Juz fihi Musafahat Muslim al-Nasai li al-Dumyati

Juz' fihi Musafahat Muslim wa-al-Nasa'i (A Monograph on the Hadith Handshakes with Muslim and al-Nasa'i) is a specialized hadith tract compiled by the Egyptian hadith master Sharaf al-Din al-Dumyati (d. 705 AH / 1305 CE) documenting his elevated chains of transmission (isnad) that achieve the rank of musafaha with Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj and al-Nasa'i al-Ima ila Zawaid al-Amal…+1.

Background and Methodology

In hadith nomenclature, musafaha ("handshake") occurs when a later transmitter’s chain to an early authority (such as the Prophet ﷺ or a Companion) contains one more narrator than that of an author of a canonical compilation, placing the transmitter at the same level as that compiler's direct student, metaphorically as though he met and shook hands with the compiler himself Sharh al-Athyubi ala Alfi…+1.

In this work, al-Dumyati gathers specific hadiths he received through his own chains and demonstrates how the number of narrators between himself and the early sources parallels those of Muslim and al-Nasa'i Juz fihi Musafahat Muslim…+1. For each narration, he details his transmission paths through his teachers—such as Sitt al-Ashir Safiyyah bint Abd al-Wahhab, Yusuf ibn Khalil al-Dimashqi, and Shuhdah al-Katibah—and contrasts them with the routes recorded in Muslim's Sahih or al-Nasa'i's compilations, such as Jam' Hadith Malik and al-Sunan Juz fihi Musafahat Muslim…+1. He also notes instances of related elevation types, such as muwafaqah (agreement) and badal (substitute chains) Juz fihi Musafahat Muslim…+1.

Composition and Transmission

The collection contains narrations demonstrating musafaha with Muslim and al-Nasa'i, along with an appended narration achieving musafaha with both Muslim and Abu Dawud Juz fihi Musafahat Muslim…+1. The compiler recorded an addition (ilhaq) to the treatise in mid-Shawwal 693 AH Juz fihi Musafahat Muslim….

Publication History

The work has been edited by Jasim ibn Muhammad al-Fujji (also cited as Jasim al-Zamil) and published by Dar Ghiras and Maktabat Ahl al-Athar in Kuwait, including within a collection of three hadith treatises in 1425 AH and as a separate second edition in 1426 AH / 2005 CE al-Ima ila Zawaid al-Amal…+1.