al-Sabi min Mujam Shuyukh al-Dimyati
- Author died
- 705 AH
- Editions
- Manuscript published in the free program Jawāmi‘ al-Kalim of Islamweb
al-Sabi‘ min Mu‘jam Shuyukh al-Dimyati (The Seventh Part of the Biographical Dictionary of Teachers of al-Dumyati) is a biographical hadith volume compiled by the Egyptian Shafi‘i scholar and hadith master Abd al-Mumin ibn Khalaf al-Dumyati (613–705 AH / 1217–1306 CE) . It forms the seventh fascicle (juz') of his comprehensive dictionary of teachers (Mu‘jam al-Shuyukh), documenting thirty-one of his teachers whose given names were Muhammad along with representative hadiths received from them .
Scope and Context
Al-Dumyati compiled his overarching dictionary of teachers to record the scholars from whom he received and transmitted hadith across the various regions he visited during his travels, as well as those he studied with in Egypt . Historical accounts describe the complete Mu‘jam as spanning two large volumes, four volumes, or forty-four parts (ajza'), opening alphabetically with teachers bearing the name Muhammad .
The seventh fascicle covers thirty-one biographical entries within this opening section of teachers named Muhammad . The text begins with the biography of Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Zayd and concludes with Muhammad ibn al-Muzaffar ibn al-Munir (known as al-Wajih ibn al-Munir, d. 656 AH) . The volume notes that the eighth part continues with the biography of Muhammad ibn Muqbil ibn Shayban al-Baghdadi .
Structure and Method
Each biographical entry follows a consistent scholarly framework combining prosopography and hadith transmission:
- Identification and Lineage: Al-Dumyati records the teacher's full genealogy, agnomen (kunya), regional and tribal nisbas, honorific epithets, and professional roles (such as judges, jurists, or witnesses) .
- Audition and Transmission: He details the circumstances and locations of his direct reading (qira'ah) or hearing (sama‘) from each teacher—such as Ribat Abbas in eastern Baghdad, the Bayatirah Mosque in Damascus, Aleppo, and Alexandria—and transmits a hadith through the teacher with a complete chain of transmission (isnad) .
- Hadith Takhrij: Following each transmitted narration, he identifies corresponding parallel transmissions in the major canonical compilations—including Sahih Muslim, Sahih al-Bukhari, and the Sunan collections of Abu Dawud, al-Nasa'i, al-Tirmidhi, and Ibn Majah—noting instances where his chain achieves elevated parallel correspondence (muwafaqa) or alternative intersection (badal) .
- Biographical Data: Entries routinely conclude with chronological data, specifying the teacher's birth date, exact date and place of death, funeral prayers, and burial locations .
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