Masruq ibn al-Ajda'

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<region> scholar Medieval era
Name:	Masruq ibn al-Ajda
Birth:
Death:	682 [citation needed]
School/tradition:
Influences:	Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud [1]
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The Eight Ascetics

Sufyan al-Thawrt ibn Said Amir ibn Abd al-Qays Abu Muslim al-Khawlani Uwais al-Qarni Al-Rabi ibn Khuthaym Aswad ibn Yazid Masruq ibn al-Ajda' Hasan al-Basri

Masruq ibn al-Ajda' (d. 682) was a well-known and respected tabi'i (from taba'een), jurist and muĥaddith (transmitter of Prophetic traditions or hadith). Chiefly a resident of Kufa (Iraq) he was among the many students of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud. Masruq would later become a popular teacher in his own right, including future Islamic scholars, such as Ibrahim al-Nakha'i and others as his pupils. He is said to have fought on the side of caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib (d.661) against the Kharijites in 658.^[2]

Al-Dhahabi included Masruq in his book Siyar A'lam al-Nubala^[3] among those who are to be imitated (al-muqalladûn) in character and ibadah by following Muslim generations. It is said that Masruq worshipped Allah very earnestly and that he used to sleep in sajdah (prostration) before the Kaaba. When people suggested him repose in his last illness, he answered: ‘I swear by God that if someone appeared and told me that God would not punish me at all, still I would continue to pray to Him with the same earnestness as before.’^[4]

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