Mashayakhat Ibn Tahman
- Author died
- 168 AH
- Editions
- Academy of the Arabic Language
Mashayakhat Ibn Tahman (Mashyakhat Ibrahim ibn Tahman) is an early collection of hadith transmissions compiled by the Khurasani traditionist and jurist Ibrahim ibn Tahman (d. 168 AH / 784–785 CE; also reported as 163 AH) .
Author and Context
The compiler, Abu Sa'id Ibrahim ibn Tahman ibn Shu'bah al-Khurasani al-Harawi, was born in Herat, settled in Nishapur, traveled extensively in pursuit of hadith, and spent his final years residing in Mecca until his death . He was regarded as a prolific and trustworthy narrator of his era; Ishaq ibn Rahawayh noted that no one in Khurasan possessed more hadith than he did, and he was declared reliable by contemporary and later authorities such as Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and Abu Hatim al-Razi .
Content and Transmission
The work represents a record of Ibn Tahman's narrations received from various teachers (shuyukh), preserving early chains of transmission from prominent figures of the Successor generation such as Simak ibn Harb, 'Amr ibn Dinar, 'Abdullah ibn Dinar, Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i, and Thabit al-Bunani .
A surviving manuscript of the text is preserved in the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus (MS Majmu' 107/10, fols. 236–255), structured in two parts (juz' 1 and 2) .
Publication History
Mashayakhat Ibn Tahman was published in Cairo in 1396 AH within a collection of treatises . It was later critically edited by Muhammad Tahir Malik and published by the Arabic Language Academy in Damascus (Majma' al-Lughah al-'Arabiyyah bi-Dimashq) in 1403 AH / 1983 CE .
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