al-Sadis min Mujam Shuyukh al-Dumyati

Al-Sadis min Mujam Shuyukh al-Dumyati (The Sixth Part of the Dictionary of al-Dumyati's Teachers) is the sixth part of the biographical dictionary of hadith teachers compiled by the Shafi'i hadith scholar and genealogist Abd al-Mumin ibn Khalaf al-Dumyati (613–705 AH / 1216–1305 CE) al-Sadis min Mujam Shuyuk…+1.

Background and Scope

Al-Dumyati compiled a comprehensive dictionary (muʿjam) documenting the teachers from whom he received and transmitted hadith during his travels across Egypt, Damascus, Aleppo, Harran, Mardin, Hama, the Hejaz, and Iraq Akhbar Qabail al-Khazraj+1. The total number of his teachers is reported across biographical sources as numbering around 1,250 or exceeding 1,300 authorities al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya+1. The overall work was organized alphabetically, opening with teachers whose given name was Muhammad, and spanned forty-four parts (ajzāʾ), bound historically in two large volumes or four volumes Akhbar Qabail al-Khazraj+1.

Content and Method

This sixth part covers thirty-two teachers, spanning from the entry for Muhammad ibn Ali to that of Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Rustam al-Sadis min Mujam Shuyuk….

For each scholar, al-Dumyati provides the biographical entry by detailing the teacher's full name, lineage, and nisbas, followed by transmitted narrations or verses received through them al-Sadis min Mujam Shuyuk…+1. Entries frequently record:

• The locations and settings where al-Dumyati met or read to the teacher, such as Baghdad, Aleppo, and Damascus al-Sadis min Mujam Shuyuk…+1.
• Full chains of transmission (isnāds) connecting the teacher to early hadith collections and earlier authorities, along with cross-references to standard hadith compendia such as the Sunan of Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, and al-Nasa'i al-Sadis min Mujam Shuyuk…+1.
• Precise dates and places of birth, dates and days of death, and specific burial locations, such as Mount Qasyun or the Bab al-Saghir and Bab Harb cemeteries al-Sadis min Mujam Shuyuk…+1.