al-Darraj
- Died
- 361 AH
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Abu Amr al-Darraj (d. 361 AH / 972 CE) was a Baghdadi Quran reciter and hadith transmitter, best known for his transmitted compilation titled Hadith al-Darraj (also referenced as Juz' al-Darraj) .
Life and Transmission
He was Abu Amr Uthman ibn Umar ibn Khafif, a resident of Baghdad who came to be known by the moniker al-Darraj . He engaged in the study and dissemination of hadith and Quranic recitation, receiving narrations from notable scholars of his era . Among his principal teachers were Harun ibn Ali al-Muzawwaq, Ali ibn Hammad al-Askari, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hisham al-Talaqani, Ahmad ibn Habib al-Nahrawani, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Dawud, and Muhammad ibn Harun ibn al-Mujaddar .
A number of scholars narrated hadith from him, including Abu al-Hasan ibn Rizqawayh, Makki ibn Ali al-Hariri, Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn Allan, Abu Bakr al-Barqani, Ali ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Tahiri, Muhammad ibn Talha al-Na'ali, and Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Bukayr al-Najjar . His transmitted hadith tract, Juz' al-Darraj, opens with a narration tracing back to Abu Utbah al-Khawlani and was transmitted through his student Makki al-Hariri .
Standing and Death
Al-Darraj was regarded as a trustworthy (thiqah) transmitter . He was characterized as being devoted to the Quran, the Sunna, personal piety, and modesty, adhering to an upright doctrinal path (jamil al-madhhab) . In spiritual esteem, al-Barqani considered him to be among the righteous substitutes (al-abdal) .
During his final illness, as the time for the Friday congregational prayer arrived, he instructed the man attending him to go perform the prayer and return quickly, stating that he would find him deceased upon his return . The attendant went to the central mosque, prayed, and returned swiftly to find that al-Darraj had indeed passed away . According to Muhammad ibn Abi al-Fawaris, his sudden death occurred on Saturday, 7 Ramadan 361 AH (June 972 CE) .
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Hadith al-Darraj (Hadith of al-Darraj) is a hadith tract (juz') that preserves transmitted narrations and chains of transmission (asānīd), documenting the specific reports related from various scholars.