Juz Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Dhuhli
- Author died
- 258 AH
- Editions
- A manuscript published in the free program Jawāmi‘ al-Kalim affiliated with Islamweb
Juz' Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Dhuhli (Arabic: جزء محمد بن يحيى الذهلي, also known as Min Ahadith Abi Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Dhuhli) is a Hadith tract (juz') containing narrations transmitted by the Nishapuri traditionist Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Dhuhli (d. 258 AH / 871–872 CE) .
Transmission
The collection was transmitted from al-Dhuhli by his student Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ma'qil al-Maydani al-Ma'qili, who related it in the month of Rabi' al-Awwal in 336 AH at Maydan Ziyad ibn Abd al-Rahman . It was subsequently transmitted by the judge Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Jurashi (also recorded as al-Tusi) in Nishapur, and from him by Abu al-Hasan Makki ibn Mansur ibn 'Allan al-Karji, who arrived in Isfahan and died there in 491 AH .
The text was subsequently preserved through the traditionist Abu Tahir al-Silafi al-Isfahani, and continued down through later chains of transmission . Among its later transmitters were al-Silafi's grandson Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Rahman ibn Makki ibn al-Hasib al-Tarabulsi, Zaynab bint Yahya ibn Abd al-Salam, Abu Bakr ibn Ibrahim ibn al-'Izz al-Maqdisi, and Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, who heard the work read in Rabi' al-Akhir 851 AH . The transmission is further recorded through Ibn Hajar's grandson Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf ibn Shahin al-Asqalani and his maternal grandson Jamal al-Din Ahmad ibn Shahin .
Content and Structure
The tract consists of 111 numbered narrations comprising prophetic hadiths and statements of the Companions and Successors . A significant portion of the compilation consists of chains running through Abd al-Razzaq al-San'ani from Ma'mar ibn Rashid from Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, reflecting al-Dhuhli's expertise in assembling the narrations of al-Zuhri .
In addition to Abd al-Razzaq, al-Dhuhli transmits in this tract from several other prominent authorities, including:
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi
- Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi
- Yazid ibn Harun
- Bishr ibn Umar
- Abu Asim al-Nabil
- Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Firyabi
- Uthman ibn Umar
- Sa'id ibn Mansur
- Affan ibn Muslim
The collection opens with the prophetic report on brotherhood and avoiding mutual discord: لا تَحَاسَدُوا، وَلا تَقَاطَعُوا، وَلا تَدَابَرُوا، وَكُونُوا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ إِخْوَانًا، وَلا يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ أَخَاهُ فَوْقَ ثَلاثٍ ("Do not envy one another, do not sever ties with one another, do not turn your backs on one another, and be servants of Allah, brothers; it is not lawful for a Muslim to abandon his brother for more than three days") . It ends with narration 111, in which the Prophet ﷺ was asked about al-nushrah (incantations or remedies used against sorcery) and responded: مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ("It is from Satan") .
The topics treated throughout the work encompass ritual prayer, mosque etiquette, fasting, spiritual retreat (i'tikaf), commercial transactions, the virtues of the Prophet's companions, inheritance rulings, vows, and interpersonal conduct .
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