Mujam al-Shuyukh lil-Subki
- Author died
- 771 AH
- Editions
- Dār al-Gharb al-Islāmī
Mu'jam al-Shuyukh (Dictionary of Teachers) is a hadith biographical dictionary documenting the scholarly authorities and teachers of the Shafi'i jurist and historian Taj al-Din al-Subki (727–771 AH / 1327–1370 CE), compiled and extracted (takhrij) by the Hanbali traditionist Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Ibn Sa'd al-Salihi al-Hanbali (703–759 AH / 1304–1358 CE) .
Background and Compilation
Taj al-Din Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Subki was born in Cairo (reported in 727 AH, with alternate reports of 728 AH or 729 AH) into a prominent scholarly household headed by his father, the chief judge Taqi al-Din al-Subki . After relocating to Damascus in 739 AH, he attended the circles of prominent hadith scholars and received transmissions and authorizations across Egypt and the Levant from masters such as al-Mizzi and al-Dhahabi .
In accordance with the late medieval tradition of documenting hadith transmission networks, the Hanbali hadith master Shams al-Din Ibn Sa'd al-Salihi undertook the task of extracting and organizing al-Subki's personal dictionary of teachers (takhrij) .
Subject and Content
The work belongs to the mashyakhah and mu'jam al-shuyukh genre, focusing on the preservation of isnads and the biographies of narrators from whom al-Subki heard hadiths or received certifications of transmission (ijazah) . The text opens with an introduction emphasizing the virtue and primacy of the science of hadith transmission (fann al-riwayah), noting that through it disconnected reports are reconnected and alien elements are distinguished from authentic chains .
Publication
The work was edited by Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf, Ra'id Yusuf al-Anbaki, and Mustafa Isma'il al-A'zami, and published in a single volume by Dar al-Gharb al-Islami in 2004 CE (1425 AH) .
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