Hadith Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Ansari
- Author died
- 215 AH
- Editions
- Aḍwāʾ al-Salaf
Hadith Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Ansari (also cited as Juz' al-Ansari) is a specialized hadith collection (juz') recording the narrations transmitted by the Basran judge and hadith traditionist Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Ansari (118–215 AH / 736–830 CE; also reported d. 218 AH) .
Author and Transmission
The collection centers on the narrations of Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Muthanna ibn Abd Allah ibn Anas ibn Malik al-Ansari, a descendant of the Prophet's companion Anas ibn Malik . Al-Ansari served as a judge in Basra during the caliphate of Harun al-Rashid and later in Baghdad under al-Ma'mun .
The primary transmitter who compiled and handed down this collection from al-Ansari was the Basran traditionist Abu Muslim al-Kajji (Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah ibn Muslim, d. 292 AH) . From al-Kajji, the principal line of transmission passed through Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Ibrahim ibn Ayyub ibn Masi al-Bazzar, through whom it reached Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Umar al-Barmaki, and subsequently the prominent traditionist Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Baqi al-Ansari (known as Qadi al-Maristan) . Another transmission route from al-Kajji was narrated by Abu Amr Isma'il ibn Nujayd al-Sulami .
Content and Method
The collection comprises hadiths related by al-Ansari from several prominent teachers, such as Humayd al-Tawil, Sulayman al-Taymi, Muhammad ibn Fada', and Isma'il ibn Muslim al-Makki . A significant portion consists of traditions transmitted through family chains and close regional links in Basra going back to Anas ibn Malik .
Later hadith authorities valued the juz' for the elevation of its chains (uluww al-isnad); scholars such as Taj al-Din al-Subki and his contemporaries held audition sessions for it in centers such as Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyya in Damascus .
Preservation and Editions
Manuscripts containing selections of the work have survived in classical collections, such as the Umariyya compendia in the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus . The text has been edited by Mus'ad al-Sa'dani and published by Maktabat Adwa' al-Salaf in Riyadh in 1418 AH (1997 CE) .
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