Alqama ibn Qays

Alqama ibn Qays al-Nakha'i (d. AH 62 (681/682)[1]) was a well-known scholar from among the taba'een and pupil of Abd-Allah ibn Mas'ud, who called him the most erudite of his disciples. He also related traditions from Ali ibn Abi Talib, Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas [Sa`d ibn Malik] and `Uthman.[2]

Alqama is the founder of the School of Kufa in Islamic religious sciences. He followed in the footsteps of Ibn Mas‘ud in praying and conduct, in practising Islam as a whole. Amr ibn Sharahil al-Shabi, who was among the scholars who narrated ahadith from Alqama, frequently suggested to those near him: ‘Come and let us go to the one who resembles Ibn Mas‘ud the most in conduct and attitudes.’[3]

Imam Abu Hanifa, who is generally accepted as one of the greatest of Muslim jurists, admired Alqama so much that he used to comment: ‘Alqama is probably more profound in (knowledge) of hadith and fiqh than some Companions.’

Early Islam scholars

Notes

  1. ↑ Imam Zahid al-Kawthari
  2. ↑ Tarikh Baghdad, xII. 296; Abu Nu`aym, II. 98-102; GAS, 1. 398
  3. ↑ I. Sa’d, 6.86; Abu Nu‘aym, 2.98
  4. ↑ The Quran
  5. ↑ The Great Fiqh
  6. ↑ Al-Muwatta'
  7. ↑ Sahih al-Bukhari
  8. ↑ Sahih Muslim
  9. ↑ Jami` at-Tirmidhi
  10. ↑ Mishkât Al-Anwar
  11. ↑ The Niche for Lights
  12. ↑ Women in Islam: An Indonesian Perspective by Syafiq Hasyim. Page 67
  13. ↑ ulama, bewley.virtualave.net
  14. ↑ 1.Proof & Historiography - The Islamic Evidence. theislamicevidence.webs.com
  15. ↑ Atlas Al-sīrah Al-Nabawīyah. Darussalam, 2004. Pg 270
  16. ↑ Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz by Imam Abu Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Hakam died 829

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