Bishr ibn Matar al-Daqqaq
- Died
- 262 AH
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Bishr ibn Matar al-Daqqaq (d. 262 AH / 875–876 CE) was an Iraqi hadith scholar from Wasit who settled in Samarra .
Biography and transmissions
His full name was Abu Ahmad Bishr ibn Matar ibn Thabit al-Daqqaq al-Wasiti . He was originally from Wasit and later relocated to Samarra (Surra Man Ra'a), where he resided and narrated hadith .
He studied and transmitted hadith from prominent scholars, including Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah, Ishaq al-Azraq, Yazid ibn Harun, and Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Wasiti . A substantial number of traditionists received narrations from him, notably al-Hasan ibn 'Ali al-Ma'mari, Yahya ibn Sa'id, Isma'il ibn al-'Abbas al-Warraq, Yusuf ibn Ya'qub ibn Bahlul al-Azraq, Muhammad ibn Makhlad, Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Mutayyiri, Abu al-'Abbas al-Athram, and Hajib ibn Arkin . Transmissions from his circles were collected in a dedicated hadith tract (juz'), titled Hadith Bishr ibn Matar .
Scholarly standing
Biographers of hadith transmitters evaluated him positively, though with some differing remarks. Abu Hatim al-Razi deemed him truthful (saduq) . Al-Daraqutni classified him as trustworthy (thiqa) . Ibn Hibban included him in his biographical dictionary of reliable transmitters (al-Thiqat), while remarking that he made mistakes and contradicted other narrators (yukhti' wa-yukhalif) .
Death
According to a written record in the hand of Muhammad ibn Makhlad, he died in 262 AH (875–876 CE) . A variant report cited from Ibn Qani' places his death in 259 AH (872–873 CE) .
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List of Works
Hadith Bishr ibn Matar (The Transmissions of Bishr ibn Matar) is a hadith tract (juz') preserving transmissions that consist primarily of narrations received from Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah and Waki' ibn al-Jarrah. The surviving text represents the third part of the broader collection and contains 46 traditions, comprising both prophetic hadiths and companion and successor reports.