Juz al-Qadi Abi al-Qasim al-Mayanji
- Author died
- 375 AH
- Editions
- A manuscript published in the free Jawāmiʿ al-Kalim program affiliated with the Islamweb website
Juz al-Qadi Abi al-Qasim al-Mayanji (The Hadith Part of Judge Abu al-Qasim al-Miyanji) is a collection of prophetic hadiths transmitted by the Shafi'i jurist and judge Abu Bakr Yusuf ibn al-Qasim al-Miyanji (d. 375 AH / 985 CE) .
Origin and Transmission
The author, Yusuf ibn al-Qasim ibn Yusuf ibn Faris ibn Sawwar al-Miyanji, was born before 290 AH and served as deputy judge in Damascus under the Fatimid chief judge Ali ibn al-Nu'man . He died in the month of Sha'ban 375 AH .
This hadith booklet (juz') is preserved through the transmission of Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn Awf al-Muzani, who recorded it directly from al-Miyanji during a narration session at the latter's residence on Wednesday evening, the fourth of Rajab in 363 AH .
Content and Sources
The text compiles short chains of narration and elevated hadiths gathered by al-Miyanji across numerous Islamic centers of learning. The transmissions in the collection document his direct hearings from scholars in various cities:
- In Basra, from Abu Khalifah al-Fadl ibn al-Hubab al-Jumahi, Zakariyya ibn Yahya al-Saji, and al-Qasim ibn Abbad .
- In Baghdad, from Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Aban al-Sarraj, al-Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Maliki, Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Zanjawayh al-Makhrami, and Abu Bakr ibn Abi Dawud .
- In Wasit, from Ishaq ibn Khalawayh al-Babasiri .
- In Mosul, from Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili .
- In Nishapur, from Ibn Khuzaymah and Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Sarraj (al-Thaqafi) .
- In Harran, from Abu Bakr ibn Qandurah .
- In Homs, from Muhammad ibn Fudayl al-Kila'i .
- In Mayanj, from Muhammad ibn Umar al-Samarqandi .
The material includes doctrinal reports, prophetic virtues, ritual practices such as ablution and pilgrimage, and moral exhortations .
Reception
Al-Miyanji's narrations were received by prominent scholars, including the Egyptian hadith master Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id, Tammam al-Razi, and Abu Sa'id al-Malini . Abd al-Aziz al-Kattani noted that over forty scholars transmitted from al-Miyanji, praising him as trustworthy and noble (thiqah nabil), while Abu al-Walid al-Baji evaluated him as a well-known hadith scholar of acceptable reliability (la ba'sa bihi) . Later hadith authorities, including Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi, noted having obtained copies of al-Miyanji's short parts of elevated narrations ('awali) .
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