al-Thalith min Fawaid Abi Uthman al-Buhayri
- Author died
- 451 AH
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- Manuscript published in the free program Jawāmiʿ al-Kalim affiliated with Islamweb
al-Thalith min Fawaid Abi Uthman al-Buhayri (lit. 'The Third Part of the Hadith Benefits of Abu Uthman al-Buhayri') is a short hadith collection extracted from the auditory records (masmu‘at) of the Nishapuri traditionist Abu Uthman Said ibn Muhammad al-Buhayri (364–451 AH / 975–1059 CE) .
Compilation and Transmission
The collection was selected and extracted from al-Buhayri’s original audition registers by Abu Sa‘d Sa‘id ibn Muhammad al-Sha‘bi . The transmission line of the surviving text runs through al-Buhayri’s student, Abu al-Qasim Zahir ibn Tahir al-Shahhami, who recited or transmitted it in 531 AH under the reading of Abu al-‘Ala’ Ahmad ibn al-Fadl al-Hafiz . From al-Shahhami, it was transmitted to Abu al-Majd Zahir ibn Abi Tahir al-Thaqafi, who taught it in Isfahan during Rabi' al-Awwal 606 AH, where it was heard by ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn al-Husayn ibn Hilalah .
Structure and Content
The text comprises 48 numbered prophetic hadiths and transmitted reports arranged with their full chains of transmission (isnad) . Al-Buhayri narrates these traditions from various shaykhs, including Abu ‘Ali Zahir ibn Ahmad al-Sarakhsi, his grandfather Abu al-Husayn Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Buhayri, Abu ‘Amr Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Hamdan, Abu Ahmad al-Hafiz, and Abu Bakr ibn ‘Abdus al-Muzakki .
The narrations span diverse subjects, including ritual prayer, ablution, supplications, ethical conduct, legal rulings, and virtues of the Companions . In several places, notes on transmission nuances are preserved; for instance, al-Buhayri appends a textual verification note to one tradition stating that it was recorded verbatim as found in his source manuscript . Another report includes biographical accounts referencing the hadith criticism and documentation practices of Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Abu Zur'ah al-Razi . The tract ends with a closing note indicating that a subsequent narration through Ibrahim ibn Tahman is recorded in the fourth part of the Fawa'id .
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