Ibn Dust
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- 381 AH
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Abu Bakr Ibn Dust (d. 381 AH / 991–992 CE) was a Baghdadi hadith transmitter known as al-Allaf, whose dictations are preserved in Ahadith min Amali Abi Bakr Ibn Dust (Narrations from the Dictations of Abu Bakr Ibn Dust).
Life and Hadith Transmission
His full name was Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Muhammad, Abu Bakr al-Allaf, commonly known as Ibn Dust. He belonged to a scholarly household in Baghdad and was the father of the hadith transmitter Abu Abd Allah Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Dust, whom he introduced to hadith audition at an early age.
In his study of hadith, Ibn Dust heard narrations from Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Baghawi and Abd al-Malik ibn Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Daqqaq. Among those who transmitted from him were Abu Muhammad al-Khallal, Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Fath, and Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Muhtadi bi-Llah.
Standing and Death
Ibn Dust was regarded as a reliable narrator by contemporary and later scholars. Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi declared him trustworthy (thiqa), while Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Atiqi described him as a righteous and trustworthy elder (shaykh salih thiqa).
He died in 381 AH (991–992 CE), as transmitted by al-Khallal and al-Atiqi.
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List of Works
Ahadith min Amali Abi Bakr Ibn Dast is a short hadith collection containing selected narrations transmitted from scholarly dictation sessions. The extant text preserves twenty numbered narrations recorded with their full chains of transmission, encompassing topics such as supplications, prayer and funeral etiquette, theology and divine decree, prophetic traits, eschatology, and moral admonitions.