Juz Ibn Amshaliq
- Author died
- 350 AH
- Editions
- Dar Ibn Hazm
Juz Ibn Amshaliq (Part of Ibn Amshaliq) is a hadith tract (juzʾ) compiled by the scholar and hadith transmitter Ibn Amshaliq (Abu al-Tayyib Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Salih al-Jaʿfari al-Talibi al-Kufi, fl. 4th–5th century AH / 10th–11th century CE) .
Content and Structure
The book is an individual collection (juzʾ hadithi) containing prophetic traditions and narrations transmitted with their complete chains of transmission (isnad) through Ibn Amshaliq . The material covers topics of moral character (adab), prophetic virtues, and familial merit, including traditions related to the virtues of the Banu Hashim, righteous conduct towards parents, and reports transmitted through Ali ibn Abi Talib .
Among the direct teachers and transmission sources cited by Ibn Amshaliq in the tract are:
- Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Hamdan al-Qatiʿi
- Abu al-Haytham Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAwn al-ʿAwni
- Abu Ahmad ibn Abi Salih al-Hamadhani, whom he heard in Hamadhan
Transmission and Reception
The collection was preserved through traditional transmission networks. It was transmitted directly from Ibn Amshaliq by Abu al-Baqaʾ al-Muʿammar ibn Muhammad ibn Ali al-Habbal, and passed down through later chains of authorization (ijazah) to Abu Tahir al-Silafi . The text was cataloged and cited by later bibliographers and hadith scholars, including Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti in Inshab al-Kuthub fi Ansab al-Kutub .
Manuscripts and Publication
A manuscript copy of the tract is preserved in Riyadh at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (MS 2094-32-F 107973) .
The work was edited by Khalid ibn Muhammad ibn Ali al-Ansari and published in Beirut by Dar Ibn Hazm (1st edition, 1416 AH / 1996 CE) . In the introduction to the edition, the editor noted that classical biographical dictionaries did not devote an independent biographical entry to the author; however, biographical citations and isnads indicate that Ibn Amshaliq was a noble (sharif) whose father and grandfather were scholars, and who lived across the fourth and fifth centuries AH (with approximate death dates cited around 450 AH) .
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