Hadith Luwayn al-Masisi

Hadith Luwayn al-Masisi (Arabic: حديث لوين المصيصي), also titled Juz' Luwayn (جزء لوين), is a compilation of hadith narrations gathered from the transmission of the hadith scholar Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Habib al-Asadi, known by the sobriquet Luwayn (d. 245 AH / 859 CE; alternative report 246 AH / 860 CE) Khizanat al-Turath - Fihr…+1.

Content and Scope

The work belongs to the juz' genre of hadith literature, compiling prophetical traditions (marfu'), companion reports (mawquf), and legal verdicts of early authorities (maqtu') transmitted by Luwayn from his prominent teachers Hadith Luwayn al-Masisi+1. The authorities Luwayn narrates from in the text include Malik ibn Anas, Sufyan ibn 'Uyayna, Sulayman ibn Bilal, Hushaym ibn Bashir, Sharik ibn 'Abd Allah, Isma'il ibn Zakariyya, Abu al-Ahwas, and 'Abd al-Hamid ibn Sulayman Hadith Luwayn al-Masisi+1.

The traditions preserved in the compilation span diverse subjects of Islamic law, ethics, and ritual practice, including:

• Rituals and Legal Injunctions: Rulings concerning the pilgrimage and 'Umrah, with narrations from 'Ata' ibn Abi Rabah and Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib, as well as traditions detailing the reconstruction and foundations of the Ka'bah via 'A'isha and 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr Hadith Luwayn al-Masisi+1.
• Ethics and Sunan: Prophetic etiquettes such as eating with the right hand and pronouncing the name of God, seeking refuge from the Fire, and entreating for Paradise Mashyakhat Abi al-Munja I…+1.
• Sacred Knowledge: The famous narration instructing: قيدوا العلم بالكتاب ("Bind knowledge by writing") al-Ima ila Zawaid al-Amal…+1.

Transmission and Reception

Juz' Luwayn circulated widely in the major learning centers of Iraq, the Levant, and Persia through several transmission chains (turuq):

• One primary transmission passed through the Baghdadi scholar Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Sa'id (d. 318 AH), from whom it reached later authorities such as Abu Tahir al-Mukhallis (d. 393 AH) and Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Zaynabi Talqih al-Uqul fi Fadail …+1.
• Another line of transmission went from Luwayn to Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Hazzuri (in 305 AH), then to Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Marzuban al-Abhari, and subsequently to Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Majah al-Abhari (d. 482 AH; alternative report 481 AH), who was noted as the last scholar to conclude the transmission of the juz' in Isfahan Mashyakhat Abi al-Munja I…+1. Mahmud ibn 'Abd al-Karim al-Tajir (known as Fawruja, d. 565 AH) later transmitted it from Ibn Majah al-Abhari via written authorization (ijazah) Mashyakhat Abi al-Munja I…+1.

The text was frequently cited in later hadith reference works and compendia by authors such as al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Abu Tahir al-Silafi, and Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi Siyar Aalam al-Nubala+1.

Editions

The work has been edited and published under the title Juz' fihi min Hadith Luwayn, edited by Abu Bilal Ghunaym ibn 'Abbas and published by Maktabat al-Rushd in Riyadh (1419 AH) al-Mashyakha al-Baghdadiy…+1.