Hadith al-Darraj
- Author died
- 361 AH
- Editions
- Majallat al-Shari'ah wa-al-Dirasat al-Islamiyyah bi-al-Kuwayt - Issue 47
Hadith al-Darraj (Hadith of al-Darraj) is a hadith tract (juz') preserving narrations transmitted by the Baghdadi Qur'an reciter and traditionist Abu Amr Uthman ibn Umar ibn Khafif al-Darraj (d. 361 AH / 972 CE) .
Author and Transmission
The author, Abu Amr Uthman ibn Umar ibn Khafif, known by the epithet al-Darraj, was a traditionist from Baghdad described by biographers as trustworthy (thiqah) and noted for his adherence to the Qur'an, religious devotion, and upright character . The scholar Abu Bakr al-Barqani regarded him as one of the righteous substitutes (abdal) . Al-Darraj died suddenly during Ramadan 361 AH (972 CE); Muhammad ibn Abi al-Fawaris recorded his death on Saturday, 7 Ramadan, while another account mentions Friday .
Al-Darraj transmitted hadith from a number of Baghdadi and regional scholars, including:
- Harun ibn Ali al-Muzawwiq
- Ali ibn Hammad ibn Hisham al-Askari
- Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hisham al-Talaqani
- Ahmad ibn Habib al-Nahrawani
- Abu Bakr ibn Abi Dawud
- Muhammad ibn Harun ibn al-Mujaddar
In turn, his collection and narrations were transmitted by several prominent students and hadith figures, including Abu al-Hasan ibn Rizqawayh, Abu Bakr al-Barqani, Makki ibn Ali al-Hariri, Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn Allan, Ali ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Tahiri, Muhammad ibn Talhah al-Ni'ali, and Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Bukayr al-Najjar .
Content and Publication
The compilation belongs to the genre of individual hadith parts (ajza'), which document a specific scholar's transmitted narrations and chains of transmission (asānīd) . The work was published under the title al-Juz' fihi min Hadith Abi Amr Uthman ibn Umar ibn Khafif al-Muqri' al-ma'ruf bi-l-Darraj, edited by Abdullah Marhul al-Sawalmah in the Kuwaiti journal Majallat al-Shari'ah wa-al-Dirasat al-Islamiyyah (issue 47, 2001) .
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