Introduction to the Book al-Jami'

Title of the Book:

Scholars have differed regarding the naming of this book, holding several opinions:

1. "Al-Jami' al-Kabir" (The Great Collection): It was so named by Muhammad ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Athir, author of "Al-Kamil" in history, and by al-Wadi Ashi. This is the title found in our manuscript sources, one of which is in the handwriting of Abu al-Fath al-Karukhi, who transmitted it from the shaykhs: al-Tiryaqi, al-Ghurji, and al-Azdi, from Abu Muhammad al-Jarrahi, from Abu al-Abbas al-Mahbubi, from Abu Isa al-Tirmidhi. This is the one we have relied upon and established in our present edition.

2. "Al-Jami'" (The Collection): It was so named by the hadith master Abu Sa'd al-Idrisi, al-Sam'ani, and al-Mubarak ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Athir, author of "Jami' al-Usul," and by al-Mu'taman al-Saji, who transmitted this book along with al-Karukhi and also heard it from the three aforementioned shaykhs. Likewise, it was so named by Ghunj ar, author of "Tarikh Bukhara," al-Dhahabi, Ibn Kathir, al-'Iraqi, Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani, al-Qasim ibn Yusuf al-Tujibi, Ibn Nuqtah al-Baghdadi, author of "Al-Taqyid" and "Takmilat al-Ikmal," Ibn Sayyid al-Nas, and Ibn Taghribirdi.

3. "Al-Sunan" (The Sunan): It was so named by the hadith master Ibn Kathir and by Ibn 'Atiyyah, author of the famous Qur'anic commentary known as "Al-Muharrar al-Wajiz," and it became well-known by this name among the people of