al-Fawaid al-Muntaqat an al-Shuyukh al-Awali li-Ali ibn Umar al-Harbi
- Author died
- 386 AH
- Editions
- al-Watan
al-Fawaid al-Muntaqat an al-Shuyukh al-Awali (Selected Benefits from Senior Teachers with Elevated Chains), commonly known as al-Harbiyyat, is a multi-part hadith collection compiled by the Baghdadi traditionist Abu al-Hasan al-Harbi (296–386 AH / 908–996 CE) . It gathers rare, sound, and elevated narrations transmitted through his prominent shaykhs .
Author and Titles
The compiler was Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Umar ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Shadhan ibn Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Himyari, known by several designations including al-Sukkari, al-Sayrafi, al-Kayyal, and al-Harbi, in reference to the al-Harbiyya quarter of western Baghdad . Born in Muharram 296 AH, he dictated hadith early on at Jami al-Mansur (the Mosque of al-Mansur) in Baghdad and was regarded by al-Atiqi as trustworthy and reliable (thiqah ma'mun) .
In scholarly literature, the work is cited under several interrelated titles, including al-Harbiyyat, Hadith al-Harbi, Amali al-Harbi, and the fuller title al-Fawaid al-Muntaqat al-Gharaib al-Hisan an al-Shuyukh al-Awali .
Structure and Content
The collection comprises five thematic and transmission-based parts (ajza'):
- Part One: Contains the transmission of Yahya ibn Ma'in from his own authorities, narrated through his student Abu Abd Allah Ahmad ibn al-Hasan ibn Abd al-Jabbar al-Sufi .
- Parts Two through Five: Contain hadith reports narrated directly by Abu al-Hasan al-Harbi from his numerous teachers, selected for the elevation of their transmission lines (shuyukh awali) and the rarity or excellence of their narrations .
The material includes narrations from major fourth-century scholars such as Abu al-Qasim al-Baghawi, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Budayna, Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Dharih, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Ishaq ibn Zatiya al-Makhrami, and Abu al-Qasim al-Nu'man ibn Harun al-Baladi .
Transmission and Preservation
The primary transmitter of the collection from al-Harbi was Abu al-Husayn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Naqqur al-Bazzaz, alongside transmissions through Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Muhtadi, Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Ghiriq, and the Hanbali jurist Abu Ya'la ibn al-Farra' . In later generations, intermediate scholars such as Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn Umar al-Urmawi and Qadi Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Baqi al-Ansari passed the parts down to students across Damascus, Cairo, and Baghdad, with audition notes documented by scholars such as Yusuf ibn al-Zaki al-Mizzi .
Manuscript copies of the various parts are preserved in composite codices at the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus (including collections 18, 55, 105, and 118) . The first part (Nuskhat Yahya ibn Ma'in) was edited by Isam ibn Abd Allah al-Sinani in an academic thesis at King Saud University in 1415 AH .
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