Tirad al-Zaynabi
- Died
- 491 AH
- Born in
- Baghdad
Tirad al-Zaynabi (398–491 AH / 1008–1098 CE), fully Abu al-Fawaris Tirad ibn Muhammad al-Hashimi al-Zaynabi, was an Abbasid nobleman, hadith transmitter, and the chief syndic of the Hashimites (naqib al-nuqaba) in Baghdad.
Lineage and Background
His lineage traces back through the Abbasid house as Tirad ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abi Tammam al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ibn Sulayman ibn Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Imam ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib. The family nisba al-Zaynabi derives from Zaynab bint Sulayman ibn Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas, who married Muhammad ibn Ibrahim and gave birth to Abd Allah.
Al-Zaynabi was born in mid-Shawwal 398 AH (1008 CE). He belonged to an influential household of leadership in Baghdad, and his brothers included Abu Nasr Muhammad and the Hanafi jurist Nur al-Huda Abu Talib al-Husayn.
Career and Offices
Al-Zaynabi held the high office of marshal of the nobility (naqib al-nuqaba), presiding over the Abbasid nobility in Baghdad, a position that was also held by his forebears and subsequently inherited by his sons. He was accorded the honorific epithet al-Kamil ("the Perfect"), as well as Dhu al-Sharafayn Shihab al-Hadratayn.
Hadith Transmission and Standing
Al-Zaynabi transmitted hadith from prominent Baghdadi scholars, including Abu al-Husayn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Bishran, Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad ibn Bishran, Hilal ibn Muhammad al-Haffar, al-Husayn ibn Umar ibn Barhan, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hasnun al-Narsi, and Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Wasif. Biographical critics, including Ibn Nuqta, evaluated him as trustworthy (thiqah).
A wide circle of scholars related hadith from him, among them his sons—the syndic Abu al-Hasan Muhammad and the vizier Abu al-Qasim Ali—along with Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn Nasir, Abu Hafs Umar ibn Abd Allah al-Harbi, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Dabbas, Ahmad ibn al-Muqarrib, the preacher of Mosul Abu al-Fadl Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Tusi, Abu Ali al-Sadafi, Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi, and Shuhdah bint Ahmad, who was among the last surviving narrators on his authority. The hadith master Abu Ali al-Bardani extracted and selected collections of his dictations and elevated chains, including al-Awali (The Elevated Traditions) and Tisa Majalis min Amali Tirad al-Zaynabi (Nine Sessions from the Dictations of Tirad al-Zaynabi).
Death
Al-Zaynabi died at the end of Shawwal 491 AH (1098 CE), though another report places his death in Dhu al-Qi'da, and he was buried at the beginning of Dhu al-Qi'da 491 AH.
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List of Works
This work is a collection of hadith dictation sessions compiled and extracted by the hadith scholar Abu Ali al-Bardani. It brings together nine distinct assemblies in which Prophetic traditions were transmitted with elevated chains of narration, covering topics such as the status and character of the Prophet Muhammad, the merits of the four Rashidun caliphs, the virtues of Friday and the month of Rajab, the vision of God in Paradise, and acts of charity.
This short hadith compilation documents an oral dictation session delivered on Friday, 10 Sha'ban 476 AH (1084 CE) at the City Mosque by the gate of Saqayat al-Radi Billah in Baghdad. It records transmitted traditions, opening with a narration concerning the Prophet entering Mecca and prodding the 360 idols surrounding the Ka'ba while reciting from the Quran.
This short hadith compilation records a single dictation session delivered after the Friday prayer on 7 Muharram 490 AH (recorded in some copies as 470 AH) in the Rawdah of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina. The work contains five transmitted reports with their complete chains of transmission and notes comparing their concordance with canonical collections, including traditions on the Prophet's character and intercession, as well as a historical report concerning the Caliph al-Mahdi.
This short hadith compilation contains two dictation sessions delivered in Baghdad in 478 AH (1085 CE). It preserves two consecutive gatherings held at the Mansur Mosque, with the first session taking place on Friday, 14 Sha'ban 478 AH by the Gate of the Sabil of al-Radi Billah, and the second session held on Friday, 12 Ramadan 478 AH.
This collection of hadiths brings together narrations featuring elevated chains of transmission, selected and extracted by the hadith master Abu Ali al-Baradani from primary audition notebooks. Organized into two parts, the work comprises authentic and elevated prophetic traditions heard directly from Baghdadi teachers.