Fawaid Ibn Masi
- Author died
- 369 AH
- Editions
- Aḍwā’ al-Salaf
Fawaid Ibn Masi (فوائد ابن ماسي) is a collection of hadith narrations transmitted by the Baghdadi hadith scholar Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Ibrahim ibn Ayyub ibn Masi (274–369 AH / 887–979 CE) .
Scope and Transmission
The work belongs to the fawa'id genre of hadith literature, compiling narrations received and transmitted by Ibn Masi with their chains of transmission (isnad). Among the primary authorities through whom he transmits material in the work is Abu Muslim al-Kajji (Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah) .
Later traditionists utilized and excerpted narrations from the collection. Abu Tahir al-Silafi cited transmissions from it in his al-Mashyakha al-Baghdadiyya , and Ibn al-Tahiri selected high-ranking chains (awali) from it for inclusion in a specialized tract .
Manuscripts and Publication
A manuscript copy of Fawaid Ibn Masi is preserved in the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus (under MS 3752) . The text was edited by Mus'ad Abd al-Hamid al-Sa'dani and published by Adwa' al-Salaf in Riyadh (1418 AH / 1998 CE), printed alongside a hadith segment of Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Ansari .
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