Amali Ibn Samun al-Waiz
- Author died
- 387 AH
- Editions
- Dar al-Basha'ir al-Islamiyyah
Amali Ibn Samun al-Waiz (The Dictations of Ibn Samun al-Waiz) is a collection of hadith dictation sessions (majalis) compiled by the Baghdadi preacher and traditionist Ibn Samun al-Waiz (300–387 AH / 912–997 CE) .
Content and Structure
The work belongs to the amālī genre, consisting of records of scholarly gatherings in which the author orally dictated traditions accompanied by their full chains of transmission (asānīd) to students and attendees . Abu Sa'd al-Sam'ani noted that Ibn Samun lived long enough to dictate approximately twenty sessions (or close to that number), where people assembled to hear and transcribe them . The commentator Abu al-Abbas al-Sharishi referred to the collection under the title Kitab al-Majalis (The Book of Sessions), describing it as comprising hadiths with uninterrupted chains of transmission .
Transmission and Modern Publication
The work was preserved through prominent chains of transmitters. Among its primary transmitters from the author was Abu Talib al-Ushari, through whom it passed to Abu al-Qasim Hibat Allah ibn Ahmad al-Hariri, and subsequently to Abu al-Yumn al-Kindi . From al-Kindi, it was recited in Damascus to Abu Muhammad Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Mun'im al-Harithi (known as Ibn 'Abd) .
Manuscript parts of the dictations are preserved in collections including the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus (including copies preserving parts 1–2 and sessions 12–19 dating to 602 AH) . The text was edited and studied by Dr. Amir Hasan Sabri and published by Dar al-Basha'ir al-Islamiyyah in Beirut in 1423 AH / 2002 CE .
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