Min Awali Musnad Abd ibn Humayd
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- 249 AH
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- Min Awali Musnad Abd ibn Humayd
Min Awali Musnad Abd ibn Humayd (Arabic: من عوالي مسند عبد بن حميد, Elevated Narrations from the Musnad of Abd ibn Humayd) is a hadith tract (juz') preserving a selection of traditions with high chains of transmission (awali) extracted from the Musnad of the hadith master Abd ibn Humayd (d. 249 AH / 863 CE) .
Transmission and Provenance
The primary transmission chain of the collection goes back to Abd ibn Humayd through his student Ibrahim ibn Khuzaym al-Shashi, followed by Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hamawayh al-Sarakhsi, who read it in the Great Mosque of Pushang in 381 AH . It was transmitted to Abu al-Hasan Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Muzaffar al-Dawudi, before whom it was read in Pushang in 465 AH, and subsequently to Abu al-Waqt al-Sijzi (Abd al-Awwal ibn Isa), who transmitted it during his stay in Isfahan in Ramadan 551 AH .
The manuscript transmission records several later audition sessions (sama'at), including transmissions through Ibn al-Latti, Ahmad ibn Abi Talib al-Hajjar, and A'isha bint Abd al-Hadi . The Hanbali scholar Yusuf ibn Hasan ibn Abd al-Hadi recorded reading the tract before Zayn al-Din Umar al-Lu'lu'i in Safar 870 AH, with another transmission note dating to Safar 871 AH . The manuscript also notes an endowment (waqf) by the traditionalist Diya' al-Din al-Maqdisi . An audition note from Rabi' al-Awwal 620 AH mentions collation against the three-narrator chains (thulathiyyat) of Abd ibn Humayd transmitted through Abu Ruh Abd al-Mu'izz ibn Muhammad al-Harawi and other scholars .
Structure and Contents
The surviving tract comprises 43 numbered traditions organized under headings corresponding to specific Companions or sub-chains of transmission:
- Musnad Abi Bakr al-Siddiq (hadiths 1–7): Narrations transmitted through Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, including the Prophet's ﷺ statement on enjoining good when witnessing wrongdoing, their dialogue in the cave during the migration, warnings regarding the Dajjal, and supplications taught for prayer .
- Musnad Umar ibn al-Khattab (hadith 8): A narration transmitted through Umar ibn al-Khattab regarding the Friday bath (ghusl) .
- Min Musnad Jabir ibn Abd Allah (hadiths 9–12): Narrations transmitted through Jabir ibn Abd Allah addressing prophetic practices such as using the tooth-stick (siwak) during the night, praying the Maghrib prayer, the rights of neighbors, and the sanctity of Medina .
- Min Musnad Abi Sa'id al-Khudri (hadiths 13–15): Narrations transmitted through Abu Sa'id al-Khudri concerning early morning prayer, shortening prayer while traveling, and supplications made upon finishing prayer .
- Ma rawa Humayd 'an Anas (hadiths 16–43): Narrations transmitted through Humayd al-Tawil from Anas ibn Malik, spanning subjects such as the conversion of Abd Allah ibn Salam, brotherhood between the Emigrants and Helpers, regularizing rows in prayer, naming conventions, and the drought supplication (istisqa') .
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