| Sulaiman al-Aʽmash | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | 680 Kufa |
| Died | 764(764-00-00) (aged 83–84) or 765(765-00-00) (aged 84–85) Kufa |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
Abu Muhammad Sulayman ibn Mihran al-Asadi al-Kahili (680 – 764/65) (سليمان بن مهران) also known as al-Aʽmash (الأعمش) was a Muslim scholar of the generation of Tabi'un. He was a notable muhaddith and qāriʾ. Due to his poor eyesight, people used to call him al-Aʽmash.
Biography
Al-A'mash was born in Kufa in 680 (61 AH). He was a freedman of the Kahil clan from the Banu Assad tribe. His father had moved to Kufa from Damavand, Iran.
Al-A’mash died in 764 (147 AH) in Kufa, but most historians say that he died in the month of Rabi al-Awwal 765 (148 AH).
His notable students include Abu Hanifa, Ibn al-Mubarak, Sufyan al-Thawri, Sufyan ibn ʽUyaynah and Al-Fuḍayl ibn ʻIyāḍ.
References
- ^ Al-Dhahabi. Siyar a`lam al-nubala, Volume 6. p. 226.
- ^ Mufti Shabbir Ahmad Hanafi (April 2015). "Imam Sulaiman ibn Mihran al-Amash". Faqeeh (in Urdu). 4 (4). Sargodha: Markaz Ahlussunnah wal Jamaah: 38–51. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- "الإمام الأعمش". 19 March 2016.
- Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi. Ta'rikh Baghdad: The History of Baghdad, Volume 9. p. 3.
- "فقہ اسلامی کی تدوین امام ابوحنیفہؒ".
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