Juz fihi Ahadith Awal wa Hikayat wa Ashar lil-Diya

Juz’ fihi Ahadith ‘Awal wa-Hikayat wa-Ash‘ar (A Hadith Tract Containing Elevated Narrations, Anecdotes, and Poems) is a concise Hadith tract compiled by the Hanbali traditionist and biographer Diya' al-Din Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahid al-Maqdisi (569–643 AH / 1173–1245 CE) Juz fihi Ahadith Awal wa …+1.

Scope and Contents

The work brings together twenty-three numbered reports and poetic selections revolving around short chains of transmission (‘uluww), the merits of Hadith scholars, and adherence to prophetic traditions Juz fihi Ahadith Awal wa …+1:

• Elevated Hadiths: A collection of narrations with short chains of transmission, in which Diya' al-Din al-Maqdisi highlights his own chains in comparison to those of major Hadith compilations such as Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and the Sunan collections of Abu Dawud al-Sijistani, al-Tirmidhi, and al-Nasa'i Juz fihi Ahadith Awal wa …+1. These include reports on ritual washing, fasting during travel, the merit of Quraysh, Jerusalem (Bayt al-Maqdis), and Damascus Juz fihi Ahadith Awal wa …+1. It also includes rare chains whose successive narrators share identical names (musalsal), such as an unbroken chain of transmitters each named Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahid Juz fihi Ahadith Awal wa ….
• Anecdotes and Scholarly Sayings: Transmissions recording statements by early scholars emphasizing the importance of studying Hadith and prioritizing textual traditions over speculative discourse (kalam), including sayings attributed to al-A'mash, Abd Allah ibn Dawud, and Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak Juz fihi Ahadith Awal wa …. It records the statement of Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i that looking at a Hadith scholar is akin to seeing one of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ Juz fihi Ahadith Awal wa …. It also includes a dream report related by Thabit ibn Ahmad al-Baghdadi concerning Sa‘d ibn Muhammad al-Zanjani regarding the reward of assemblies of Hadith study Juz fihi Ahadith Awal wa ….
• Poetry: The tract concludes with verses of poetry praising the scholars of Hadith and their preservation of the religion, including lines composed by Abu Tahir Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Silafi, Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Abi al-Wafa al-Madini, and Abu al-Karam Khamis ibn ‘Ali al-Khuzi Juz fihi Ahadith Awal wa …+1.

Transmission and Reception

The text was transmitted by the chief judge Taqi al-Din Abu al-Fadl Sulayman ibn Hamza ibn Ahmad ibn Qudama, who heard it from Diya' al-Din al-Maqdisi on 10 Dhu al-Hijjah 635 AH at the Jami‘ al-Zafari at the foot of Mount Qasiyun near Damascus Juz fihi Ahadith Awal wa …+1. Sulayman subsequently transmitted it to later scholars, including Shihab al-Din Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn ‘Imad al-Din Abi Bakr ibn al-‘Izz Ahmad ibn ‘Abd al-Hadi al-Maqdisi, who taught it in Rabi‘ al-Akhar 797 AH Juz fihi Ahadith Awal wa …. Salah al-Din al-'Ala'i also listed the tract among Diya' al-Din's works received through Sulayman Itharat al-Fawaid al-Majm….

Manuscripts and Publication

Manuscript copies of the tract are preserved in multiple composite volumes (majami‘) at the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus, including Majmu‘ 9 (fols. 168–172), Majmu‘ 16 (fols. 46–52), Majmu‘ 83 (fols. 39–42), and manuscript 4539 (fol. 13) in the author's own hand Mujam Tarikh al-Turath al…+1. The text was edited by Muhammad ibn Nasir al-‘Ajmi and published by Dar al-Basha'ir al-Islamiyyah in Beirut (1st edition, 1430 AH / 2009 CE) Diwan al-Sunna - Qism al-….