At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Arabia
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
Al-Nawawi states in al-Taqrib that among the greatest Successors are the Seven Jurists, and al-Suyuti specifies in Tadrib al-Rawi that they were of Medina. 1
The usual list
As most scholars of the Hijaz count them, they are Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab, al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Siddiq, Urwa ibn al-Zubayr, Kharija ibn Zayd ibn Thabit, Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah ibn Utba ibn Mas'ud and Sulayman ibn Yasar al-Hilali, Abu Ayyub. 2
The disputed seventh
Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak put Salim ibn Abd Allah ibn Umar in place of Abu Salama, while Abu al-Zinad put Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Rahman in place of both Salim and Abu Salama. 2 3 Ali ibn al-Madini counted twelve: Ibn al-Musayyab, Abu Salama, al-Qasim, Kharija and his brother Isma'il, Salim, Hamza, Zayd, Ubayd Allah and Bilal, the sons of Abd Allah ibn Umar, Aban ibn Uthman and Qabisa ibn Dhu'ayb. 3
Their standing
A note printed on the page quotes al-Zarkashi's al-Bahr that, for those who hold this view, when the Seven Jurists agreed on a question a consensus was formed by them and no one else could depart from it, and Ibn Khallikan's history that they lived in a single age and that from them knowledge and fatwas spread through the world. 1 The note gives two verses listing their names; the editor Muhammad Awwama concludes that the verses are by the hafiz Ibn al-Mufaddal al-Maqdisi (544–611 AH) and were ascribed to his student Ibn al-Abyad al-Halabi because he used to quote them. 1
Opinions on the question
First opinion · Sunni tradition (the museum's frame)Main reference
The count of most Hijazi scholars
More opinions (3)
Sunni tradition (the museum's frame)Secondary opinion
Salim instead of Abu Salama
Held by: Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak
Sunni tradition (the museum's frame)Secondary opinion
Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Rahman instead of Salim and Abu Salama
Held by: Abd Allah ibn Dhakwan Abu al-Zinad
Sunni tradition (the museum's frame)Secondary opinion
Twelve
Held by: Ali ibn al-Madini
Connections
- Related to
- The Tabi'un (Successors)
- Lived in
- Medina
People and things also explored
The Incident of the Slander (Hadith al-Ifk)· Uthman's standardization of the mushaf· Abdullah ibn Abbas· Abdullah ibn Mas'ud· Abdullah ibn Salam· Abu al-Darda' (Uwaymir)· Abd Allah ibn Dhakwan Abu al-Zinad· Abu Hurayra
Sources
- Tadrib al-Rawi fi Sharh Taqrib al-Nawawi by al-Suyuti, with the gloss of Ibn al-Ajami — ed. Muhammad Awwama, vol. 5, Dar al-Minhaj, Jeddah 1437 AH / 2016 , p. 255
- Tadrib al-Rawi fi Sharh Taqrib al-Nawawi by al-Suyuti, with the gloss of Ibn al-Ajami — ed. Muhammad Awwama, vol. 5, Dar al-Minhaj, Jeddah 1437 AH / 2016 , p. 256
- Tadrib al-Rawi fi Sharh Taqrib al-Nawawi by al-Suyuti, with the gloss of Ibn al-Ajami — ed. Muhammad Awwama, vol. 5, Dar al-Minhaj, Jeddah 1437 AH / 2016 , p. 257
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Seven Jurists of Medina”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/al-fuqaha-al-saba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-04.
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