al-Mizzi, Abd al-Rahman
- Died
- 749 AH
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Abu al-Faraj Abd al-Rahman ibn Yusuf al-Mizzi (d. 749 AH / 1348–1349 CE) was a Damascene hadith scholar known for compiling the hadith treatise al-Ahadith al-Sihah al-Gharaib .
Lineage and Family
He was Abd al-Rahman ibn Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Mizzi, bearing the kunya Abu al-Faraj (and recorded in some sources as Abu al-Hajjaj) . He was the son of the Syrian hadith master Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi (d. 742 AH) . His family was actively involved in hadith audition; his wife Fatima bint Muhammad ibn Abd al-Khaliq, his son Umar, his daughter Khadijah, and his sister Zaynab were recorded attending hadith readings with his father .
Scholarly Activity
Abd al-Rahman grew up in a scholarly household in Damascus, participating in hadith dictation circles and recording certificates of audition alongside his father . He transmitted hadith texts jointly with his father to students, including the Damascene merchant and narrator Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sal'us, who heard parts of the hadith collection of Abu Ja'far ibn al-Bakhtari and the Amali of Abd al-Karim ibn al-Haytham al-Dayraquli from both of them .
In hadith compilation, he composed al-Ahadith al-Sihah al-Gharaib, a specialized hadith notebook (juz') devoted to narrations judged authentic yet transmitted through isolated or singular chains . An autograph manuscript of the text survives in the Zahiriyya Library, bearing an audition note dated 742 AH .
Death
He died in 749 AH (1348–1349 CE) .
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Al-Ahadith al-Sihah al-Gharaib is a specialized hadith treatise and notebook (juz') focusing on narrations that combine the status of being sound or authentic (sahih) with having uncommon, singular, or isolated transmission pathways (gharib).