Abū Ṣāliḥ al-Sammān

Abū Ṣāliḥ al-Sammān was an early Islamic scholar from Madinah and belonged to the Tabi'un generation. He was a freed slave of Juwayriyya, the wife of the Prophet Muhammad, and lived during the reign of Caliph Umar ibn Al-Khattab. He witnessed significant events such as the siege of Uthman and died in 101 AH (720 CE) at the end of the reign of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz. He studied under several companions of the Prophet, including Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, Aisha, Abu Hurairah, Abd Allah ibn Abbas, and Abd Allah ibn Umar. His students included notable figures like Sohail ibn Abi Saleh, Sulaiman Al-A’mash, and Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri. He was highly respected and considered trustworthy in hadith transmission by scholars such as Ahmad ibn Hanbal.