Khamsa Ahadith min Riwayat Ibn al-Arabi al-Mutaakhkhir
- Author died
- 617 AH
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- Arwiqah lil-Dirāsāt wa-al-Nashr
Khamsa Ahadith min Riwayat Ibn al-Arabi al-Mutaakhkhir (Five Hadiths from the Transmission of Ibn al-Arabi the Younger) is a short hadith booklet (juz') compiled from the narrations of the Andalusian scholar Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Arabi al-Ma'afiri al-Ishbili (542–617 AH / 1147–1220 CE), known as Ibn al-Arabi al-Muta'akhkhir to distinguish him from his relative, the celebrated judge Abu Bakr Ibn al-Arabi (d. 543 AH / 1148 CE).
Transmission and Audition Records
The booklet preserves five traditions transmitted by Ibn al-Arabi al-Muta'akhkhir from his teachers during his stays in al-Andalus and his travels to the East. The primary transmitter of the compilation from Ibn al-Arabi was the Egyptian teacher Abu Muhammad Abd al-Muhsin ibn Yunus al-Sam'uni al-Khawlani (d. 665 AH / 1266–1267 CE), who heard them read in Egypt in Dhu al-Hijja 614 AH by Abu al-Maymun Abd al-Wahhab ibn Atiq ibn Wardan.
The text was subsequently transmitted from al-Sam'uni by the hadith scholar Sharaf al-Din al-Dimyati (d. 705 AH / 1305 CE), who read it to him in Safar 643 AH at his school near the hospital (al-maristan) in Egypt. The manuscript copy was penned by Abu Amr Fakhr al-Din Uthman ibn Muhammad al-Misri (known as al-Tawzi or al-Qanqazi, d. 713 AH / 1313 CE). The conclusion of the manuscript contains historical audition certificates (sama'at), including transcripts of earlier transmission notes, sessions before al-Dimyati up to the year 704 AH (one in al-Dimyati's own handwriting dated 688 AH), and a later audition recorded by Muhammad al-Muzaffari before Jamal al-Din al-Qalqashandi.
Contents
The booklet comprises five distinct narrations, notably featuring several interconnected chains (musalsalat):
- Calligraphy and the Basmala: A narration via Ali ibn Ahmad al-Ghafiqi al-Shaquri from Qadi Abu Bakr Ibn al-Arabi regarding instructions for scribes and beautifying the writing of the basmala.
- The Hand-Clasping Chain (Musalsal bi-l-akhdh bi-l-yad): The tradition of the Tashahhud taught by the Prophet ﷺ to Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud, where each narrator in the chain held the hand of his student while conveying it; transmitted through Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf ibn Ibrahim ibn Wahbun from Qadi Abu Bakr Ibn al-Arabi from Abu al-Qasim Ismail ibn Muhammad al-Isfahani.
- The Handshake Chain (Musalsal bi-l-musafahah): A narration originating from Anas ibn Malik describing the softness of the Prophet's ﷺ hand, accompanied by each successive transmitter shaking the hand of his disciple; transmitted through Ibn Wahbun from Qadi Abu Bakr Ibn al-Arabi.
- Supplication of the Gathering (Du'a' al-Majlis): The prayer recited by Abd Allah ibn Umar before rising from a assembly ( اللهم اقسم لنا من خشيتك ما يحول بيننا وبين معاصيك / "O Allah, apportion to us of Your fear that which comes between us and disobeying You..."), narrated from Abu al-Qasim Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Jaraj in Cordoba through an Andalusian chain going back to al-Nasa'i.
- The Hospitality Chain (Musalsal bi-l-it'am wa-l-isqa'): A narration regarding truthfulness and good character delivered to Ibn Umar while eating dates in the company of the Prophet ﷺ and Aisha, where each teacher in the chain provided food and drink to his student upon conveying the hadith; transmitted through Abu al-Qasim ibn al-Taylasan al-Ansari in Cordoba.
Manuscript and Publication
The unique text of the booklet is preserved within compilation no. 2704 of the al-Mahmudiyya library collection, housed at the King Abdulaziz Library in Medina (folios 57a to 63b, with audition entries continuing to folio 66a). The text was critically edited by Nabil Sa'd al-Din Jarrar and published as part of a collective compilation titled Musannafat Tirad al-Zaynabi wa-Ajza' Ukhra.
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