al-Thalith min Mujam Shuyukh al-Dumyati
- Author died
- 705 AH
- Editions
- Manuscript published in the free Jawāmiʻ al-Kalim program affiliated with the Islamweb website
al-Thalith min Mu'jam Shuyukh al-Dumyati (The Third Part of the Biographical Dictionary of the Teachers of al-Dumyati) is an individual fascicle from the comprehensive dictionary of hadith teachers (mu'jam al-shuyukh) compiled by the hadith master Abd al-Mumin ibn Khalaf al-Dumyati (613–705 AH / 1216–1305 CE) .
Context and Scope
Al-Dumyati compiled a large biographical work recording the scholars from whom he received and transmitted hadith throughout his travels and residence in Egypt, Syria (al-Sham), the Hijaz, Iraq, and the Jazira . The entire collection encompassed between 1,250 and over 1,300 teachers . Historical descriptions of the complete work describe it as filling two large volumes, four volumes in some accounts, or forty-four parts (ajza'), arranged alphabetically beginning with teachers named Muhammad .
Content and Method
This third part continues the alphabetical sequence of teachers whose given name was Muhammad, picking up directly after the conclusion of the second part . It contains biographical notices for thirty-one teachers, opening with the Alexandrian notary Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ismail ibn al-Furat al-Lakhmi (d. 643 AH) and concluding with Muhammad ibn Salama .
In each entry, al-Dumyati records the teacher's full lineage, nisbas, honorifics, and dates of birth and death when available, alongside details about their primary authorities, auditory sessions (sama'), and licenses (ijaza) across various cities . He narrates selected hadith traditions through the subject, tracing complete chains of transmission back to the Prophet ﷺ and offering technical commentary on the elevation of chains (uluw), parallel transmissions (badal), and points of agreement (muwafaqa) with canonical collections .
Preservation and Publication
A photographic manuscript reproduction of the third part is preserved at the library of the Islamic University of Madinah . This section of the text was edited and published in Paris in 1962 CE by the scholar Georges Vajda .
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