Ibn al-Khass
- Died
- 508 AH
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Abu al-Izz Ibn al-Khass (d. 508 AH / 1114 CE) was an Abbasid nobleman and hadith transmitter from Baghdad, associated with the hadith collection al-Fawaid al-Muntaqat ala Shart al-Imamayn.
Identity and Lineage
His full name was Muhammad ibn al-Mukhtar ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahid ibn al-Mu'ayyad bi-llah ibn al-Mutawakkil 'ala Allah al-Abbasi al-Hashimi al-Baghdadi. He held the honorific title al-Sharif and the kunya Abu al-Izz, and was known by the family designation Ibn al-Khass. Through his lineage, he traced his descent back to the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil ala Allah.
Scholarly Activity and Transmission
He transmitted hadith from several prominent Baghdad scholars, including Abu Muhammad al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Jawhari and Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Harbi. The hadith master Abu Ali Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Bardani selected and extracted a compilation of elevated and authentic narrations from his teachers according to the authenticity criteria of al-Bukhari and Muslim, titled al-Fawaid al-Hisan al-Awali al-Muntaqat al-Sihah ala Shart al-Imamayn.
Hadith audition sessions were convened at the door of his residence in the Tahiri quarter (al-Harim al-Tahiri) of Baghdad, including documented sessions in Dhu al-Hijjah 506 AH. Among those who heard and transmitted hadith from him were Abu al-Barakat Umar ibn Abd Allah ibn Tawilah (known as Ibn al-Akhras), Abu al-Fath Buniman ibn Muhammad al-Isbahani, and attendees such as Abu Muhammad Yaltakin ibn Akhyar and Abu Bakr al-Mubarak ibn Kamil. His sons also continued his transmission: Abu Tamam Ahmad ibn Muhammad (d. 543 AH), a wide-traveling merchant and long-lived transmitter who died in Nishapur, and Abu al-Fadl al-Mukhtar ibn Muhammad.
Standing and Death
He was characterized by biographers as trustworthy (thiqah), righteous (salih), and held in high esteem. He died in Baghdad in 508 AH (1114 CE), while another record places his death in 507 AH.
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List of Works
al-Fawaid al-Muntaqat ala Shart al-Imamayn 1 is a specialized hadith tract (juz') preserving sound and elevated narrations transmitted from various teachers, selected and extracted according to the authenticity standards of al-Bukhari and Muslim. For each entry, the text presents the direct chain of transmission back to the Prophet, followed by an analytical commentary establishing that the narration satisfies the conditions of Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, or both, while cross-referencing the corresponding routes in the two Sahih compilations.