Amali Ibn Bishran - al-Juz al-Thani
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- 430 AH
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Amali Ibn Bishran - al-Juz al-Thani (The Dictations of Ibn Bishran – Volume Two) is the second volume of the collection of hadith dictation sessions delivered by the Baghdadi preacher and traditionist Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad ibn Bishran (339–430 AH / 951–1039 CE) .
Author and Context
Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Bishran al-Mu'addil was born in Shawwal 339 AH (951 CE) in Baghdad . He was the younger brother of the hadith transmitter Abu al-Husayn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Bishran (also cited as Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Bishran) . Ibn Bishran resided on the eastern side of Baghdad in Darb al-Diwan near the Mosque of al-Mahdi, and held preaching assemblies at both the Jami' of al-Mansur and the Mosque of al-Rusafa . He served as an official witness (shahid) before courts before giving up the post, and he died on 12 Rabi' al-Akhir 430 AH (1039 CE), being interred in the Malikiyya cemetery next to Abu Talib al-Makki according to his bequest .
Structure and Contents
The Amali (dictations) of Ibn Bishran is a hadith compilation dictated over numerous instructional sessions (majalis) and divided into multiple fascicles (ajza'), traditionally spanning two large volumes . The second volume encompasses the later gatherings and parts of the original dictation, including parts eighteen through twenty-eight .
Each session opens with chains of transmission leading from Ibn Bishran through his teachers—such as Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Salman al-Najjad, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Shafi'i, Abu Ali Ahmad ibn al-Fadl ibn Khuzayma, Abu al-Husayn Abd al-Baqi ibn Qani', Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Sawwaf, Abu Sahl Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ziyad, and Abu Bakr al-Ajurri—back to the Prophet ﷺ or the Companions . In addition to prophetic traditions concerning ritual practices, piety, and virtues, the text contains moral aphorisms, anecdotes, and lines of ethical verse recited with isnads .
Transmission and Modern Publication
The text of the Amali was transmitted through a network of students and traditionists who preserved individual parts or entire sequences . Among the principal transmitters of these sessions were Abu al-Khattab Ali ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Harun ibn al-Jarrah, Abu Talib Ahmad ibn al-Husayn al-Busayri, Abu Yasir Muhammad ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Khayyat, Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Hanbali, Abu Sa'd Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik al-Asadi, and the memorizer Abu Tahir al-Silafi, who narrated extensively from these intermediate transmitters .
In print, the work has been published by Dar al-Watan in Riyadh: the first volume was edited by Adil ibn Yusuf al-Azzazi in 1418 AH (1997 CE), and the second volume (al-Juz al-Thani) was edited by Ahmad ibn Sulayman and published in 1420 AH (1999 CE) .
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