Ibn al-Naqqur
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- 565 AH
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Abu Bakr Ibn al-Naqqur (d. 565 AH / 1170 CE) was a Baghdadi hadith transmitter and cloth merchant (bazzaz) from the scholarly house of Banu al-Naqqur, associated with the teacher-register compendium al-Fawaid al-Hisan (Mashyakhat Ibn al-Naqqur).
Lineage and Family Background
His full name was Abu Bakr Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Naqqur al-Bazzaz. He belonged to a multi-generational scholarly family in Baghdad known as the house of Banu al-Naqqur (bayt Bani al-Naqqur), in which hadith transmission was passed down across successive generations.
His grandfather was the prominent traditionist Abu al-Husayn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Naqqur (381–470 AH / 991–1077 CE), an inhabitant of Darb al-Za'farani near al-Karkh who was praised as truthful (saduq) and trustworthy (thiqa) by al-Khatib al-Baghdadi and Ibn Khayrun. His father was the hadith transmitter Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Naqqur (d. 497 AH or 498 AH / 1104 or 1105 CE), who attended audition sessions with him. The family transmission continued through Abu Bakr's son, Abu al-Faraj al-Mubarak ibn Abi Bakr Abd Allah ibn al-Naqqur (514–584 AH / 1120–1188 CE), with whom the scholarly line of Banu al-Naqqur concluded.
Transmission and Scholarly Legacy
Abu Bakr Ibn al-Naqqur received and transmitted prophetic hadiths and historical reports from reliable teachers. His narrations were collected in a dedicated teacher register (mashyakha) titled al-Fawa'id al-Hisan 'an al-Shuyukh al-Thiqat (The Excellent Benefits from Trustworthy Teachers), compiled by the hadith master Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Akhdar.
The transmissions associated with his family name also included the elevated narrations of his grandfather Abu al-Husayn, which were gathered by Ja'far ibn Ibrahim al-Makki into the collection known as Khumasiyyat Ibn al-Naqqur.
Death
Abu Bakr Ibn al-Naqqur died in 565 AH (1170 CE).
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List of Works
Khumasiyyat Ibn al-Naqqur, also titled Juzʾ fihi ahadith hisan, is a short hadith tract (juzʾ) comprising elevated prophetic traditions narrated through five-tier chains of transmission (khumasiyyat). Drawn directly from hearing notebooks and audition records in Baghdad, the collection features narrations with only five intermediaries between the transmitter and the Prophet. It covers moral exhortations, the virtues of faith and knowledge, and historical accounts.
al-Fawa'id al-Hisan 'an al-Shuyukh al-Thiqat, also known as Mashyakhat Ibn al-Naqqur, is a collection of prophetic hadiths and historical reports (athar). Arranged according to individual teachers rather than legal topics or alphabetical order, the work functions as a teacher-register compendium (mashyakha) containing narrations alongside critical discussion.