Majlis min Amali Ibn Fanjawayh fi Fadl Ramadan
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- 414 AH
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- Abū Muḥammad al-Alfī
Majlis min Amali Ibn Fanjawayh fi Fadl Ramadan (A Session from the Dictations of Ibn Fanjawayh on the Virtues of Ramadan) is a short hadith compilation (juz' / majlis) devoted to the merits of Ramadan, fasting, and related rulings, transmitted by Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Fanjawayh al-Thaqafi from the dictated sessions of his father, Abu Abd Allah al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Fanjawayh (d. 414 AH / 1023 CE) .
Transmission History
The text was read to Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Fanjawayh in Hamadhan in 498 AH by Abu Nasr Hamd ibn Mansur ibn Hamd al-Hamdhani . It was subsequently transmitted through a chain of renowned traditionists:
- From Hamd al-Hamdhani, it was related by Ibn Tabarzadh (516–607 AH) .
- From Ibn Tabarzadh, it was transmitted to Fakhr al-Din Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Abd al-Wahid ibn al-Bukhari al-Maqdisi .
- It was then read to Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi on Thursday, 13 Dhu al-Hijjah 730 AH, in the village of Hazrama in the Marj of Damascus .
The colophon records that the copy was transcribed by Ali ibn Muhammad from the handwritten exemplar of Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Abd Allah al-Ja'bari .
Contents
The session contains six prophetic traditions narrated by Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Husayn directly from his father, Abu Abd Allah al-Husayn ibn Fanjawayh, via his chains of transmission:
- A prohibition against fasting one or two days immediately prior to Ramadan, except for someone observing an established routine of fasting .
- The instruction to commence and conclude fasting upon sighting the new moon, and to estimate its duration if obscured by clouds .
- The prohibition of fasting on six specified days: the three days of Tashriq, the Day of Immolation (Eid al-Adha), Eid al-Fitr, and the day of doubt (yawm al-shakk) .
- A sermon concerning inquiries about the Night of Decree (Laylat al-Qadr) and the reward of observing Ramadan through fasting, nocturnal prayer, communal devotions, and guarding one's limbs .
- A narration concerning God's forgiveness on the first night of Ramadan for the adherents of the Qiblah, clarifying that hypocrites receive no share in this virtue .
- The concluding hadith describing divine mercy on the first night of Ramadan, stating that God looks upon His creation and does not punish those upon whom He looks, and that He frees one million people from the Fire on each night of the month .
Manuscript Preservation
A manuscript of this work is preserved in the Al-Zahiriyya Library in Damascus among the Umariyya collective volumes (al-Majami' al-Umariyya, Majmu' 85 / 3821, folios 142–147) .
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