Abd Allah ibn Yazid al-Khatmi

عبد الله بن يزيد الخطمي

Abd Allah ibn Yazid ibn Zayd al-Ansari al-Khatmi, Abu Musa, a Companion who as a young man witnessed Hudaybiyya, fought with Ali at the Camel and Siffin, and was his governor in Kufa. He narrated from the Prophet ﷺ, Abu Ayyub, Abu Mas'ud and Zayd ibn Thabit (may God be pleased with him); his son Musa, al-Sha'bi and Muhammad ibn Sirin narrated from him. The page gives his death as about 70 AH. 1

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Companion
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Sunni
Era
The Umayyad Period
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Abd Allah ibn Yazid al-Khatmi (may God be pleased with him), Abu Musa, a Companion who witnessed Hudaybiyya as a youth and was Ali's governor in Kufa. 1

Transmission

He narrated from the Prophet, Abu Ayyub, Abu Mas'ud and Zayd ibn Thabit; al-Sha'bi and Muhammad ibn Sirin narrated from him. 1

People and things also explored

The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.3491
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