al-Fawaid al-Muntaqat al-Musammah bi-Mashyakhat al-Mawsil li-Ibn Abi al-Fahm
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- 655 AH
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al-Fawaid al-Muntaqat al-Musammah bi-Mashyakhat al-Mawsil (The Selected Benefits, Named the Mashyakhah of Mosul) is a hadith collection compiled by the Shafi'i traditionist Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Fahm (d. 655 AH / 1257 CE), recording hadiths and reports received from his teachers in Mosul.
Content and Structure
The work is organized as a single hadith part (juz') titled in full as al-Fawaid al-Muntaqat wa-al-Gharaib al-Hisan al-Musammah bi-Mashyakhat al-Mawsil. It is arranged by the teachers from whom Ibn Abi al-Fahm heard hadith, with each section dedicated to a distinct authority. In addition to Prophetic traditions, the collection includes historical anecdotes, judicial rulings, and poetic verses.
Among the traditions and narratives recorded in the text:
- Prophetic hadiths on purification, prayer, modesty, faith, and the virtues of the Levant.
- A narration with an isnad containing ten successive transmitters named Muhammad.
- An account of a judicial arbitration conducted by Iyas ibn Mu'awiyah between two litigants claiming ownership of garments.
- An anecdote about Abu Hanifah and his student Abu Yusuf regarding the latter's early pursuit of religious knowledge.
- Poetic selections, including verses regarding Abu Dulama and lines recited by al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf on his deathbed.
The teachers through whom Ibn Abi al-Fahm transmitted in the work include Abu Tahir Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Tusi, Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn Zayd al-Husayni, Abu al-Ma'ali Qaynan ibn Muhammad ibn Ali Sudan, Abu al-Ma'ali Nasr Allah ibn Salamah al-Hiti, Abu Mansur Muslim ibn Ali al-Sulayhi, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Hubal al-Baghdadi, Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Qati'i, Abu Bakr Abd Allah ibn Umar al-Asadabadi, and Abu al-Muzaffar Muhammad ibn Ulwan ibn Muhajir.
Transmission and Audition Records
The text bears several historical audition notes (sama'at). The collection was read back to the compiler, Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Fahm al-Shafi'i, in Muharram 631 AH by Abu Bakr ibn Yusuf ibn Abd al-Karim, in the presence of Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr ibn Abbas and other students.
Later transmission of the work passed through al-Mizzi via his authorization (ijazah) from Ibn Abi al-Fahm. In Dhu al-Hijjah 869 AH, the Damascene scholar Yusuf ibn Abd al-Hadi (Ibn al-Mibrad) read the text before Fatimah bint al-Haristani, who held an authorization from al-Mizzi's direct students. Ibn Abd al-Hadi subsequently held an audition session of the work for his own children in Jumada al-Ula 896 AH. A manuscript copy of the text is preserved in the Al-Zahiriyya Library in Damascus.
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