Juz Ibn Tabarzad
- Author died
- 607 AH
- Editions
- مخطوط نُشر في برنامج جوامع الكلم المجاني التابع لموقع الشبكة الإسلامية
Juz Ibn Tabarzad (جزء ابن طبرزد) is a concise Hadith part (juz') transmitted by the Baghdadi traditionist Abu Hafs 'Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Tabarzad (516–607 AH / 1123–1210 CE) . It compiles various historical reports, judicial verdicts, prophetic traditions, and biographical anecdotes .
Transmission Chain
The text of the juz' records a specific transmission line (isnad) reaching Ibn Tabarzad:
- Abu al-Qasim 'Ubayd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn 'Ali al-Saydalani al-Muqri'
- Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn 'Abd al-Samad ibn al-Muhtadi, who read and reviewed it against his copy in the year 457 AH
- The judge Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Baqi al-Bazzaz (Qadi al-Maristan)
- Abu Hafs 'Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Tabarzad
Scope and Contents
The compilation opens with the encounter between Ja'far al-Sadiq and the Abbasid Caliph Abu Ja'far al-Mansur, recording the supplication recited by al-Sadiq when entering upon the caliph to seek divine safety and protection .
The work contains several distinct sections and narrations:
- Judicial rulings of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib: Several difficult legal cases brought before Caliph 'Umar ibn al-Khattab that were resolved by 'Ali ibn Abi Talib . These include resolving a maternity dispute between two women by weighing their milk, the legal status and inheritance of a conjoined individual with two upper torsos, and a judgment concerning a man's nocturnal dream .
- Theological anecdote: A report involving Caliph al-Ma'mun and theological disputants waiting at his court, including Abu al-Hudhayl al-'Allaf, 'Abd Allah ibn Ibad, and Hisham ibn al-Kalbi .
- Prophetic traditions and dream interpretation: Exegesis transmitted from 'A'ishah regarding the verse خُذِ الْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجَاهِلِينَ , and the narration of a man's dream after the Battle of Uhud concerning a canopy dripping butter and honey, interpreted by Abu Bakr al-Siddiq .
- Hadith of Umm Zar': An extensive transmission of the Hadith of Umm Zar' via al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar from Hisham ibn 'Urwah from 'A'ishah, recounting eleven women describing their husbands' traits .
- The Will of Fatimah: The recorded text of the financial will (wasiyyah) of Fatimah bint Muhammad regarding her property and charitable bequests in Medina, witnessed by al-Zubayr ibn al-'Awwam, al-Miqdad ibn 'Amr, and 'Ali .
- Literary and historical reports: Anecdotes of poets coming to the Prophet ﷺ , a saying on generosity from al-Husayn ibn 'Ali concerning 'Abd Allah ibn Ja'far , poetic lines and recollections from the scribe Yazdad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman about his grandfather Muhammad ibn Yazdad (a vizier of al-Ma'mun), and historical death notices from the early 4th century AH .
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