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.

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At a glance

Roles
mystic · muhaddith
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Life in time

675700725750775800825850875900 c. c. c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Al-Husayn ibn al-Dahhak al-Khali' · Hammad ibn Zayd · Ibn al-A'rabi, Muhammad ibn Ziyad · Khalaf ibn Hisham · Malik ibn Anas

Spirituality and SufismScripture and its sciences

Place in the story

  • Saint (as venerated)Tradition

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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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