al-Qasim ibn Yusuf al-Tujibi
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al-Qasim ibn Yusuf al-Tujibi (c. 670–730 AH / 1271–1330 CE) was a Maghribi hadith scholar and traveler from Ceuta, best known for his scholarly catalogue of transmissions, Barnamaj al-Tujibi.
Name and Early Life
His full name was Abu al-Qasim al-Qasim ibn Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Qasim al-Tujibi al-Sabti, and he bore the honorific title Alam al-Din. He was born around 670 AH (c. 1271/1272 CE) in Ceuta.
Travels, Education, and Students
Al-Tujibi traveled extensively across both the western and eastern Islamic worlds in pursuit of hadith and scholarly transmissions. He journeyed to the East, performed the pilgrimage to Mecca, and studied in Damascus, Cairo, and Alexandria, as well as various centers in the Maghrib. During these travels, he actively transcribed manuscripts, read texts under prominent authorities, and acquired foundational reference works.
He received transmissions from a wide network of scholars. In the East, he studied under Ibn al-Qawwas, Sharaf al-Din Ibn Asakir, Abd al-Mu'min al-Dimyati, Ibn Daqiq al-'Id, and the chief judge Badr al-Din Ibn Jama'a. In the Maghrib, his teachers included the chief judges of Tunis, Abu al-Abbas ibn al-Ghammaz and Abu Ishaq ibn Abd al-Rafi', as well as the chief judge of Bejaia, Abu al-Abbas al-Ghubrini.
He later transmitted hadith and granted authorizations to several scholars, among them Muhammad ibn Jabir al-Wadi Ashi, Abd al-Wahid ibn Mandil al-Ansari al-Fasi, and Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Sa'id al-Ru'ayni.
Scholarly Standing
Al-Tujibi was recognized as a discerning traditionist and rigorous documentarian of chains of transmission. Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi, who verified transmissions for him, described him as religious, possessing excellent scholarly attainment, and dedicated to collecting authentic sources. Modern biographical assessments highlight his travelogue, Mustafad al-rihla wa-l-ightirab, and his catalogue of teachers, Barnamaj al-Tujibi, as significant records of fourteenth-century Mediterranean scholarly networks.
Later Life and Death
In 718 AH (1318 CE), a contemporary report recorded that al-Tujibi was living in an orchard on the outskirts of Ceuta. Al-Dhahabi estimated that he died around 730 AH (c. 1330 CE), while another report places his death around 735 AH (c. 1335 CE).
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List of Works
Barnamaj al-Tajibi is a scholarly catalogue of transmissions (barnamaj / fahrasa). The work documents a network of teachers (shuyukh), their scholarly credentials, and the chains of transmission (asanid) through which works of Islamic religious and literary scholarship were received.