The Sanad of Al-Habib Abdur Rahman b. Sheikh al-Habshi
إسناد الحبيب عبدالرحمن بن شيخ الحبشي
Abrar Mehmood narrates from his Sheikh, Abdur Rehman b. Sheikh b. Alawi (al-Habshi)
1. Details of the Thabat
Title | Al-Fayd al-Wahbi fi Asanid wa Fawa'id al-Habib الفيض الوهبي في أسانيد وفوائد الحبيب |
English meaning | “The Gift-Given Outpouring: On the Chains of Transmission and Benefits of al-Habib” |
Subject (the Habib) | Abdur Rahman b. Sheikh b. Alawi al-Habshi al-Husayni al-Hashimi عبدالرحمن بن شيخ بن علوي الحبشي الحسيني الهاشمي |
Compiled by | The humble servant Abdur Rahman b. Taha al-Habshi جمع العبد الفقير: عبدالرحمن بن طه الحبشي |
Type of work | Thabat (compilation of a scholar's chains of transmission and benefits) |
Passage below | Pages 10–11 |
2. The Complete Sanad (English Translation)
Al-Habib Abdur Rahman b. Sheikh al-Habshi said: Abu al-Nasr al-Khatib informed us by general ijazah (permission to narrate), from Abdullah al-Tilli, from Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi. He said: Najm al-Din al-Ghazzi informed us, from his father Badr al-Din, from Zayn al-Din Zakariyya, from al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, from Burhan al-Din Ibrahim b. Ahmad al-Tanukhi, from Abu al-Abbas Ahmad b. Abi Talib al-Hajjar, from al-Siraj al-Husayn b. Mubarak al-Zubaydi, from Abu al-Waqt Abd al-Awwal al-Harawi, from Abu al-Husayn al-Dawudi, from Abu Muhammad Abdullah al-Sarakhsi, from Abu Abdillah Muhammad b. Yusuf al-Farabri, from the Imam Abu Abdillah Muhammad b. Ismail al-Bukhari, may Allah the Most High have mercy on him.
The highest narrations he has are the thulathiyyat (narrations with only three narrators between al-Bukhari and the Prophet ﷺ). Among them, he said in his Sahih: Makki b. Ibrahim narrated to us, from Yazid b. Abi Ubayd, from Salama b. al-Akwa, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say:
“Whoever attributes to me what I have not said, let him take his seat in the Fire.”
So between al-Habib and the Prophet ﷺ in this thulathi hadith of al-Bukhari, through this chain, there are eighteen persons. All praise is due to Allah, and His is the favour.
Concluding note (page 11): By this chain, al-Habib Abdur Rahman narrates all the narrations of al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, including the Nine Books (al-Kutub al-Tis'a) and others, with elevated chains.
3. The Chain at a Glance
Read from top (the narrator) to bottom (the Companion). Numbers match the markers in the original Arabic text.
No. | Narrator | الراوي |
|---|---|---|
1 | Al-Habib Abdur Rahman b. Sheikh al-Habshi (the narrator of this chain) | الحبيب عبدالرحمن بن شيخ الحبشي |
2 | Abu al-Nasr al-Khatib | أبو النصر الخطيب |
3 | Abdullah al-Tilli | عبد الله التلي |
4 | Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi | عبد الغني النابلسي |
5 | Najm al-Din al-Ghazzi | النجم الغزي |
6 | His father, Badr al-Din al-Ghazzi | أبوه البدر |
7 | Zayn al-Din Zakariyya (al-Ansari) | الزين زكريا |
8 | Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar (al-Asqalani) | الحافظ ابن حجر |
9 | Burhan al-Din Ibrahim b. Ahmad al-Tanukhi | البرهان إبراهيم بن أحمد التنوخي |
10 | Abu al-Abbas Ahmad b. Abi Talib al-Hajjar | أبو العباس أحمد بن أبي طالب الحجار |
11 | Al-Siraj al-Husayn b. Mubarak al-Zubaydi | السراج الحسين بن مبارك الزبيدي |
12 | Abu al-Waqt Abd al-Awwal al-Harawi | أبو الوقت عبدالأول الهروي |
13 | Abu al-Husayn al-Dawudi | أبو الحسين الداوودي |
14 | Abu Muhammad Abdullah al-Sarakhsi | أبو محمد عبدالله السرخسي |
15 | Abu Abdillah Muhammad b. Yusuf al-Farabri | أبو عبدالله محمد بن يوسف الفربري |
16 | Al-Imam Abu Abdillah Muhammad b. Ismail al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) | الإمام أبو عبدالله محمد بن إسماعيل البخاري |
17 | Makki b. Ibrahim | مكي بن إبراهيم |
18 | Yazid b. Abi Ubayd | يزيد بن أبي عبيد |
19 | Salama b. al-Akwa (may Allah be pleased with him) | سلمة بن الأكوع |
Above Salama b. al-Akwa: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Abrar Mehmood gives Ijazah Khassa and Aamah to the following:
Faqeer advises fearing Allah in all that you do, to stay engaged in the service of his book and emulating the sunnah in your daily practices.
Signed: