ʿAlqama ibn Waṣīl

ʿAlqama ibn Waṣīl belonged to the generation of the Tabi'in, the successors of the Sahaba, and was based in Kufa. He was renowned for his reliability and precision as a hadith narrator, contributing significantly to the preservation and transmission of prophetic traditions. His narrations were highly regarded by later scholars and he played a key role in the early Islamic scholarly tradition. ʿAlqama lived during the early Islamic centuries, a period marked by the consolidation of Islamic knowledge and jurisprudence. His exact birth and death dates are not clearly recorded, but he was active in the late 1st and early 2nd century AH. He died in Kufa, leaving behind a legacy as a trustworthy transmitter of hadith.