Mashyakhat Ibn al-Bukhari
- Author died
- 696 AH
- Editions
- Dār ‘Ālam al-Fu’ād
Mashyakhat Ibn al-Bukhari is a biographical and hadith compilation (mashyakha) documenting the teachers and narrations of the Hanbali hadith scholar Fakhr al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Abd al-Wahid al-Maqdisi, known as Ibn al-Bukhari (595 or 596–690 AH / 1199–1291 CE) . It was extracted and compiled (takhrij) by the Hanafi scholar Jamal al-Din Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Zahiri, known as Ibn al-Zahiri (d. 696 AH / 1296–1297 CE) .
Content and Structure
The work gathers biographical entries and narrated traditions from the various teachers of Ibn al-Bukhari. The first part covers narrations from his father, Muhammad ibn Kamil, Ali ibn Rayyan, and Sa'd ibn Abd Allah . The third part includes entries for Abu Umar al-Maqdisi, Ibn al-Zanif, and a portion of the biography of Ibn Tabarzad .
The bibliographer Abd al-Hayy al-Kattani described the collection as spanning a large volume and noted that it illustrates Ibn al-Bukhari's extensive memorization and wide breadth of transmission . Ibn al-Bukhari was also the subject of other mashyakha compilations, including one prepared by Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Balban al-Maqdisi .
Manuscripts and Publication
Manuscripts of Ibn al-Zahiri's compilation are preserved in several collections, including a copy at the Ahmadiyya Library in Aleppo (MS 261/f/68) and a copy at the Khuda Bakhsh Library in Patna .
The text was edited by Awad Utqi Sa'd al-Hazimi and published in Saudi Arabia by Dar Alam al-Fawa'id in 1419 AH (1998 CE) .
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