al-Sakan Ibn Jami
- Died
- 437 AH
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Abu Muhammad al-Sakan Ibn Jami (d. 437 AH / 1046 CE) was a hadith transmitter from Sidon (Sayda), best known for his transmitted compilation Hadith al-Sakan ibn Jami .
Lineage and Teachers
Al-Sakan bore the kunya Abu Muhammad; his name is also recorded as al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Yahya ibn Jami al-Ghassani, though he was commonly known by the name al-Sakan . He came from a family in Sidon whose members were noted for their long lives; his father, the hadith scholar Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Jami, lived to ninety-seven years of age .
Al-Sakan heard traditions from his father and his paternal grandfather, Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Jami, from whom he heard the Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas in the year 357 AH . He also transmitted from his other grandfather, Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Ahmad ibn Dhakwan, as well as Yusuf ibn al-Qasim al-Miyanaji and Ahmad ibn Ata al-Rudhabari .
Transmissions and Devotional Life
Al-Sakan lived a long life, and his transmissions were gathered in the short compilation Hadith al-Sakan ibn Jami . Among those who transmitted from him directly were Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi al-Saqr al-Anbari, Ali ibn Bakkar al-Suri, and the scribe Munja ibn Sulaym . Others took transmissions from him through written authorization (ijaza), including the jurist Nasr al-Maqdisi and Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Mawazini .
He was known for persistent fasting and ascetic habits. When he was eighty-seven years old, he mentioned that he had maintained continuous fasting (sard al-sawm) since the age of twenty-eight, continuing a devotion practiced by his father and grandfather . Munja ibn Sulaym also recorded that al-Sakan reported having gone six months without drinking water .
Death
Al-Sakan died in Sidon on the day of Eid al-Fitr in the year 437 AH .
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List of Works
Hadith al-Sakan ibn Jami is a short hadith treatise arranged as an individual hadith part (juz'). It consists of a selection of eight narrations with full chains of transmission (isnad), personally transcribed from direct auditions from family members and other teachers, covering diverse topics such as prayer, dreams, personal accountability, and ethical conduct.