al-Arbaeen min Riwayat al-Muhammadin al-Mukhraj Dhalik min Sahih al-Bukhari
- Author died
- 563 AH
- Editions
- ‘Aṭā’āt al-‘Ilm - Mawsū‘at Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, https://bukhari-pedia.net
al-Arba‘in min Riwayat al-Muhammadin al-Mukhraj Dhalik min Sahih al-Bukhari (The Forty Hadiths from the Transmission of the Muhammads Extracted from Sahih al-Bukhari) is a specialized hadith collection compiled by the Andalusian scholar Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Yasir al-Jiyani (492/494–563 AH / 1099/1101–1168 CE). The work brings together forty prophetic traditions drawn from Sahih al-Bukhari, arranged so that every narrator in the transmission chain down to Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari shares the given name Muhammad.
Purpose and Composition
In his prologue, al-Jiyani opens by relating three narrations regarding the merits and honor accorded on the Day of Resurrection to those bearing the Prophet's name Muhammad. He explains that he compiled forty hadiths from Sahih al-Bukhari transmitted exclusively through narrators named Muhammad in the hope of attaining the reward and favor mentioned in these reports.
Structure and Method
The collection comprises forty numbered hadiths followed by supplementary transmissions:
- Chains of "Muhammads": Each hadith opens with an isnad consisting entirely of transmitters named Muhammad from the author's direct teachers back through al-Bukhari and earlier authorities.
- Biographical Disambiguation: Because the repetition of the name creates identical isnad phrasing, al-Jiyani includes expository notes specifying each narrator's full identity, kunya, lineage, and geographic origins. Among the recurring figures identified are Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn al-Fadl al-Sa'idi, Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ali al-Khabbazi, Abu Sahl Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Hafsawi, Abu al-Haytham Muhammad ibn Makki al-Kushmihani, Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Firabri, and al-Bukhari's own teachers such as Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Bashshar (Bundar), Muhammad ibn Ja'far (Ghundar), and Abu Kurayb Muhammad ibn al-Ala'.
- Appendices (al-Ziyada al-Mulhaqa): Appended to the core forty hadiths are several additional narrations constructed on similar chains of narrators named Muhammad, accompanied by detailed identifications of the transmitters (Sharh Asami al-A'imma) and a concluding transmission written on the outer leaf (zahr al-juz').
Transmission and Reception
The book circulated among hadith scholars across the central Islamic lands and the Hijaz. Direct transmitters from al-Jiyani included Abu al-Muzaffar Muhammad ibn Alwan ibn Muhajir al-Mawsili (d. 615 AH), Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Haydar ibn al-Tahhan al-Sufi, and the female scholar Daw' al-Sabah Ajiba (also known as Lami'a bint Abi Bakr). Later scholars recorded their formal auditions (sama') and transmission certificates (ijaza) for the work, including Ibn Rushayd in Mecca, Siraj al-Din al-Qazwini, Taqi al-Din al-Fasi, and Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Rudani.
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