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ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUyaynah

أبو محمد سفيان بن عيينة بن ميمون الهلالي الكوفي

Abu Muhammad

725 CE – 814 CE (107 AH – 198 AH)(aged ~89) Born in Mecca Died in Mecca Quraysh

ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUyaynah was a prominent eighth-century Meccan Islamic scholar and hadith transmitter of the third generation, known for his piety and precision in narration.

ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUyaynah was born in 725 CE in Mecca and belonged to the Tabi' al-Tabi'in generation. His father, ʿUyaynah ibn Abī ʿImrān, originally from Kufa, settled in Mecca after fleeing political turmoil. Ibn ʿUyaynah was a client (mawlā) of Muḥammad ibn Muzāḥim and began religious studies early, memorising the Qur'an by age four and writing hadith by seven. He studied under many notable scholars and became renowned for his knowledge, humility, and expertise in hadith and Qur'anic exegesis. He taught many important students, including al-Shāfiʿī and Ibn Ḥanbal, and compiled early hadith collections. He performed Hajj seventy times and died in Mecca on 25 February 814 CE (1 Rajab 198 AH) at age 91, being buried in the al-Ḥajūn district.

Significance

He was a key hadith scholar and teacher whose narrations appear in the six canonical hadith collections and who influenced major Islamic jurisprudential schools.

Reputation in tradition

Praised for his knowledge, humility, memorisation ability, and precision in hadith narration; regarded as Shaykh al-Islam by al-Dhahabi and a foundational figure in Shāfiʿī jurisprudence methodology.
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Father

ʽUyaynah ibn Abī ʻImrān (عيينة بن أبي عمران)
Classical grade
thiqa
Generation
Tābiʿ al-Tābiʿīn
Narrations by collection
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Why they matter in hadith

He is a key transmitter of hadith from the Tabi‘in generation, especially from Mecca, and is frequently cited in major hadith collections.

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