Religion:Sulaiman al-Aʽmash

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Short description: Islamic scholar (680 – 764/65)
Sulaiman al-Aʽmash
Personal
Born680
Kufa
Died764(764-00-00) (aged 83–84) or 765(765-00-00) (aged 84–85)
Kufa
ReligionShia islam
Main interest(s)Hadith

Abu Muhammad Sulaiman ibn Mihran al-Asadi al-Kahili (680 – 764/65) (سليمان بن مهران) also known as al-Aʽmash(الأعمش) was a Shia Muslim[1] 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.[2][3]

Biography

Al-Amash was born in Kufa in 680 (61 AH).[3][4] He was a freedman of the Kahil clan from the Banu Assad tribe. His father had moved to Kufa from Damavand, Iran.[5]

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).[2]

His notable teachers include Ja'far al-Sadiq,[1] Anas ibn Malik,[6] Hasan al-Basri,[7] and Jabir ibn Abd Allah.[8]

His notable students include Abu Hanifa,[9] Ibn al-Mubarak, Sufyan al-Thawri, Sufyan ibn ʽUyaynah and Al-Fuḍayl ibn ʻIyāḍ.[3]


  1. "أعيان الشيعة - السيد محسن الأمين - ج ٧ - الصفحة ٣١٦". http://shiaonlinelibrary.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8/3642_%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%AC-%D9%A7/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D8%A9_315. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Al-Dhahabi. Siyar a`lam al-nubala, Volume 6. p. 226. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mufti Shabbir Ahmad Hanafi (April 2015). "Imam Sulaiman ibn Mihran al-Amash" (in Urdu). Faqeeh (Sargodha: Markaz Ahlussunnah wal Jamaah) 4 (4): 38–51. http://library.ahnafmedia.com/161-faqeeh/year2015/apr/543-imam-suleman-bin-mehran-alahmash. Retrieved 8 May 2020. 
  4. "الإمام الأعمش". 19 March 2016. http://www.alukah.net/culture/0/100474/. 
  5. Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi. Ta'rikh Baghdad: The History of Baghdad, Volume 9. p. 3. 
  6. "موسوعة الحديث : سليمان بن مهران". http://hadith.islam-db.com/narrators/3629/%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86. 
  7. "موسوعة الحديث : سليمان بن مهران". http://hadith.islam-db.com/narrators/3629/%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86. 
  8. "موسوعة الحديث : سليمان بن مهران". http://hadith.islam-db.com/narrators/3629/%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86. 
  9. "فقہ اسلامی کی تدوین امام ابوحنیفہؒ". https://jang.com.pk/news/743884.