Musnad Abi Umayya al-Tarsusi
- Author died
- 273 AH
- Editions
- Manuscript published in the free Jawāmiʿ al-Kalim program affiliated with the Islamweb website
Musnad Abi Umayya al-Tarsusi (Arabic: مسند أبي أمية الطرسوسي) is a collection of hadith compiled by the traditionist Abu Umayya al-Tarsusi (c. 180–273 AH / c. 796–886 CE) .
Background and Transmission
The author, Abu Umayya Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Muslim al-Khuza'i al-Baghdadi, was originally from Baghdad and later settled in Tarsus, where he served as a prominent hadith transmitter until his death in Jumada al-Akhira 273 AH .
The work belongs to the musnad genre of hadith literature, organizing prophetic traditions according to their original Companion narrators . While the full corpus of his original larger musnad did not survive as a single comprehensive volume, distinct individual parts (ajza') devoted to specific Companions have been preserved across manuscript collections and later transmission chains .
Surviving Portions
Two primary portions of Abu Umayya's musnad materials have been documented:
- Musnad Abd Allah ibn Umar: A dedicated compilation of traditions transmitted on the authority of the Companion Abd Allah ibn Umar . It was preserved in manuscript form at the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus and transmitted by scholars through continuous chains of transmission, being cited by later authorities such as Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti .
- Juz' min Musnad Abi Umayya (Musnad Abi Hurayra): A surviving section containing narrations of the Companion Abu Hurayra . The transmission line for this text runs from Abu Umayya through his student Abu Amr Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Hakim al-Madini, followed by Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Jawlah al-Abhari, Abu Abd Allah al-Qasim ibn al-Fadl al-Thaqafi, the traditionist Abu Tahir al-Silafi, and Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Mahmud al-Sabuni .
Publication
The text of Musnad Abd Allah ibn Umar was edited by Ahmad Ratib Armush and published in Beirut by Dar al-Nafa'is in 1393 AH (1973 CE), followed by multiple subsequent editions .
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