Juz Sadan
- Author died
- 265 AH
- Editions
- Maktabat Nizar Mustafa al-Baz
Juz' Sa'dan (Arabic: جزء سعدان) is a hadith tract compiled from the narrations of the Baghdadi hadith scholar Abu Uthman Sa'dan ibn Nasr ibn Mansur al-Mukharrimi al-Bazzaz (d. 265 AH / 878 CE) .
Content and Scope
The collection consists of prophetic hadiths and transmitted reports (athar) related by Sa'dan ibn Nasr, with a substantial portion transmitted through his teacher Sufyan ibn Uyaynah . The reports cover varied topics of legal rulings, ritual practices, prophetic conduct, and moral exhortations, including narrations regarding ablution, the wiping over leather socks (al-mash 'ala al-khuffayn), the Friday prayer, inheritance rulings concerning al-kalalah, and the virtues of good character .
Transmission and Reception
The work circulated widely among hadith specialists across several transmission lines. A primary transmission pathway passed through Abu Sa'id Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ziyad Ibn al-A'rabi in Mecca, and from him through Abu Muhammad Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar ibn al-Nahhas al-Misri, through whom it was transmitted to the Shafi'i jurist and scholar Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Khala'i and Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Rifa'ah al-Sa'di . Another prominent transmission was preserved through the Baghdadi traditionist Isma'il ibn Muhammad al-Saffar from Sa'dan ibn Nasr, which was subsequently read and transmitted by later scholars such as Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani and Salah al-Din al-Ala'i .
Manuscripts and Editions
Manuscripts of the text are preserved in collections such as the Köprülü Library (MS 1584/2, bearing an audition certificate dated 864 AH) and the al-Zahiriyya Library in Damascus (MS 4556) . The text was edited by Abd al-Mun'im Ibrahim and published in one volume by Maktabat Nizar Mustafa al-Baz in Mecca and Riyadh in 1420 AH (1999 CE) .
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