al-Khamis min Mashyakhat Ibn Hayawayh
- Author died
- 382 AH
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- Manuscript published in the free Jawāmiʿ al-Kalim program affiliated with Islamweb (al-Shabakah al-Islāmiyyah)
al-Khamis min Mashyakhat Ibn Hayawayh (The Fifth Part of the Mashyakha of Ibn Hayawayh) is a specialized hadith collection (juz') containing narrations transmitted by the Baghdadi traditionist Abu 'Umar Muhammad ibn al-'Abbas ibn Hayawayh al-Khazzaz (295–382 AH / 908–992 CE) from his teachers, compiled and extracted by the hadith scholar al-Daraqutni .
Transmission Chain
The text constitutes the fifth fascicle (al-juz' al-khamis) of al-Daraqutni's extraction (takhrij) from the hadiths of Abu 'Umar ibn Hayawayh . The transmission line of this manuscript is documented through a succession of prominent transmitters:
- Transmitted from Abu 'Umar ibn Hayawayh by Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Jawhari al-Muqna'i .
- Transmitted from al-Jawhari by Abu Ghalib Ahmad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Banna' .
- Transmitted from Ibn al-Banna' by Abu Hafs 'Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Ma'mar al-Mu'addib .
- Transmitted from 'Umar ibn Ma'mar by Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn 'Asakir al-Dimashqi .
Contents and Subjects
The part contains twenty-two numbered traditions narrated with their full chains of transmission (isnad) . Ibn Hayawayh received these reports from several of his teachers, including Hamid ibn Bilal, Abu Bakr 'Abd Allah ibn Dawud, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Baghandi al-Wasiti, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Dawud ('Abd Allah ibn Sulayman), and Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Harun ibn Humayd ibn al-Mujaddar .
The narrations cover legal rulings, theological and eschatological matters, and historical reports:
- Jurisprudence and Ritual: Traditions addressing the validity of fasting when entering dawn in a state of ritual impurity (janaba), the obligation to prostrate upon seven limbs during prayer without restraining garments or hair, the practice and timing of the Prophet's night prayer (witr), the prohibition of stepping on graves, and commercial rules forbidding the purchase of fruits before their ripeness is evident .
- Historical Reports and Virtues: Reports concerning Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan acting as a scribe for the Prophet ﷺ, the statement of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq regarding the Prophet's inheritance, and the public assembly at al-Rahba where twelve witnesses testified to hearing the Prophet's proclamation regarding 'Ali ibn Abi Talib .
- Eschatology and Quranic Exegesis: Prophetic warnings regarding deceptive years preceding the Day of Judgment, as well as exegetical narrations concerning the dialogue between God and Jesus mentioned in Surah al-Ma'idah .
The collection also incorporates occasional critical and methodological comments by al-Daraqutni on particular lines of transmission, including an explanatory note identifying that Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Saghani narrated a specific hadith from Muhammad ibn Humayd .
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