Amali al-Mahamili Riwayat Ibn Mahdi al-Farisi
- Author died
- 330 AH
- Editions
- Dār al-Nawādir
Amali al-Mahamili Riwayat Ibn Mahdi al-Farisi (The Dictations of al-Mahamili: Recension of Ibn Mahdi al-Farisi) is a collection of hadith dictations delivered by the Baghdadi judge and hadith master al-Husayn ibn Isma'il al-Mahamili (235–330 AH / 849–942 CE), as transmitted by Ibn Mahdi al-Farisi (d. 416 AH / 1025 CE) .
Background and Transmission
Al-Mahamili conducted numerous public dictation assemblies (majalis al-imla') in Baghdad, which attracted immense gatherings reported to have reached up to ten thousand listeners . He held his final dictation session on 12 Rabi' al-Akhir 330 AH, falling ill shortly thereafter and dying eleven days later .
His dictation sessions survived through multiple recensions preserved by his students. Alongside the recension of Abu Umar Abd al-Wahid ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Mahdi al-Farisi (also identified in print records as Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Mahdi al-Farisi) , other major transmissions of al-Mahamili's Amali include those of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Salt al-Mujabbir (d. 405 AH) and Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya al-Bayyi', as well as paths through Abu Ahmad ibn Abi Muslim al-Faradi and Abu al-Qasim al-Sarsari .
Later scholars maintained chains of transmission back to Ibn Mahdi's recension. Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani documented receiving the parts (ajza') of the work through chains connecting through figures such as Asim ibn al-Hasan and the female scholar Shuhdah al-Katibah back to Ibn Mahdi al-Farisi .
Contents and Structure
The work comprises narrated traditions with complete chains of transmission (isnad) dictated by al-Mahamili directly to Ibn Mahdi . Al-Mahamili transmits from prominent third-century AH authorities, including Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari, Ya'qub al-Dawraqi, Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna, Ahmad ibn al-Miqdam al-Ijli, and Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Makhrami .
The texts span legal rulings, ethical exhortations, and prophetic merits, including traditions regarding brotherhood among believers, tribulations, the prohibition of eating and drinking with the left hand, and legal matters such as inheritance and the prohibition of nursing relations .
Editions
- Edited by Hamdi Abd al-Majid al-Salafi and published in one volume by Dar al-Nawaadir (1427 AH / 2006 CE), printed together with the recension of Ibn al-Salt .
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