al-Khamis min Mujam Shuyukh al-Dumyati

al-Khamis min Mu‘jam Shuyukh al-Dumyati (English: The Fifth Part of the Biographical Dictionary of al-Dumyati’s Teachers) is the fifth fascicle (juz’) of the overarching biographical dictionary of teachers compiled by the Egyptian Shafi‘i hadith scholar and genealogist Sharaf al-Din al-Dumyati (613–705 AH / 1217–1305 CE) al-Khamis min Mujam Shuyu…+1.

Background and Context

The larger work to which this part belongs, Mu‘jam al-Shuyukh, was compiled by al-Dumyati to document the scholars and hadith authorities under whom he studied throughout his extensive travels across Egypt, the Levant, the Hijaz, Iraq, and al-Jazira al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya. Sources report differing overall counts for the scholars documented in the dictionary; Ibn Kathir and al-Dhahabi state that his teachers exceeded 1,300, while Ibn Qadi Shuhbah records around 1,250 al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya+1. Historical sources also vary regarding the physical scope of the complete compendium, describing it either as spanning two volumes or four volumes al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya+1. The text itself was transmitted via dictation (imla’) delivered directly by al-Dumyati to his students al-Khamis min Mujam Shuyu…+1.

Scope and Contents

The fifth part contains biographical entries for thirty-six teachers, situated within the alphabetical section dedicated to transmitters named Muhammad al-Khamis min Mujam Shuyu…. The entries in this fascicle span alphabetically from Muhammad ibn Abd al-Azim al-Mundhiri to Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad al-Andalusi al-Khamis min Mujam Shuyu….

Notable figures covered within this part include:

• Muhammad ibn Abd al-Azim ibn Abd al-Qawi al-Mundhiri (Abu Bakr, nicknamed al-Rashid), the son of al-Dumyati's prominent teacher Abd al-Azim al-Mundhiri al-Khamis min Mujam Shuyu….
• Muhammad ibn Abd al-Kafi ibn Ali al-Raba‘i (Shams al-Din), who served as a deputy judge in Damascus and later as judge of Homs al-Khamis min Mujam Shuyu…+1.
• Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Isa ibn Diryas (Kamal al-Din), a blind Shafi‘i jurist in Egypt al-Khamis min Mujam Shuyu…+1.
• Muhammad ibn Abd al-Mun‘im al-Kinani, from whom al-Dumyati received personal poetic verses in Baghdad al-Khamis min Mujam Shuyu….

Method and Structure

For each entry, al-Dumyati typically records the teacher’s full name, lineage, kunya, honorific title, geographical provenance, and school of law al-Khamis min Mujam Shuyu…+1. He then provides one or more narrations received through that teacher, specifying the context of the audition—whether through reading (qira’ah) or hearing (sama‘)—along with the date and city where the transmission occurred al-Khamis min Mujam Shuyu…+1.

Al-Dumyati frequently includes alternative elevated chains of transmission (isnad ‘ali) for the same traditions, analyzes the status of transmitters, and cross-references the hadiths with major canonical collections such as Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and the Sunan works of Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, and Ibn Majah al-Khamis min Mujam Shuyu…+1. Each entry concluded with vital biographical data, including the subject's exact date of birth, date of death, place of burial, and funeral prayers when known al-Khamis min Mujam Shuyu…+1.