Majlis min Imla al-Farisi wa Majlisan min Imla al-Bukhari
- Author died
- 461 AH
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Majlis min Imla al-Farisi wa Majlisan min Imla al-Bukhari (A Dictation Session of al-Farisi and Two Dictation Sessions of al-Bukhari) is a short classical collection of hadith and scholarly reports dictated by the Quranic reciter Nasr ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Farsi (d. 461 AH / 1069 CE) and the hadith transmitter Abu Zakariyya Abd al-Rahim ibn Ahmad al-Bukhari .
Composition and Transmission
The collection brings together three dictation assemblies (amālī) delivered in the fifth century AH and transmitted by the Quran reciter Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Ali ibn al-Jarud al-Muqri' . Ibn al-Jarud received the dictation of Nasr ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Farsi directly, which he later dictated on Saturday, 28 Jumada al-Akhirah 511 AH . The jurist and judge Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Isma'il al-Uthmani al-Dibaji subsequently heard and transmitted the text from his original manuscript on Sunday, 26 Rabi' al-Thani 551 AH .
The remaining two sessions were dictated by the hadith master Abu Zakariyya Abd al-Rahim ibn Ahmad al-Bukhari—also recorded as Abd al-Samad ibn Ahmad al-Bukhari—on two consecutive Fridays in Dhu al-Hijjah 456 AH: the first on 14 Dhu al-Hijjah and the second on 21 Dhu al-Hijjah .
Structure and Content
The manuscript spans thirty-seven numbered traditions distributed across three dictation sessions:
- Al-Farisi's Session (Reports 1–14): Opens with a Prophetic hadith describing scholars as guides comparable to stars in the heavens . This section encompasses traditions concerning the virtues and supplications of the Day of Arafat, formulas of remembrance (tasbīḥ and taḥmīd), juristic anecdotes from Umar ibn al-Khattab, ascetic prayers from figures such as Yahya ibn Mu'adh and Muhammad ibn Salih al-Sufi, as well as literary verses transmitted through Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi and the grammarian Tha'lab .
- Al-Bukhari's First Session (Reports 15–28): Begins with traditions prohibiting temporary marriage (nikāḥ al-mutʿah) and the consumption of domestic donkeys, complete with cross-references documenting their placement in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim . It also includes traditions on supplications, the virtues of the Companions and the Prophet's household (Ahl al-Bayt), the investiture of Ali ibn Abi Talib at Khaybar, and technical notes evaluating uncommon chains (isnāds) and singular transmissions .
- Al-Bukhari's Second Session (Reports 29–37): Commences with Ali's narration warning of the Kharijites and detailing the severity of lying against the Prophet ﷺ, cross-referenced with canonical collections . It gathers narrations received in locations such as Jerusalem, Tripoli, Isfahan, Wasit, Tinnis, Mecca, and Tyre . Topics range from the night vigil prayer (ṣalāt al-layl) and illuminating mosques to theological debates and dream reports, including a dream related by Ibn Khalawayh following a debate on the createdness of the Quran at the court of Sayf al-Dawla, and verses seen in a dream by the grammarian al-Mubarrad .
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