Mujalid ibn Sa'id
Mujalid ibn Sa'id ibn Umayr (Arabic: مجالد ابن سعيد ابن عمير, romanized: Mujālid ibn Sa'īd ibn ʿUmayr; died 762) was an Islamic scholar and theologian. Among the prominent members of the Tabi'un (lit. 'successors of sahaba') of Kufa, he was also a narrator of hadith.
Imam Mujalid ibn Sa'id | |
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مجالد ابن سعيد | |
 Mujalid ibn Sa'id in Arabic calligraphy | |
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| Died | c. 762 Kufa, Iraq |
| Religion | Islam |
| Movement | Tabi'un |
| Occupation | Muhaddith |
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Biography
Mujalid ibn Sa'id belonged to the Banu Hamdan, hence his hence his laqab ('agnomen') al-Hamdani. Since Mujalid was a native of Kufa, he was sometimes known by his nisba ('onomastic') al-Kufi. Mujalid's grandfather Umayr ibn Aflah was a chieftain of the Hamdan clan and he embraced Islam after the prophet Muhammad's invitations to the people of Yemen.[1][2] Mujalid's kunya ('paedonymic') was Abu Amr ('father of Amr'), which indicates that he had a son named Amr.
He was a student of the prominent jurist al-Sha'bi (d. 723) of Kufa.[3] Mujalid functions as a primary hadith transmitter for al-Sha'bi.[3] According to accounts preserved by Ibn Khallikan (d. 1282), Mujalid studied traditions from other Tabī's as well.[4] Mujalid himself taught other traditionalists in Kufa and died in c. 762.[4] Some theologians rated Mujalid's narrations as dā'if ('weak') whereas the prominent scholar al-Nasa'i (d. 915) classified Mujalid as thiqa ('reliable').[5]
References
- Popovkin 2007, p. 147.
- al-Sijistānī, Abū Dāʼūd Sulaymān ibn al-Ashʻath (1984). Sunan Abu Dawud: Chapters 519-1337. Sh. M. Ashraf. ISBN 978-969-432-097-7.
- Anthony 2011, p. 201.
- Slane 1843, p. 555.
- Ibn Hajar al Haythami. Majma’ al Zawa’id v. 5. p. 190.
Bibliography
- Anthony, Sean (2011). The Caliph and the Heretic: Ibn Sabaʾ and the Origins of Shīʿism. BRILL. ISBN 9789004216068.
- Popovkin, Alex V., ed. (2007). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XL: Index. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7251-4.
- Slane, B.M.G De (1843). Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 3. Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.