al-Tuyuriyat
- Author died
- 576 AH
- Editions
- Maktabat Aḍwā’ al-Salaf
al-Tuyuriyat (al-Ajzāʾ al-Ṭuyūriyyāt) is a multi-part collection of hadith and scholarly transmissions compiled by the hadith master Abu Tahir al-Silafi (d. 576 AH / 1180 CE) . It consists of a curated selection (intikhāb) extracted from the narrations and original source notebooks of his Baghdadi teacher, Abu al-Husayn al-Mubarak ibn Abd al-Jabbar al-Tuyuri (d. 500 AH / 1107 CE), after whom the work is named .
Origin and Scope
Ibn al-Tuyuri was a prolific transmitter in Baghdad who possessed extensive notebooks and transmitted hadith through elevated chains of transmission (asānīd ʿāliyah), though he did not author independent compilations of his own . During his studies under Ibn al-Tuyuri, Abu Tahir al-Silafi extracted and compiled a broad selection of traditions directly from his teacher's original texts (uṣūl kutubih) . Historical biographical entries note that al-Silafi selected one hundred parts (ajzāʾ) from Ibn al-Tuyuri's transmissions, comprising two volumes .
Content and Structure
The work is organized into distinct fascicles (ajzāʾ), each recording chains of transmission traced through Ibn al-Tuyuri back to early authorities and foundational collectors . In addition to prophetic hadiths—both canonical and rare transmissions—the text incorporates non-prophetic reports (āthār), ethical and ascetic accounts (zuhd), and literary verses and anecdotes recited in scholarly transmission sessions .
Transmission and Preservation
Al-Silafi transmitted al-Tuyuriyat to numerous students during his long residence in Alexandria . Transmissions and reading certificates preserved across its parts record readings by figures such as Jamal al-Din Abu Talib Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Hadid al-Kinani and the hadith critic Abd al-Azim al-Mundhiri . Later traditionists, including Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, documented continuous chains of transmission for the work back to al-Silafi and Ibn al-Tuyuri . A manuscript of the collection is preserved in the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus (MS 320 Hadith) .
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