Talk:Abu Suhail an-Nafi

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In this article, two different persons have been mixed up:

1. Nafi` Mawla ib `Umar, d. 117 H in Madina, the great Muhaddith and key person in the Golden chain of Madina.

2. Nafi` ibn `Abd al-Rahman, d. 169 H in Madina, the qari' from who the two recitations of Warsh and Qalun branched off. He is not generally considered a muhaddith.

Reference:"Tahdhib al-Asma wa al-Lughat" by Imam al-Nawawi (encyclopdia of Muslim scholars)

--Barbro1 22:28, 19 January 2007 (UTC)