Hadith Abi Bakr al-Anbari_1
- Author died
- 360 AH
- Editions
- A manuscript published in the free program Jawāmiʿ al-Kalim affiliated with Islamweb
Hadith Abi Bakr al-Anbari (Arabic: حديث أبي بكر الأنباري) is a hadith tract (juz') preserving prophetic traditions transmitted by the Baghdadi hadith scholar and narrator Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn al-Haytham al-Anbari, known as Ibn Abi Ahmad al-Bandar (267–360 AH / 880–970 CE) .
Origin and Scope
The work forms part of the collected transmissions of Abu Bakr al-Anbari al-Bandar, whose hadiths were originally selected (intiqa') by Umar al-Basri and circulated across two substantial parts (juz'an dakhman) . The collection documents narrations transmitted by al-Anbari with complete chains of transmission from his primary ninth-century shaykhs, most notably Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi al-Awwam al-Riyahi, Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Shakir al-Sa'igh, and Ahmad ibn al-Khalil al-Burjulani .
The contents span various doctrinal, legal, and ethical subjects, including the virtues of the Companions, eschatological matters, prayer, ritual purity such as wiping over leather socks, divine mercy, and diverse moral admonitions .
Transmission and Reception
The text is transmitted down from al-Anbari through several recognized transmission chains (riwayat):
- The principal chain featured in the text passes through the hafiz Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Barqani (d. 425 AH), from whom it was related by Abu Ghalib Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Baqillani, then Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn Ja'far ibn Abd al-Samad ibn al-Mutawakkil, and then Abu al-Munajja Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Latti .
- A parallel line from al-Baqillani was preserved through Abu al-Husayn Abd al-Haqq ibn Abd al-Khaliq ibn Yusuf .
- Another route descends from al-Anbari through his student Bushra ibn Abd Allah al-Fatini, transmitted subsequently by Abu Abd Allah Hibat Allah ibn Ahmad al-Mawsili .
Later scholars in Damascus, Jerusalem, and Baghdad read and auditioned both the full parts and concise extracts (muntaqa) derived from al-Anbari's corpus .
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