Musnad Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf lil-Barti
- Author died
- 280 AH
- Editions
- Dār Ibn Ḥazm
Musnad Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf (مسند عبد الرحمن بن عوف) is a specialized hadith compilation compiled by the Baghdadi judge and hadith scholar Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa al-Barti (d. 280 AH / 893–894 CE), gathering the prophetic traditions and reports narrated on the authority of the Companion Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf .
Author and Context
The compiler, Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa ibn al-Azhar al-Barti, was a prominent jurist of the Iraqi legal tradition (Hanafi school) and a hadith transmitter . He studied jurisprudence under Abu Sulayman al-Jawzjani, a prominent disciple of Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani, and was associated with Yahya ibn Aktham . Al-Barti served as a judge in Wasit before being appointed judge over parts of Baghdad following the death of Abu Hisham al-Rifa'i in 249 AH . He was widely recognized among hadith scholars as trustworthy (thiqah), rigorous (thabt), and an authority (hujjah), remembered also for piety and devotion, before dying in Baghdad in Dhu al-Hijjah 280 AH .
Scope and Content
The work belongs to the monographic musnad genre, dedicated to gathering the transmissions of a single Companion. It compiles hadiths narrated through various chains leading back to Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, one of the ten promised Paradise and a prominent early Muslim . The recorded texts include legal rulings and prophetic statements transmitted through his family and other successors, covering topics such as ritual purity—including wiping over footwear and turbans—prayer designations, and religious injunctions .
Preservation and Publication
A manuscript of the work has survived at the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus under collection number 76 (folios 207–214) . The text was edited by Salah ibn Ayid al-Shalahi and published by Dar Ibn Hazm in 1414 AH (1993 CE) .
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