Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm ( ar, أبو بكر بن Ù…Øمد بن عمرو بن Øزم) (died 120/737) was an 8th-century
Sunni Islamic scholar
In Islam, the ''ulama'' (; ar, علماء ', singular ', "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ''ulema''; feminine: ''alimah'' ingularand ''aalimath'' lural are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious ...
based in
Madinah
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...
.
He is among those who compiled hadiths at
Umar II
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ( ar, عمر بن عبد العزيز, ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz; 2 November 680 – ), commonly known as Umar II (), was the eighth Umayyad caliph. He made various significant contributions and reforms to the society, and ...
’s behest.
Umar asked him to write down all the hadiths he could learn in Madinah from 'Amra bint 'Abd al-Rahman, who was at the time the most respected scholar of hadiths narrated by
Aisha.
See also
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Abu Bakr (name)
Abū Bakr ( ar, أبو بكر ) is an Arabic given name meaning "Father of a Young Camel" (Abu meaning 'Father of' and Bakr meaning 'Young Camel') that is widely used by Sunni Muslims.
Other transliterations include Abu Bakar, Abu Bekr, Ebubekir, ...
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Muhammad (name)
Muhammad (), also spelled Muhammed or Muhamad or Mohammad or Mohammed or Mohamed or in a variety of other ways, is an Arabic given male name literally meaning 'Praiseworthy'. The name comes from the passive participle of the Arabic verb (ØÙŽÙ…Ù ...
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Hazm (name) Hazem (also spelled Hazm or Hazim, ar, Øازم) is both a given name and a surname of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Hazem El Beblawi, Egyptian economist and politician
*Hazim Delić, Bosniak Deputy Commander of ...
References
Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
737 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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