Ibn Nasr
- Died
- 410 AH
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Ibn Nasr (d. 410 AH / 1019 CE) was a hadith transmitter and traditionist from Damascus, recognized as the principal hadith authority (musnid) of the city in his era and known for his compilation Fawa'id Ibn Nasr (The Hadith Benefits of Ibn Nasr).
Name and Background
His full name was Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Nasr al-Shaybani al-Dimashqi. He is also recorded with the lineage Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar ibn Nasr ibn Muhammad, and bore the occupational and regional designations al-Bazzaz (the cloth merchant) and al-Samiri.
Hadith Transmission
Ibn Nasr heard and transmitted hadith from a large circle of scholars in the Levant and Egypt. In Egypt, he received transmissions from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Sindi (Abu al-Fawaris) at the Jaziq Mosque. Among his other prominent teachers were Abu al-Maymun ibn Rashid al-Bajali, Abu Zur'a al-Saghir Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Duhaym, the preacher Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn Imran al-Dinawari, Ahmad ibn al-Qasim ibn Ma'ruf al-Tamimi, and the imam of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Qurashi al-Harrani.
A group of scholars transmitted hadith directly from him, including his son Shu'ayb ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Shaybani, the transmitter Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Sasra, and the Qur'anic scholar Abu Ali al-Ahwazi. His transmissions and selected narrations from his shaykhs were collected in hadith notebooks (ajza'), most notably the tract Fawa'id Ibn Nasr 'an mashayikhih.
Reception and Death
While counted among the prominent hadith transmitters of Damascus in the late fourth and early fifth centuries AH, Ibn Nasr was subject to criticism by biographical authorities. The Damascene traditionist Abd al-Aziz al-Kattani and the historian Ibn Asakir reported that he was questioned and suspected regarding his claim of having directly met and heard hadith from Abu Ishaq ibn Abi Thabit.
Ibn Nasr died in 410 AH (1019 CE).
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List of Works
Fawaid Ibn Nasr is a hadith tract belonging to the traditional fawaid genre of hadith literature. The work preserves selected narrations, traditions, legal rulings, ethical reports, and biographical remarks transmitted from various teachers.