Mashyakhat Ibn Jamaa - Takhrij al-Barzali
- Author died
- 739 AH
- Editions
- Dār al-Gharb al-Islāmī
Mashyakhat Ibn Jamaa - Takhrij al-Barzali (The Mashyakha of Ibn Jama'a, Extracted by al-Barzali) is a hadith compilation and record of teachers compiled by the Syrian hadith scholar and historian Alam al-Din al-Barzali (665–739 AH / 1266–1339 CE) . It documents the hadith authorities, auditions, and transmitted narrations of the Shafi'i chief judge Badr al-Din Ibn Jama'a (639–733 AH / 1241–1333 CE) .
Background and Compilation
A prolific traditionist, al-Barzali was noted for extracting (takhrij) numerous teacher catalogs (mashyakhat) and hadith parts for both himself and other contemporary scholars . Badr al-Din Ibn Jama'a, who served as chief judge in Egypt, Jerusalem, and Damascus, had studied under numerous scholars across Hama, Damascus, Egypt, and Mecca .
Ibn Jama'a had more than one compilation listing his teachers and transmissions: one compiled by Ibn Jama'a himself, one extracted for him by al-Barzali, and another extracted by al-Ma'sharani (also referenced as al-Ma'shara'i) . Scholars note that while the materials and narrations belong to Ibn Jama'a, the formal redaction and authorship of this compilation belong to al-Barzali as the extractor .
Transmission and Reception
The work circulated among later traditionists through Ibn Jama'a's scholarly and familial lineage. The hadith scholar Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani recorded studying the Mashyakha of Ibn Jama'a through the latter's grandson, Sharaf al-Din Abu Bakr ibn Izz al-Din Abd al-Aziz, who related it on the authority of his grandfather . It is likewise documented by later bibliographers, including Abd al-Hayy al-Kattani in his transmission catalog Fihris al-faharis, who noted the transmission chains for the mashyakha variants of Ibn Jama'a via his son Izz al-Din .
Modern Publication
The text was edited by Muwaffaq ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Qadir and published in Beirut by Dar al-Gharb al-Islami in a single-volume edition (1408 AH / 1988 CE) .
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