al-Rabi min Mujam Shuyukh al-Dumyati
- Author died
- 705 AH
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- مخطوط نُشر في برنامج جوامع الكلم المجاني التابع لموقع الشبكة الإسلامية
Al-Rabi' min Mu'jam Shuyukh al-Dumyati (The Fourth Part of al-Dumyati's Dictionary of Teachers) is the fourth fascicle of the biographical dictionary of teachers (Mu'jam al-Shuyukh) compiled by the Shafi'i hadith scholar and genealogist Abd al-Mu'min ibn Khalaf al-Dumyati (613–705 AH / 1217–1306 CE) .
Background and Context
The larger work from which this fascicle originates was assembled by al-Dumyati to document the teachers and authorities from whom he heard and transmitted hadith during his extensive travels and periods of residence across Egypt, the Levant (including Damascus, Aleppo, and Hama), the Hijaz (Mecca and Medina), Iraq (Baghdad), and al-Jazira (including Harran, Mardin, Sinjar, and Mosul) .
Historical sources differ on the total count of authorities in his full Mu'jam, with figures reported as around 1,250 or exceeding 1,300 teachers . Accounts of the physical division of the original work also vary: it has been described as comprising two large volumes, four volumes, or divided into forty-four separate parts (ajza') . Al-Dumyati arranged the dictionary alphabetically, placing individuals whose first name was Muhammad at the beginning of the compilation .
Contents and Structure
Al-Rabi' min Mu'jam Shuyukh al-Dumyati forms the fourth sequential fascicle within the alphabetical section dedicated to teachers named Muhammad . It contains biographical entries for thirty-three teachers, commencing with Muhammad ibn Sunqur and concluding with Muhammad ibn Abd al-Aziz . The text opens with an authorial transmission heading indicating that the entries and their accompanying narrations were directly dictated by al-Dumyati to his students .
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