Ibn Yadas
- Died
- 636 AH
- Born in
- Seville
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Abi Yadas al-Birzali (577–636 AH / 1181–1239 CE), known as Ibn Yadas and titled Zaki al-Din, was an Andalusian hadith scholar and traditionist from Seville who traveled extensively across the Islamic East and later settled in Damascus .
Life and travels
Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Yadas traced his lineage to the Berber tribe of Barzala . He began his early education in his native al-Andalus before embarking on an extensive journey to the East in 602 AH at the age of twenty-five, never returning to his homeland .
Arriving first in Alexandria in 602 AH, he studied under the Maliki scholar Ali ibn al-Mufaddal al-Maqdisi alongside his companion Zaki al-Din al-Mundhiri, and also heard hadith from Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Jabbar al-Uthmani . In Cairo, he studied with the judge Abd Allah ibn Mujalli . He performed the pilgrimage and resided in Mecca in 604 AH, where he heard transmissions from Zahir ibn Rustam, Yunus ibn Yahya al-Hashimi, and Abu al-Futuh Nasr ibn Muhammad al-Husri .
In 605 AH, he arrived in Damascus, learning from prominent scholars including Abu al-Yumn al-Kindi, Chief Judge Abd al-Samad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Harastani, al-Khadir ibn Kamil, Abd al-Jalil al-Surijani, Dawood ibn Ahmad ibn Mula'ib, and Musa ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jili . His travels extended further east: in Baghdad, he heard from disciples of Abu Bakr al-Ansari, such as Ibn al-Akhdar; in Isfahan, from students of Zahir; in Nishapur, from al-Mu'ayyad al-Tusi and al-Qasim ibn al-Saffar; and in Herat, from Abd al-Mu'izz al-Sufi . Toward the end of his life, he established his residence in Damascus .
Scholarly standing
Ibn Yadas was recognized as a reliable traditionist (thiqah) who possessed strong memorization and engaged actively in scholarly discussion (yahfaz wa-yudhakir) . He compiled the biographical hadith register Suluk Tariq al-Salaf fi Dhikr Mashayikh Abd al-Haqq ibn Khalaf, which documented the authorities and transmissions of the centenarian scholar Abu Muhammad Abd al-Haqq ibn Khalaf . He was also the great-grandfather of the Damascus historian and traditionist Alam al-Din al-Qasim ibn Muhammad al-Birzali .
He died in 636 AH .
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Suluk Tariq al-Salaf fi Dhikr Mashayikh Abd al-Haqq ibn Khalaf is a biographical hadith register (mashyakha) that documents the teachers and transmissions of the centenarian scholar Abu Muhammad Abd al-Haqq ibn Khalaf.