al-Majalis al-Khamsa al-Salmasiyya lil-Salafi
- Author died
- 576 AH
- Editions
- Dar al-Sumay'i
al-Majalis al-Khamsa al-Salmasiyya (The Five Salmas Dictation Sessions) is a five-part hadith work by the traditionist Abu Tahir al-Silafi (d. 576 AH / 1180 CE), recording the hadiths he delivered during his dictation assemblies in the city of Salmas.
Composition and Structure
The work is also referenced under the titles al-Majalis al-Salmasiyya and al-Salmasiyyat. It originated during al-Silafi's early travels in pursuit of hadith, when he convened dictation assemblies (majalis al-imlaʾ) in the frontier city of Salmas in Azerbaijan while still a young scholar. The text is structured into five distinct dictation sessions (majalis), each containing traditions transmitted by al-Silafi along with their chains of narration.
Transmission and Reception
The sessions were transmitted from al-Silafi by a number of his direct students, including Ja'far ibn Ali al-Hamdani, Abu al-Qasim al-Safrawi, Ali ibn Mukhtar al-Amiri, and Murtada ibn al-Afif. Subsequent scholars received and recited the work through these lines of transmission across Egypt, Syria, and the Hijaz; among them were Ibn Rashid al-Fihri, Alam al-Din al-Birzali, and Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani.
Publication
The work has been edited by Mashhur Hasan Salman and published by Dar al-Sumay'i in Riyadh.
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