al-Shahrazuri, Abu al-Qasim
- Died
- 427 AH
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Abu al-Qasim al-Shahrazuri (d. 427 AH / 1035–1036 CE) was a Maliki jurist and hadith scholar known for his dictated hadith compilation, Min Hadith al-Faqih Abi al-Qasim al-Shahrazuri 'an Shuyukhihi.
Life and Scholarly Activity
Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Aziz ibn Ali al-Shahrazuri al-Maliki belonged to the Maliki school of jurisprudence. He engaged in hadith transmission and teaching, holding public dictation sessions (imlaʾ) at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus between 421 AH and 422 AH. His transmissions were gathered in a personal hadith notebook (juzʾ), titled Min Hadith al-Faqih Abi al-Qasim al-Shahrazuri 'an Shuyukhihi (From the Hadiths of the Jurist Abu al-Qasim al-Shahrazuri from His Teachers), which preserves prophetic traditions, rulings from the Companions, historical reports, and verses of poetry received from diverse scholars across regional centers.
Among those who transmitted his dictated material directly was the Maliki jurist Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Mansur ibn Muhammad al-Ghassani, whose family continued to transmit his notebook in Damascus. Abu al-Qasim al-Shahrazuri died in 427 AH (1035–1036 CE).
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Min Hadith al-Faqih Abi al-Qasim al-Shahrazuri an Shuyukhihi (From the Hadiths of the Jurist Abu al-Qasim al-Shahrazuri from His Teachers) is a hadith notebook (juz') compiled through dictation during public teaching sessions at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus between 421 AH and 422 AH. It brings together traditions, prophetic hadiths, legal rulings from the Companions, historical anecdotes, and poetic verses received from various teachers across regional scholarly centers.