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Yaḥyā ibn Ādam

أبو زكريا يحيى بن آدم بن سليمان القرشي الأموي الأحول الكوفي

Abū Zakariyyāʾ · Al-Ahwal

748 CE – 818 CE (130 AH – 203 AH)(aged ~70) Born in Madinah Died in Madinah Quraysh

Yaḥyā ibn Ādam was a Persian-origin Islamic scholar and jurist from Kufa, known for his expertise in hadith, Qur’anic recitation, and jurisprudence during the early Islamic period.

Yaḥyā ibn Ādam was born after 748 CE in Kufa, Iraq, of Persian lineage and was a freedman associated with the Quraysh tribe through the Banu Makhzum clan. Orphaned early, he became a leading authority in hadith and Islamic law, known for his non-sectarian and evidence-based approach. He transmitted the Qira'at of Aasim and was a respected Quran reciter and jurist who authored the foundational Kitāb al-Kharāj on Islamic taxation. Despite witnessing the rise of major Sunni legal schools, he maintained an independent stance and critiqued prominent jurists like Malik ibn Anas and Abu Hanifa. He died in 818 CE in Famm al-Silah at about seventy years of age.

Significance

He is significant for transmitting the Qira'at of Aasim and authoring Kitāb al-Kharāj, a foundational work on Islamic taxation.

Reputation in tradition

Respected as a trustworthy and non-sectarian jurist and hadith narrator, praised for precision and reliability in Sunni tradition.
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Father

Ādam ibn Sulaymān (آدم بن سليمان)
Classical grade
thiqa
Generation
Tābiʿ al-Tābiʿīn
Narrations by collection
  • sahih bukhari: 0
Why they matter in hadith

He is significant as a reliable transmitter in the third generation, linking hadith from Tabi‘in to later scholars.

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