Fawaid Abi Bakr al-Nusaybi
- Author died
- 359 AH
- Editions
- Manuscript published in the free program Jawāmiʻ al-Kalim affiliated with Islamweb
Fawaid Abi Bakr al-Nusaybi (Arabic: فوائد أبي بكر النصيبي, lit. 'The Hadith Benefits of Abu Bakr al-Nusaybi'), also known as Fawaid Ibn Khallad or Hadith Abi Bakr ibn Khallad, is a hadith collection (juz') preserving the transmissions and narrations of the Baghdadi hadith transmitter Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn Khallad al-Nusaybi (d. 359 AH / 969 CE) .
Author and Content
The author, Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn Ahmad ibn Khallad al-Attar al-Nusaybi, originated from Nusaybin and resided in Baghdad . He heard hadith from several prominent third-century AH authorities, including al-Harith ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Usama, Muhammad ibn al-Faraj al-Azraq, Ismail ibn Ishaq al-Qadi, and Muhammad ibn Ghalib Tamtam .
Biographical sources characterize Ibn Khallad as a trustworthy transmitter (thiqa) whose audition was sound, though he was not versed in the technical sciences or critical analysis of hadith . The collection comprises prophetic traditions and reports transmitted through his direct teachers and chains of transmission .
Selection and Transmission
A well-known selection (intiqa') of Ibn Khallad's narrations was compiled by the hadith master al-Daraqutni (d. 385 AH / 995 CE) . Later hadith scholars also compiled extracts from his corpus, notably Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi (d. 643 AH / 1245 CE) .
The text was transmitted down through distinct branches across two primary parts (ajza'):
- Part One: Transmitted from Ibn Khallad through Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani, and later passed down via Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Haddad and Abu Ja'far al-Saydalani .
- Part Two: Transmitted from Ibn Khallad through Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Sulayman al-Nusaybi (known as al-Adani), who related it in the congregational mosque in 419 AH to Abu al-Qasim Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abi al-Ala al-Missisi, through whom it was transmitted to subsequent Syrian and Damascene scholars .
Later bibliographers and traditionists, including Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani and Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, documented their formal reception and chains of transmission back to both parts of the work .
Manuscripts and Publication
Manuscript copies of Ibn Khallad's parts and selections are preserved in collections such as the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus . A selection from his hadith assembled by Diya' al-Din al-Maqdisi was edited by Fawwaz Ahmad Zumarli and published by Dar Ibn Hazm in Beirut in 1425 AH / 2004 CE within a compendium of hadith treatises titled Sifat al-Nabi wa-Ajza' Hadithiyya Ukhra .
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