Sulaiman al-Aʽmash | |
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Personal | |
Born | 680 |
Died | 764 | (aged 83–84) or 765 (aged 84–85)
Religion | Shia 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]
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]