al-Sadis min Mashyakhat Ibn Hayawayh
- Author died
- 382 AH
- Editions
- A manuscript published in the free Jawāmiʻ al-Kalim program affiliated with Islamweb
al-Sadis min Mashyakhat Ibn Hayawayh (The Sixth Part of the Mashyakhah of Ibn Hayawayh) is a hadith tract preserving a selection of narrations transmitted by the Baghdadi scholar Abu 'Umar Muhammad ibn al-'Abbas ibn Hayawayh al-Khazzaz (295–382 AH / 908–992 CE), extracted and compiled by al-Daraqutni (d. 385 AH / 995 CE) .
Compilation and Transmission
The text constitutes the sixth fascicle (juzʾ) of the mashyakhah (teacher corpus) of Abu 'Umar Muhammad ibn al-'Abbas ibn Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Khazzaz, commonly known as Ibn Hayawayh . The material was selected (takhrīj) from Ibn Hayawayh's hearing of his teachers by the traditionist al-Daraqutni .
The primary line of transmission recorded at the beginning of the text descends from Ibn Hayawayh through:
- Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Jawhari al-Muqanna'i
- Abu Ghalib Ahmad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Banna'
- Abu Hafs 'Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Ma'mar ibn Yahya al-Mu'addib (known as Ibn Tabarzadh)
- Shams al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn 'Asakir al-Dimashqi
Content and Scope
The work consists of prophetic hadiths and transmitted reports narrated by Ibn Hayawayh with their full isnads (chains of transmission) back to the Prophet ﷺ and early authorities . Among the direct teachers through whom Ibn Hayawayh transmits in this part are Muhammad ibn Harun, Ishaq ibn Hamdan al-Naysaburi, Abu 'Ubayd Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Mu'ammal al-Sayrafi, the judge Abu 'Ubayd 'Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Harbawayh, al-Husayn ibn 'Ali al-Dihqan, Abu al-Layth Nasr ibn al-Qasim al-Fara'idi, and Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Yusuf al-Basri al-Mahri .
The narrations in the text cover a variety of subjects, including:
- Prophecies and historical reports, such as the conquest of al-Hira
- Exegetical comments on Quranic verses, such as Surat al-Nisa' and Surat Maryam
- Legal and ritual rulings, including cupping, the zakat of an orphan's wealth, the prescription of bathing on Friday, rules of modesty and dress during prayer, prohibition of certain fermented beverages, guidelines on ritual purity during irregular bleeding (istiḥāḍah), journeying to the three sacred mosques, and combining prayers in Medina
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