Juz min Ahadith al-Qazzaz an Shuyukhihi
- Author died
- 271 AH
- Editions
- Dār al-Kutub al-‘Ilmīyah
Juz min Ahadith al-Qazzaz an Shuyukhihi (A Monograph of Hadiths of al-Qazzaz from His Teachers) is a specialized hadith tract (juzʾ) compiled by the traditionist Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn Sinan al-Qazzaz (d. 271 AH / 884–885 CE), containing prophetic traditions transmitted from his teachers .
Transmission and Manuscripts
The primary transmission of the collection passed through the author's student, Abu Ali Ismail ibn Muhammad al-Saffar . From al-Saffar, it was transmitted by Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rizqawayh, and subsequently through Abu al-Khattab Nasr ibn Ahmad ibn al-Batir al-Qari, who taught it in Baghdad . The chain continued through later traditionists, including Abu Tahir al-Silafi, Abu al-Hasan Ibn Bint al-Jummayzi, Badr al-Din Ibn al-Maghribi, and al-Qasim ibn Yusuf al-Tujibi .
Manuscript copies of the work have survived across several repositories, including the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus under shelf marks 31/3768, 75/3811, and 115/3851—including a recension transmitted through Abu al-Fath Hilal al-Haffar . Other manuscripts are held in the Central Library in Riyadh and the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies .
Critical Reception
Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi referenced the compilation as a well-known monograph, referring to its author as "the compiler of that famous juzʾ" . Hadith scholars and critics evaluated individual chains and narrations recorded within the work . For example, Abu Ali al-Saffar commented on the singular transmission of Na'il ibn Nujayh from Sufyan al-Thawri regarding legal preemption (shufʿah), noting the preferred non-prophetic (mawqūf) variants transmitted by Waki' and Abu Hudhayfah, with related critical remarks cited from al-Daraqutni, Ibn Adi, and al-Bayhaqi .
Scholars held differing views regarding the author himself: Abu Dawud and Abd al-Rahman ibn Kharash declared him untrustworthy and accused him of lying, whereas al-Daraqutni took a lenient view, stating that there was no harm in him (lā baʾsa bihi) .
Printed Editions
The work has been published in modern edited editions:
- Edited by Mus'ad ibn Abd al-Hamid al-Sa'dani, published by Adwa' al-Salaf in Riyadh (1418 AH / 1997 CE) .
- Edited by Khallaf Mahmud Abd al-Sami', published by Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyya in Beirut (1423 AH / 2002 CE), which was also included within a collective volume printed under the title al-Fawa'id li-Ibn Mandah .
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