Hadith Muhammad ibn Bashshar Bundar
- Author died
- 307 AH
- Editions
- Majallat al-Ahmadiyya - Issue 18
Hadith Muhammad ibn Bashshar Bundar (also titled Hadith Muhammad ibn Bashshar Bundar 'an Shuyukhihi) is a specialized hadith collection compiled by the Mosul-based traditionist Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili (210–307 AH / 825–919 CE) . It gathers prophetic traditions transmitted directly through his teacher, the Basran hadith master Muhammad ibn Bashshar, known by the honorific title "Bundar" .
Overview and Content
The work belongs to the ajza' genre of hadith literature, in which a scholar compiles narrations received from a single authority or along a specific thematic line . Abu Ya'la studied under Bundar during his scholarly travels to Basra . Bundar (167–252 AH / 783–866 CE; also reported as dying in 258 AH) was one of the central transmitters of his generation, from whom the compilers of all six canonical Sunni hadith collections narrated .
In this text, Abu Ya'la records traditions as transmitted to him by Bundar from various senior teachers, including 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn 'Abd al-Majid al-Thaqafi, Salm ibn Qutayba, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi, and Muhammad ibn Ja'far . The narrations encompass diverse legal, biographical, and theological topics, such as a report regarding the Prophet's ﷺ early life and the monotheist Zayd ibn 'Amr ibn Nufayl narrated by Zayd ibn Harithah , as well as traditions concerning financial dealings and properties .
Transmission and Publication
The collection was transmitted down through Abu Ya'la's students and later Iraqi and Syrian chains of narration, such as the line passing from al-Qadi Abu 'Abd Allah al-Husayn ibn Ahmad ibn Fahd al-Azdi al-Mawsili to Abu Muhammad al-Jawhari and later scholars .
Manuscript copies of the work are preserved in repositories including the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus (under MS 72/3808), with microfilm copies held at the Central Library in Mecca and the Manuscript Library in Kuwait . The work was critically edited by 'Abd al-Rahim ibn Yahya al-Hammud and published in Majallat al-Ahmadiyya in 2004 CE (1425 AH) .
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