al-Jami - Ibn Wahb

al-Jami‘ (The Comprehensive Collection) is an early compilation of hadith, traditions (athar), and Quranic exegesis by the Egyptian jurist and traditionist Ibn Wahb (125–197 AH / 743–812 CE) Tarikh al-Turath al-Arabi…+1.

Scope and Contents

The work was arranged into thematic books covering prophetic traditions, reports from the Companions and Successors, and scriptural commentary Tafsir al-Quran min al-Ja…+1. Among its identified components are:

• Tafsir al-Qur'an (Exegesis of the Quran), documenting early exegetical reports and transmissions Tafsir al-Quran min al-Ja….
• Kitab al-Ahwal (The Book of Terrors), treating the Day of Resurrection, which biographers note was part of his Jami‘ or closely associated with it al-Intiqa fi Fadail al-Th…+1. It is recorded that when this section was read aloud to Ibn Wahb, he fell into a swoon from which he never recovered, dying days later in 197 AH al-Intiqa fi Fadail al-Th…+1.
• Additional treatises identified in early manuscript fragments, including Kitab al-Ansab (Genealogies), Kitab al-Samt (Silence), Kitab al-Khatam (The Signet Ring), and Kitab Akhbar Bani Isra'il (Reports Concerning the Israelites) Muwatta Ibn Wahb al-Saghi….

Transmission and Reception

The book was preserved and transmitted primarily through North African channels, most notably by the Maliki jurist Sahnun ibn Sa'id (160–240 AH) Tafsir al-Quran min al-Ja…. Sahnun praised the utility of Ibn Wahb's writings, stating that whenever he was perplexed by a legal issue, he found its resolution in Ibn Wahb's work Muwatta Ibn Wahb al-Saghi…. From Sahnun, the transmission passed through scholars including 'Isa ibn Miskin, 'Abd Allah ibn Masrur al-Tujibi, and Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Nasr al-Andalusi Tafsir al-Quran min al-Ja….

Manuscripts and Editions

Substantial early parchment and papyrus portions of the work were preserved in the ancient collection of the Great Mosque of Kairouan Muwatta Ibn Wahb al-Saghi…. An early fragment of the collection was edited and published at the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale in Cairo in 1939 Muwatta Ibn Wahb al-Saghi…. The exegetical section, Tafsir al-Qur'an min al-Jami‘, was edited by Miklos Muranyi and published in three volumes by Dar al-Gharb al-Islami in 2003 Tafsir al-Quran min al-Ja….