Imran ibn Husain ibn ‘Ubayd ibn Khalaf al-Khuzā’i ( ar, عمران بن حُسَيْن) (d. 52 AH c. 673 CE in

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) was one of the

Sahaba The Companions of the Prophet ( ar, اَلصَّحَابَةُ; ''aṣ-ṣaḥāba'' meaning "the companions", from the verb meaning "accompany", "keep company with", "associate with") were the disciples and followers of Muhammad who saw or m ...

(Companions) of the Islamic Prophet

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and a well-known reciter of the

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, a

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(Judge) and

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Biography

Imran ibn Husain and his father, Husain ibn Ubayd, both embraced Islam in the seventh year after ''hijra'', following the

Battle of Khaybar The Battle of Khaybar ( ar, غَزْوَة خَيْبَر, label=Classical Arabic, Arabic) was fought in 628 Common Era, CE between the early Muslims led by Muhammad and Jews living in Khaybar, an oasis located 150 km from Medina in the n ...

. He participated in several battles under the leadership of Muhammad, and he held the banner of his tribe, the Banū Khuzā‘ah amid the

Conquest of Mecca The Conquest of Mecca ( ar, فتح مكة , translit=Fatḥ Makkah) was the capture of the town of Mecca by Muslims led by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in December 629 or January 630 AD ( Julian), 10–20 Ramadan, 8 AH. The conquest marked t ...

. During the

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Umar Ibn Al-Khattab ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate o ...

, Imran was sent to Basra, to preside as a judge and instruct its inhabitants in Islamic jurisprudence and administer as lieutenant to governor Abu Musa Ashāri while he was away from Basra.

Hasan Al-Basri Abu Sa'id ibn Abi al-Hasan Yasar al-Basri, often referred to as Hasan of Basra (Arabic: الحسن البصري, romanized: ''Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī''; 642 - 15 October 728) for short, or as Hasan al-Basri, was an early Muslim preacher, asceti ...

and

Ibn Sirin Muhammad Ibn Sirin ( ar, محمد بن سيرين) (born in Basra) was a Muslim tabi' who lived in the 8th century CE. He was a contemporary of Anas ibn Malik. He is claimed by some to have been an interpreter of dreams, though others regard t ...

said of him, "No one of Rasulullah’s Companions who entered Basra can be considered better than Imran Ibn Husain." During the

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(literally “trial”) period of dissension and civil war (656-661) between Imam

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and

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, Imran did not just hold a neutral position, but appealed to people to abstain from violence. Imran is recorded as having said, "I would prefer to be a shepherd on top of a mountain till I die rather than shoot an arrow at anyone in either party, right or wrong." Any Muslim he encountered, Imran would advise them by saying, "Keep to your mosque. If it is broken into forcefully, then keep indoors. If the doors are broken into forcefully by someone who aims at taking your life and wealth, then fight him."

Miracles

One of the miracles (''kiramāt'') that is widely related in traditional Islamic sources is that ‘Imran was able to hear the

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’ returning salutations to him (at the end of each ritual prayer) until he was cauterized. Thereafter he no longer heard their greetings until God later restored hat favorto him.

Views

included him in a list of Sahaba who deemed

Nikah Mut'ah ''Nikah mut'ah'' ar, نكاح المتعة, nikāḥ al-mutʿah, literally "pleasure marriage"; temporary marriage or Sigheh ( fa, صیغه ، ازدواج موقت) is a private and verbal temporary marriage contract that is practiced in Tw ...

(temporary marriage) to be legal.

Al-Muhalla Kitab al-Muhallā bi'l Athār, also known as Al-Muhalla ("The Sweetened" or "The Adorned Treatise," ) is a book of Islamic law and jurisprudence by . It is considered one of the primary sources of the Zahirite (lit. apparent, manifest) school within ...

In the 9th section of the chapter of Marriage Ibn Hazm gives a detailed account of Mut'ah and its regulations.

Legacy

Among the hadith he narrated are: * Hadith of Mut'ah and Imran ibn Husain

References

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Biography

Miracles

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Legacy

See also

References