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Sulaiman Harun
13-10-07, 04:13 AM
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Sa'id ibn Jubayr

Sa'id ibn Jubayr was born in 665 and died in 714 , also known as Abū Muhammad, was originally from Kufa, in modern-day Iraq. He was regarded as one of the leading members of the Tabi‘in Sa'īd is held in the highest esteem by scholars of the Ahl al-Sunnah Islamic traditions and was considered one of the leading jurists of the time. Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani and al-Dhahabi praise him greatly in their respective treatises. He also narrated several hadith from Ibn Abbas. In fact, he was Ibn 'Abbas's student who had a leadin school of Tafsir in Makkah.

His Life

At the battle of Jamājim in 82 AH (699-701), Ibn Ash'ath and his followers, including 100,000 from amongst the mawāli, took on the army of al-Hajjāj (d. 714), the governor of the Iraqi provinces during the reign of the Umayyad caliph al-Walid I. Within their forces was a group known as the 'Battalion of Qur'an Reciters' headed by Kumayl bin Ziyad an-Nakhai and including Sa'īd bin Jubayr. The revolt was brutally put down and Sa'īd was forced to flee to the outskirts of Makkah. He persisted in travelling to Makkah itself twice a year to perform the hajj and umrah and would enter Kufa secretly to help resolve peoples' religious issues.

Dialogue Between Ibn Jubayr and al-Hajjaj:

Sa'īd was finally apprehended and brought before al-Hajjāj. Excerpts from a transcript of their dialogue follows:

Sa'īd bin Jubayr entered upon al-Hajjāj, who asked his name (and he knew his name well):

Sa'īd: Sa'īd bin Jubayr.

Al-Hajjaj: Nay, you are Shaqiy bin Kusayr. (al-Hajjāj is playing with words here: Sa'id means happy and Shaqiy means unhappy; Jubayr means one who splints broken bones and Kusayr means one who breaks them.)

Sa'īd: My mother knew better when she named me.

Al-Hajjāj: You are wretched (shaqayta) and your mother is wretched" (shaqiyat). Then he told him: "By Allah, I will replace your dunya with a blazing Fire.

Sa'īd: If I knew you could do it, I would take you as a God.

Al-Hajjāj: I have gold and wealth.
Bags of gold and silver were brought and spread before Sa'īd bin Jubayr in order to try him.

Sa'īd: O Hajjāj, if you gathered it to be seen and heard in showing off, and to use it to avert others from the way of Allah, then by Allah, it will not avail you against Him in any way. Saying this, he aligned himself towards Qiblah.

Al-Hajjāj: Take him and turn him to other than the Qiblah. By Allah, O Sa'īd bin Jubayr, I will kill you with a killing with which I have not killed any of the people.

Sa'īd: O Hajjāj choose for yourself whatever killing you want, by Allah you will not kill me with a killing except that Allah will kill you with a like of it, so choose for yourself whatever killing you like.

Al-Hajjāj: Turn him to other than the Qiblah.

Sa'īd: Wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allah.

Al-Hajjāj: Put him under the earth.

Sa'īd: From it (the earth) We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.

Al-Hajjāj was outdone and ordered the beheading of Sa'īd bin Jubayr. Sa'īd was martyred in the month of Sha'bān, 95 AH (ca. May 714) at the age of 49. Al-Hajjāj is reported to have soon lost his senses and died within a month.


Ibn Hajar Asqalani, a 15th century Shafi`i Islamic scholar writes:

“....He narrated hadiths from Ibn Abbas, Ibn Al-Zubair, Ibn Umar, Ibn Maqal, Uday Ibn Hatem, Abi Masood Al-Ansary, Abi Saeed Al-Khudari, Abu Hurayra, Abu Musa Al-Asha'ari, Al-Dahak Ibn Qais Al-Fehri, Anas, Amro Ibn Maymoon, Abi Abdulrahman Al-Sulami and lady A'isha..... Ibn Abi Mughera said that when people of Kufa visit Ibn Abbas they used to ask him for Fatwa, he used to say them: "Isn't Sa'id Ibn Jubayr among you?".... Amro Ibn Maymoon said that his father said that Sa'id Ibn Jubayr passed away and every one on the earth attained his knowledge... Abu Al-Qasem Al-Tabari said: "He is a reliable Imam and hujjah on Muslims".....Ibn Hibbaan said: "He was jurist, worshiper, righteous and pious".

From him are recorded by Imams Bukhari, Muslim, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, Abu Dawood, Ibn Maja, Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal, and Imam Malik ibn Anas. Sa'id narrates 147 traditions in Sahih Bukhari and 78 in Sahih Muslim

Sulaiman Harun
13-10-07, 04:26 AM
Mujahid ibn Jabr

There's a lengthy biography available on this website:
http://www.quran.org.uk/articles/ieb_quran_mujahid.htm

that's why I didn't post it here <smiles>

umm_yusuf
14-10-07, 02:08 AM
Jazzakallahu Khairan akhi for this.

Sulaiman Harun
14-10-07, 03:12 AM
Tawus Ibn Kaysan

Tawus Ibn Kaysanwas one of the Tabi‘in, one of the narrators of hadith, and a companion of, Ali Zayn al-Abidin. He is also known as Tawoos ibn Kaysaan, "Tawoos" or "al-Taus,”

His Life
Ibn Hajar related that Tāwus was a Persian who inhabited an area called al-Jund and that he was the master of Hamadan in Iran. Ibn Hayyān said about him: "He was among the worshipers of the people of the Yemen and the masters of the leading members of the next generation." He performed the hajj forty times and narrated some of the whispered prayers of Imām Zayn al-'Ābidin. Ibn Kaysan was also a student of Abdullah ibn Abbas.
Hadith from him are recorded by Muhammad al-Bukhari (85 traditions), Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (78 traditions), al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, Abu Dawood, Ibn Majah, Ahmad ibn Hanbal

umm_yusuf
14-10-07, 06:37 PM
Tawus Ibn Kaysan

Tawus Ibn Kaysanwas one of the Tabi‘in, one of the narrators of hadith, and a companion of, Ali Zayn al-Abidin. He is also known as Tawoos ibn Kaysaan, "Tawoos" or "al-Taus,”

His Life
Ibn Hajar related that Tāwus was a Persian who inhabited an area called al-Jund and that he was the master of Hamadan in Iran. Ibn Hayyān said about him: "He was among the worshipers of the people of the Yemen and the masters of the leading members of the next generation." He performed the hajj forty times and narrated some of the whispered prayers of Imām Zayn al-'Ābidin. Ibn Kaysan was also a student of Abdullah ibn Abbas.
Hadith from him are recorded by Muhammad al-Bukhari (85 traditions), Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (78 traditions), al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, Abu Dawood, Ibn Majah, Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Asalaamu 'alaikum wa Rahmatullah ya akhi,

Barakallahu Feeka once again for these reminders of the lives of the scholars of the past.

Its such a shame that we know so little about those who kept the deen alive and preserved it so that we will benefit from it.

With regards to Tawus ibn Kaysan then it was said that he was a great tabi'i who met over 50 companions. Tawus heard all the ahadeeth from the mouth of ibn Abbas (Radiyyallahu 'anhu). Abdullah ibn Abbas loved Tawus so much that he said that I believe that Tawus is from the people of jannah.

Tawus was very fearful of Allah. When he will go and see chicken on a fire roasting, it will diminish his desire to eat as it reminded him of the bodies burning in Jahannam (Subhanallah). He will not sleep the last third of the night and he did not expect that people will be sleeping at that time.

Once, he came to a person's house and asked for him, when he was told that the person was sleeping, he said:

I never thought that someone sleeps at this time.

He didn't like seeing bachelors and he said:

The complete piety and devoutness of a young person is not complete without marriage. (Subhanallah).


Tawus was the main teacher of Umar ibn Abdul Aziz. Umar ibn Abud Aziz's mother was called Layla who was the daughter of Asim ibn Umar ibn al Khattab. Asim was the brother of Abdullah ibn Umar and the son of Umar ibn Abdul Azeez.

Tawus used to take Umar ibn Abdul Azeez to the Jama'ah prayer for this was the order of Abdul Azeez ibn Marwan. One day, Umar was late to the Jama'ah and Tawus asked him the reason for his lateness. He said that the servant was combing his hair and so this took time. Tawus got upset at this and so he sent a letter from Madinah to Egypt telling Abdul Azeez that on that day, he came late to prayer.

Abdul Azeez sent a messenger and this messenger was a barber who was instructed to shave the head of Umar ibn Abdul Azeez. He also sent the messenger with a letter saying that this is so that the hair does not become an impediment between him (Umar) and the masjid. (Subhanallah, where are we from this tarbiyyah with regards to our children, young ones, nieces and nephews?)

Jazzakallahu Khairan ya akhi once again for the reminders.

Sulaiman Harun
14-10-07, 08:40 PM
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:salams

There are two more students of Ibn 'Abbas (RA) namely Ikrimah (the freed slave of Ibn 'Abbas) and ‘Ata ibn Abi Rabah but I couldn't find anything about them <sad>. Wa Iyyaki sister! <embarassed>

umm_yusuf
15-10-07, 07:39 PM
I would have loved to know something about them both but Alhamdulillah. If you do find something then put it up Insha Allah.

I will also look as well Insha Allah.

-Yassar
17-10-07, 02:31 AM
Tawus was the main teacher of Umar ibn Abdul Aziz. Umar ibn Abud Aziz's mother was called Layla who was the daughter of Asim ibn Umar ibn al Khattab. Asim was the brother of Abdullah ibn Umar and the son of Umar ibn Abdul Azeez.

Tawus used to take Umar ibn Abdul Azeez to the Jama'ah prayer for this was the order of Abdul Azeez ibn Marwan. One day, Umar was late to the Jama'ah and Tawus asked him the reason for his lateness. He said that the servant was combing his hair and so this took time. Tawus got upset at this and so he sent a letter from Madinah to Egypt telling Abdul Azeez that on that day, he came late to prayer.

Abdul Azeez sent a messenger and this messenger was a barber who was instructed to shave the head of Umar ibn Abdul Azeez. He also sent the messenger with a letter saying that this is so that the hair does not become an impediment between him (Umar) and the masjid. (Subhanallah, where are we from this tarbiyyah with regards to our children, young ones, nieces and nephews?)


Subhanallah... Jazakallahu Khayran