Hadith Naddar Allah Imra - Ibn Mumak
- Author died
- 333 AH
- Editions
- Dār Ibn Ḥazm
Hadith Naddar Allah Imra (formal title: Juz' fihi qawl al-Nabi ﷺ: Naddara Allahu imra'an sami'a maqalati fa-addaha) is a specialized hadith monograph (juz') compiled by the hadith scholar Ibn Mamak (d. 333 AH / 944–945 CE) .
Subject and Content
The work is a thematic hadith tract focused on assembling and documenting the transmissions and chains of narration (turuq) of the prophetic tradition regarding the conveyance of knowledge : نضر الله امرأ سمع مقالتي فأداها ("May Allah brighten a person who hears my statement and conveys it") . Scholars referencing the tract cite its chains as an authoritative source for the routes of this narration across various Companions .
Author and Context
The compiler, Abu Amr Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Hakim al-Madini al-Asbahani, widely known as Ibn Mamak, was an itinerant hadith scholar (muhaddith rahhal) . He traveled extensively to collect traditions, hearing hadith in Rayy from Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Warah and Abu Hatim al-Razi, in Baghdad from Yahya ibn Abi Talib, in Tripoli from Ahmad ibn Abi al-Khanajir, and in Aleppo from Abu Usama Abd Allah .
Ibn Mamak was regarded as truthful (saduq), virtuous, cultured (adib), and well-versed in hadith knowledge . Among those who transmitted from him were Abu al-Shaykh, Ibn Mandah, Ali ibn Milah al-Faradi, Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Jawlah, and Ibn Mardawayh . He died in Isfahan in Jumada al-Akhirah 333 AH .
Publication
The text was edited by Badr ibn Abd Allah al-Badr and published in a single volume by Dar Ibn Hazm in Beirut (first edition, 1415 AH / 1994 CE) .
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