Ahadith Shahr Ramadan li Abi al-Yaman ibn Asakir
- Author died
- 686 AH
- Editions
- Dar Ibn ‘Affan lil-Nashr wa-al-Tawzi‘
Ahadith Shahr Ramadan (Arabic: أحاديث شهر رمضان في فضل صيامه وقيامه, lit. 'Traditions of the Month of Ramadan on the Virtue of Its Fasting and Night Vigil') is a specialized Hadith tract (juzʾ) compiled by the Hadith scholar Abu al-Yaman Ibn Asakir (614–686 AH / 1217–1287 CE) on the virtues, fasting, and night vigils of Ramadan.
Author and Context
The author, Amin al-Din Abu al-Yaman Abd al-Samad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ibn al-Hasan ibn Asakir, belonged to the prominent Banu Asakir scholarly family of Damascus. Born in Damascus in 614 AH, he devoted himself to Hadith study from an early age, lived in ascetic seclusion in Mecca for approximately forty years, and died in Medina in Jumada al-Ula 686 AH. He compiled several thematic Hadith monographs, including treatises on travel traditions (Ahadith al-Safar), the sandals of the Prophet, Mount Hira, and the virtues of the two Eids and Ramadan.
Contents and Methodology
The work is organized as a single Hadith booklet (juzʾ) recording narrations on the spiritual standing of Ramadan, the forgiveness of sins promised for fasting and praying during its nights, the rewards of feeding a fasting person, and the blessings associated with the Night of Destiny (Laylat al-Qadr). Abu al-Yaman transmits these reports through complete chains of transmission (isnad) tracing back from his own direct teachers, including:
- Abu Muhammad Makki ibn al-Muslim ibn Khalaf al-Qaysi
- His father, Taj al-Din Abu al-Hasan Abd al-Wahhab ibn al-Hasan ibn Asakir
- Abu al-Qasim Mahasin ibn Abi al-Qasim Muhammad al-Jawbari
- The grammarian Abu al-Baqa Ya'ish ibn Ali ibn Ya'ish (Ibn Ya'ish) in Aleppo
- Abu Muhammad Abd al-Aziz ibn Abi Muhammad al-Salihi
Transmission and Publication
The text was transmitted down through multiple recorded chains (riwayat):
- Ubayd Allah Muhammad ibn Ghalib ibn Yunus ibn Shu'ba al-Jayyani, who heard it directly via audition (sama') from Abu al-Yaman.
- Radi al-Din Abu Ahmad Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Tabari, the imam of the Maqam in Mecca, via authorization (ijaza).
- Afif al-Din Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Nashawari al-Naysaburi via ijaza, through whom later scholars, such as Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Qayati and Umm Hani bint Abi al-Hasan al-Hawrini, received and transmitted the text.
The booklet was edited and annotated by Ali ibn Hasan al-Halabi al-Athari and published by Dar Ibn Affan in Egypt in 1418 AH / 1998 CE.
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