Ṭabaqāt · Çeker §3.1

Akhbār Abī Ḥanīfa wa-Aṣḥābihi

أخبار أبي حنيفة وأصحابه

al-Ṣaymarī الصيمري

Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaymarī

The first Ḥanafī ṭabaqāt, finished in 404/1014 by the qadi of Karkh. Half is a biography of Abū Ḥanīfa that set the pattern for later manāqib; the rest covers his students and 47 later Ḥanafīs, mostly Iraqi. Every later compilation uses it.

Draws on

• al-Ḥimmānī (Ibn al-Ṣalt), Faṣl fī Manāqib Abī ḤanīfaReports reach him through Mukram b. Aḥmad.
• al-Ṭaḥāwī, ʿUqūd al-MarjānConsulted al-Ṭaḥāwī's book.
• Ibn Kās, Tuḥfat al-SulṭānMany reports transmitted from Ibn Kās.
• Ibn ʿUqda, Akhbār Abī Ḥanīfa wa-MusnaduhuReports transmitted through Ibn ʿUqda.
• al-Marzubānī, Kitāb Abī ḤanīfaQuotes his teacher frequently.

Used by

• al-Makkī, Manāqib Abī ḤanīfaCompares oral reports with Akhbār Abī Ḥanīfa.
• al-Arzinjānī, Nuzhat al-AbrārHeadings and content follow al-Ṣaymarī.
• Ibn Duqmāq, Naẓm al-JumānThe life of Abū Ḥanīfa is taken from al-Ṣaymarī.
• al-Ṣāliḥī, ʿUqūd al-Jumān
• Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī, Manāqib Abī Ḥanīfa
• al-Qurṭubī, Qalāʾid ʿUqūd al-DurarMain addition to the second version.
• al-Kafawī, Katāʾib Aʿlām al-AkhyārNamed as an authority.
• Nūḥ al-Rūmī, al-Durr al-MunaẓẓamCited.

Teachers, students, family

• al-Marzubānī, Kitāb Abī ḤanīfaTeacher of al-Ṣaymarī

Read three biographies

Asad, ʿĀfiya and al-Qāsim — Arabic text, summaries and scans