Abd al-Wahid ibn Zayd
عبد الواحد بن زيد
793 CE · 177 AH
An ascetic, exemplar and preacher, known as the leading worshipper of Basra. He transmitted from al-Hasan al-Basri and Ata' ibn Abi Rabah.
At a glance
- Roles
- mystic · muhaddith
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Spirituality and SufismScripture and its sciences
Place in the story
- Saint (as venerated)Tradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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People and things also explored
Ahmad ibn Hamallah al-Tishiti· Al-Abraqawhi, Ahmad ibn Ishaq· Al-Ansari al-Harawi, Abd Allah ibn Muhammad· Ibrahim Haqqi al-Erzurumi· Ibn al-A'rabi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad· Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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