Fawaid Ibn Akhi Maymi al-Daqqaq
- Author died
- 390 AH
- Editions
- Dār Aḍwā’ al-Salaf
Fawaid Ibn Akhi Maymi al-Daqqaq (The Hadith Benefits of Ibn Akhi Maymi al-Daqqaq) is a compilation of hadith narrations transmitted by the Baghdad-based traditionist Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Husayn al-Daqqaq, known as Ibn Akhi Maymi (d. 390 AH / 1000 CE). It gathers rare and elevated reports received from his trustworthy teachers.
Content and Structure
In manuscript copies and traditionist sources, the work is titled al-Fawaid al-muntaqat al-gharaib al-hisan al-awali an al-shuyukh al-thiqat (Selected Rare and Elevated Traditions from Trustworthy Shaykhs). Unlike collections that mix traditions with non-prophetic historical reports and poetry, its contents consist entirely of hadith narrations. The work comprises narrations transmitted by Ibn Akhi Maymi from senior scholars of his era, prominently including Abu al-Qasim al-Baghawi, Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Said, Hamzah ibn al-Qasim al-Hashimi, and Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Nayri al-Bazzaz.
The text was organized into numbered parts (ajza'), several of which circulated independently among later hadith scholars. Later traditionists such as Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani recorded auditory certificates (sama'at) documenting transmission of individual fascicles, including the sixth part.
Transmission and Manuscripts
The primary line of transmission for the surviving text runs through the traditionist Abu al-Husayn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Naqqur al-Bazzaz from Ibn Akhi Maymi. Among those who received the text through Ibn al-Naqqur were Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn al-Qadi Abi Ya'la ibn al-Farra' and his brother Ubayd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn al-Farra'.
Manuscript copies of various parts of the collection are preserved in several libraries:
- Multiple parts survive in the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus.
- Other manuscript parts are held at the Feyzullah Efendi Library in Istanbul, the Al-Azhar Library in Cairo, the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, and the General Awqaf Library in Baghdad.
The text was edited by Nabil Sa'd al-Din Jarrar and published in Riyadh by Dar Adwa' al-Salaf in 2005 (1426 AH) as the fifth installment in a series dedicated to hadith fascicles (Majami' al-Ajza' al-Hadithiyya).
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