Ibn Hayawayh al-Khazzaz
- Died
- 382 AH
- Born in
- Baghdad
Abu 'Umar Muhammad ibn al-'Abbas ibn Hayawayh al-Khazzaz (295–382 AH / 908–992 CE) was a Baghdadi hadith scholar and traditionist noted for his extensive transmission of major early historical and biographical compendia .
Life and Education
His full lineage was Muhammad ibn al-'Abbas ibn Muhammad ibn Zakariyya ibn Yahya ibn Mu'adh, and he was known by the professional surname al-Khazzaz and the cognomen Ibn Hayawayh . He was born in Baghdad in Dhu al-Qi'dah 295 AH (908 CE) . He engaged in hadith transmission across a long life, actively collecting and transcribing traditions from senior scholars of the Abbasid capital .
Among his prominent teachers were Abu al-Qasim al-Baghawi, Abu Bakr al-Baghandi, Muhammad ibn Khalaf ibn al-Marzuban, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Dawud, and Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Sa'id . An account preserved by his neighbor al-'Atiqi relates that while attending the teaching sessions of Ibn Sa'id in the Round City of al-Mansur, Ibn Hayawayh would walk back to his home in Qati'at al-Rabi' whenever he needed to relieve himself and perform ablution, rather than untying his waist-wrapper anywhere outside his household .
A significant group of scholars narrated from him, including Abu Bakr al-Barqani, Abu al-Fath Muhammad ibn Abi al-Fawaris, Abu Muhammad al-Khallal, Abu al-Qasim al-Azhari, and Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn 'Ali al-Jawhari, who was the last surviving authority to transmit from him directly .
Standing and Transmission
Ibn Hayawayh was widely recognized for his trustworthiness, religious uprightness, and adherence to proper conduct (muru'ah) . Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi documented him as a trustworthy traditionist who recorded transmissions throughout his lifetime, and al-Barqani designated him as reliable, firm, and an authoritative proof (thiqah thabt hujjah) . Al-'Atiqi similarly praised his vigilance and accuracy .
He served as a key transmission link in Baghdad for major compilations, notably Ibn Sa'd's Kitab al-Tabaqat al-kabir (The Great Book of Generations) and Ibn Abi Khaythama's historical work al-Tarikh al-kabir . Al-Azhari observed that Ibn Hayawayh was prolific but occasionally demonstrated procedural leniency: if his own master copy was not close at hand, he would recite from the manuscript of his scholar Abu al-Hasan Ibn al-Razzaz because he trusted that copy, even if his own audition had not been entered on that specific volume, while affirming that Ibn Hayawayh remained trustworthy nonetheless .
Death
Ibn Hayawayh died in Baghdad in Rabi' al-Thani 382 AH (992 CE) .
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List of Works
This hadith tract is the sixth fascicle of a teacher corpus, preserving a selection of narrations extracted from the hearing of Abu 'Umar Muhammad ibn al-'Abbas ibn Hayawayh al-Khazzaz's teachers. It comprises prophetic hadiths and transmitted reports documented with full chains of transmission.
This specialized hadith collection constitutes the fifth fascicle extracted from the narrations transmitted by Abu 'Umar Muhammad ibn al-'Abbas ibn Hayawayh al-Khazzaz from his teachers. It contains twenty-two numbered traditions recorded with their complete chains of transmission, accompanied by occasional critical and methodological comments.
This short hadith tract constitutes the third part of a teacher corpus, containing selected narrations and historical reports transmitted by Abu Umar Muhammad ibn al-Abbas Ibn Hayawayh al-Khazzaz from his teachers in Baghdad, recorded with their full chains of transmission.