim al-Baqari, Ahmad ibn Abd al-Latif al-Bashbishi, Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Murabit al-Dila'i, Sharaf al-Din ibn Zayn al-Abidin al-Ansari, and the Makkan female hadith scholar Quraysh bint Abd al-Qadir al-Tabariyya . In Sufism, he received spiritual instruction from Abu Abd Allah al-Mastari al-Miknasi, Zayn al-Abidin al-Bakri, Yusuf al-Wafa'i, and Ahmad al-Banna al-Dimyati .
Numerous scholars traveled to study with him or received his licenses of narration at his retreat in the Jami' al-Bahr mosque in Damietta . Among his notable students and narrators were Muhammad ibn Salim al-Hifni, Mustafa al-Bakri al-Siddiqi, Yusuf ibn Salim al-Hifni, Hasan ibn Ali al-Madabighi, Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Danjiyahi al-Dimyati, and Mustafa ibn Abd al-Salam al-Manzali .
Scholarly Standing
Al-Budayri was esteemed as an outstanding traditionist and transmitter of his generation . He composed al-Jawahir al-ghawali fi dhikr al-asanid al-'awali, completed in Rabi' al-Awwal 1137 AH, in which he drew upon the transmissions of Ibrahim al-Kurani and documented elevated chains across the rational and transmitted disciplines alongside biographical entries for scholars of the Levant, the Hijaz, Egypt, and the Maghrib . He also authored Safwat al-milah, an extensive commentary on the hadith nomenclature poem of al-Bayquni .
Death
Al-Budayri died in Damietta in 1140 AH (1728 CE) . Other biographical records report his death in 1131 AH or 1141 AH .
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List of Works
al-Jawahir al-Ghawali fi Dhikr al-Asanid al-Awali (The Precious Jewels in Mentioning Elevated Chains of Transmission) is a thabat (record of transmission) completed in Rabi' al-Awwal 1137 AH. The work documents elevated chains of narration across traditional and rational sciences, diversifying transmission routes and incorporating biographical entries for scholars from the Levant, the Hijaz, Egypt, and the Maghrib.